{"id":97125,"date":"2019-09-18T14:26:04","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T18:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/sources-imply-snl-knew-about-shane-gilliss-bigotry-and-hired-him-anyway\/"},"modified":"2019-09-18T14:26:04","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T18:26:04","slug":"sources-imply-snl-knew-about-shane-gilliss-bigotry-and-hired-him-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/sources-imply-snl-knew-about-shane-gilliss-bigotry-and-hired-him-anyway\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources imply \u2018SNL\u2019 knew about Shane Gillis\u2019s bigotry and hired him anyway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Sources imply \u2018SNL\u2019 knew about Shane Gillis\u2019s bigotry and hired him anyway<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2019\/09\/shane-gillis-1-1-670x376.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2019\/09\/shane-gillis-1-1-670x376.jpg 670w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2019\/09\/shane-gillis-1-1-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2019\/09\/shane-gillis-1-1.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><\/p>\n<p>The plot has thickened in the ongoing Shane Gillis\/<em>SNL<\/em> drama\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Last week,\u00a0<em>SNL\u00a0<\/em>announced Gillis would be joining the cast of its 45th season. Then footage of him making inflammatory remarks about several different minority groups surfaced online. An outrage ensued and\u00a0yesterday, <em>SNL<\/em>\u00a0announced Gillis wouldn\u2019t be joining the cast, after all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter talking with Shane Gillis, we have decided that he will not be joining\u00a0<em>SNL<\/em>,\u201d the NBC show said in a statement. \u201cWe want\u00a0<em>SNL<\/em>\u00a0to have a variety of voices and points of view within the show, and we hired Shane on the strength of his talent as a comedian and his impressive audition for\u00a0<em>SNL.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/snl-fires-new-cast-member-shane-gillis-racist-homophobic-comments-20190916\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018SNL\u2019 fires new cast member Shane Gillis over racist, homophobic comments<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The statement continued: \u201cWe were not aware of his prior remarks that have surfaced over the past few days. The language he used is offensive, hurtful and unacceptable. We are sorry that we did not see these clips earlier, and that our vetting process was not up to our standard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, several outlets are reporting that <em>SNL<\/em> initially hired Gillis to woo conservative audiences, implying that producers might not have been as blissfully ignorant as they initially claimed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2019\/tv\/news\/snl-conservative-shane-gillis-hire-1203339723\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Variety<\/em><\/a> reports:<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>According to sources, the long-running\u00a0NBC\u00a0comedy show and series mastermind Lorne Michaels were actively looking to cast a comedian for its new season who would appeal to more conservative viewers. This was meant to counteract the appearance of a liberal bias on the show, given that it has seen a major resurgence in popularity in recent years with Alec Baldwin regularly portraying President Donald Trump while other cast members and guest stars have played members of his administration and those in his orbit.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If this is true, then to appeal to conservative audiences, <em>SNL\u00a0<\/em>felt it needed to add an unremarkable straight white <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">guy<\/a> to the cast of its 45th season. Huh.<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It really says something about both Lorne Michaels and the modern right wing that the solution <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nbcsnl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nbcsnl<\/a> hit upon to \u201cappeal to conservatives\u201d was to hire an unabashed racist <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CkfnMsUveI\">t.co\/CkfnMsUveI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeff Yang (@originalspin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/originalspin\/status\/1174195285016371202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to sources, Gillis was \u201cwell-known\u201d in the comedy world for using racist, homophobic, and misogynistic language prior to being hired by <em>SNL,\u00a0<\/em>throwing into question producers\u2019 claims that they were \u201cnot aware of his prior remarks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to calling Chinese people \u201cf*cking ch*nks\u201d and <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">women<\/a> \u201cflat-chested b*tches,\u201d Gillis has frequently used the word \u201cf*ggot\u201d in his standup routine and once joked about \u201chot Southern <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">boys<\/a>\u201d being raped during the Civil War, comparing it to \u201chaving <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> in jail.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><em>SNL\u00a0<\/em>has not issued any additional comment over the Shane Gillis controversy. Meanwhile, Gillis responded to his firing by saying he thinks it\u2019s \u201cridiculous\u201d he even has to say anything regarding his history of racism and homophobia in his comedy routine and adding that he always preferred <em>MadTV<\/em>\u00a0over\u00a0<em>SNL<\/em>\u00a0anyway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a comedian who was funny enough to get on SNL,\u201d he quipped. \u201cThat can\u2019t be taken away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Except that it was.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/shane-gillis-throws-epic-temper-tantrum-fired-snl-twitter-responds-accordingly-20190917\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shane Gillis throws epic temper tantrum after being fired from \u2018SNL\u2019, Twitter responds accordingly<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?a=8x0xygEQJ0o:zwbqMENeZeg:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?a=8x0xygEQJ0o:zwbqMENeZeg:dnMXMwOfBR0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?d=dnMXMwOfBR0\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/sources-imply-snl-knew-shane-gilliss-bigotry-hired-anyway-20190918?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.queerty.com\/sources-imply-snl-knew-shane-gilliss-bigotry-hired-anyway-20190918?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sources imply \u2018SNL\u2019 knew about Shane Gillis\u2019s bigotry and hired him anyway The plot has thickened in the ongoing Shane Gillis\/SNL drama\u2026 Last week,\u00a0SNL\u00a0announced Gillis would be joining the cast of its 45th season. Then footage of him making inflammatory remarks about several different minority groups surfaced online. An outrage ensued and\u00a0yesterday, SNL\u00a0announced Gillis wouldn\u2019t &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/sources-imply-snl-knew-about-shane-gilliss-bigotry-and-hired-him-anyway\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sources imply \u2018SNL\u2019 knew about Shane Gillis\u2019s bigotry and hired him anyway<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sources imply \u2018SNL\u2019 knew about Shane Gillis\u2019s bigotry and hired him anyway - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/sources-imply-snl-knew-about-shane-gilliss-bigotry-and-hired-him-anyway\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sources imply \u2018SNL\u2019 knew about Shane Gillis\u2019s bigotry and hired him anyway - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sources imply \u2018SNL\u2019 knew about Shane Gillis\u2019s bigotry and hired him anyway The plot has thickened in the ongoing Shane Gillis\/SNL drama\u2026 Last week,\u00a0SNL\u00a0announced Gillis would be joining the cast of its 45th season. 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