Lorne Michaels Was Stunned Shane Gillis' Saturday Night Live Hiring Sparked 'Overreaction' as Controversial Remarks Resurfaced
Lorne Michaels recalls the controversy surrounding Shane Gillis' hiring and subsequent firing at 'Saturday Night Live', says ...
Lorne Michaels Calls Shane Gillis ‘SNL’ Casting Backlash an ‘Overreaction’: ‘He’s Really Funny’
Lorne Michaels has no regrets about hiring controversial comedian Shane Gillis — or bringing him back to host Saturday Night ...
Lorne Michaels reflects on Shane Gillis “SNL” casting backlash: 'The overreaction to it was so stunning'
"When he came back to the show last year [to host], we saw, 'Oh right, he’s really talented, and he would’ve been really good ...
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SNL 50: Lorne Michaels on Shane Gillis Controversy, "Overreaction"
SNL EP/Creator Lorne Michaels addressed the Shane Gillis controversy and what he felt was an "overreaction" to Gillis' ...
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Lorne Michaels maintains that Shane Gillis would have been good for Saturday Night Live
It’s been a big week for Shane Gillis, and he didn’t even have to lift a finger for it. Earlier this week, he was featured as a supporting player in The New Yorker‘s profile of Bowen Yang ...
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Bowen Yang Reveals What Shane Gillis Told Him Before ‘SNL’ Firing
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 ...
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Lorne Michaels Calls Shane Gillis 'SNL' Casting Backlash an 'Overreaction'
Lorne Michaels has no regrets about hiring controversial comedian Shane Gillis - or bringing him back to host Saturday Night ...
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Lorne Michaels reflects on Shane Gillis “SNL” casting backlash: 'The overreaction to it was so stunning'
"We had a bad time when I added Shane Gillis to the cast [in 2019]," Michaels said. "He got beat up for things that he’d done years earlier [racist and homophobic jokes] and the overreaction to ...
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Bowen Yang Says Shane Gillis Called To Apologize For Past Offensive Jokes Right Before He Was Fired From ‘SNL’
where he found himself making headlines alongside the likes of Dave Chappelle and Shane Gillis. Yang and Gillis joined the cast of SNL at the same time in 2019, but Gillis was abruptly fired just ...