Shane Gills Hosts SNL - 5 Years After They Fired Him
Rich and Weekly
Wondery
4.0 • 962 Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2024
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Live from New York...it's Shane Gillis? In 2019, the comedian was hired as one of the new “Saturday Night Live” cast members. But before he even appeared on the Studio 8H stage, he was fired after some of his offensive comments about Asian people resurfaced. But over the weekend, Shane got another shot to be on SNL when they brought him in as the host. So how’d he do? Well, his performance on Saturday’s episode is drawing strong reactions from both sides. Looks like - for better or worse - Lorne Michaels still knows how to get people talking.
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| 0:05.5 | So, Are wecha, in showbiz, second chances are definitely not guaranteed. I feel like that's also the case in every biz. |
| 0:20.0 | So if you get a second chance, you better make the most of it. |
| 0:24.0 | Yeah, I mean it depends on who you are because some people get 50 chances and it's like come |
| 0:29.8 | on they suck. Yeah that's true. Well Saturday Night Live just gave comedian Shane Gillis a second shot. |
| 0:37.3 | So back in 2019, Shane was announced as a new SNL cast member, but after some inappropriate material of his went public, he was fired |
| 0:45.8 | before he even went on air. But this weekend, SNL brought him back as a host. |
| 0:51.3 | Mm-h host. They did. |
| 0:53.0 | And NBC's decision to bring Shane back to 30 Rock |
| 0:56.0 | was definitely surprising and also polarizing. |
| 1:00.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:01.0 | And the reviews are now in. |
| 1:02.0 | And they're also mixed. Yeah, people are all fired up on both sides as is usually the case. It is usually the case, yes. From Wondery, I'm Brooks-Crin. And I'm Arisha Skinner Williams. |
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