SNL's Bowen Yang recalls apologetic phone call with Shane Gillis
Sep 16, 2024 · Saturday Night Live breakout Bowen Yang looked back on the fervor surrounding the firing of Shane Gillis, sharing that the controversial comedian called him in the wake of it all to...
Bowen Yang Reveals What Shane Gillis Told Him Before ‘SNL’ Firing
Sep 16, 2024 · Bowen Yang is pulling back the curtain on comedian Shane Gillis’ hiring and subsequent firing from Saturday Night Live in 2019. Yang spoke about the situation in a profile in The New Yorker...
Bowen Yang Recalls Phone Call With Shane Gillis Before Gillis' …
Sep 17, 2024 · Bowen Yang has shared tidbits from a phone exchange he said he had with Shane Gillis before the latter was fired from “Saturday Night Live.” Yang and Gillis were both hired onto the comedy show’s cast in 2019.
SNL's Bowen Yang Shares How He Navigated the Shane Gillis …
Sep 17, 2024 · SNL's Bowen Yang Shares How He Navigated the Shane Gillis Firing Bowen Yang, a standout *Saturday Night Live* cast member, reflected on the controvers...
Shane Gillis was fired from ‘SNL’ for racist and ... - NBC News
Gillis was hired at “SNL” at the same time as Bowen Yang, the show’s first Asian American cast member. People online pointed out the irony in the casting at the time.
Bowen Yang Is Sorry He’s Not Your Clown Today | The New Yorker
Sep 16, 2024 · Hours after the announcement, old footage circulated of another new cast member, Shane Gillis, making homophobic jokes and using an Asian slur on a podcast. Gillis issued a quasi-apology (“I’m...
Bowen Yang Says Shane Gillis Called To Apologize For Past …
Sep 16, 2024 · Yang reportedly texted Gillis, who called him back and “apologized for the mess,” The New Yorker reports.
SNL's Kenan Thompson, Bowen Yang on Dave Chappelle, Shane Gillis …
Jun 5, 2024 · Then Episode 12 featured host Shane Gillis, the comedian who was cast in 2019 but fired for making racist, homophobic, Islamophobic and misogynistic jokes on his podcast.
With Shane Gillis’ return to SNL, Asians ask when they ... - NBC News
Feb 8, 2024 · Gillis, who has been embraced by right-wing viewers for his “anti-woke” comedy, was fired from the “SNL” cast after freelance journalist Seth Simons shared a clip from a 2018 episode of his...
Shane Gillis Slides On ‘SNL’ Firing In Opening Monologue
Feb 27, 2024 · Shane Gillis Addresses Getting Fired From ‘SNL’ In Lazy Opening Monologue. The comedian, who was fired from “Saturday Night Live” in 2019 for making racist and homophobic remarks, returned to host the show. We suppose edgy humor is now poking fun at progressive values.