Actress Sandra Oh , who hosted Saturday Night Live earlier this year, said Tuesday the NBC comedy show was right to fire new cast member Shane Gillis for racist and homophobic remarks on a podcast, and ripped the comedian for a nonapology .
The Killing Eve star tweeted that she was glad to see the NBC show had decided to NOT legitimize/give platform [to] purveyors of racist homophobic content.
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LAZY ASS UNORIGINAL
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A tad late/vetting ? But glad to see. Looking forward to watching @chloe-fineman and my man @bowenyang ! Congrats!
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gillis","slug":"shane-gillis","links":{"relativeLink":"news/shane-gillis","permalink":"https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/news/shane-gillis","mobileWebLink":"https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/news/shane-gillis"},"url":"https://action.news/archive/au/topic/shane-gillis"}],"isLiveblogLive":null,"isLiveblog":false,"cetUnit":"buzz_body","bodyAds":["\r\n\r\n","\r\n\r\n","\r\n\r\n"],"adCount":0},"isCollectionEmbed":false,"enhancements":{}}">A tad late/vetting ? 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She then referred to Gillis statement attributing his offensive comments to taking risks as a comedian, and saying he would apologise to anyone whos actually offended.
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Risks? LAZY ASS UNORIGINAL, Oh tweeted.
An SNL spokesperson said Monday, four days after Gillis was announced as a new cast member, that he would not be joining the show when its new season premieres later this month.
The decision followed freelance comedy writer Seth Simons tweets on Thursday featuring clips from a 2018 podcast co-hosted by Gillis. Gillis used racist slurs, including calling people of Chinese descent fucking chinks, and mocked Asian accents on the show.
Other reporters later pointed out more examples of problematic remarks by Gillis, who also referred to comedians who have spoken openly about mental health as white faggot comics, and ranked comedians using their race, gender and sexual orientation.
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Oh, in a subsequent tweet, questioned SNLs vetting process, wondering how Gillis was hired in the first place.
She went on to congratulate other new cast members, Chloe Fineman and SNL writer Bowen Yang. Yang played North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in a sketch with Oh when she hosted SNL earlier this year , which inadvertently highlighted the shows dearth of Asian performers.
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