{"id":2023502,"date":"2023-09-06T14:40:08","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T18:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comedian-who-was-famously-fired-from-snl-days-after-being-hired-gets-last-laugh-over-cancel-culture\/"},"modified":"2023-09-06T14:44:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T18:44:38","slug":"comedian-who-was-famously-fired-from-snl-days-after-being-hired-gets-last-laugh-over-cancel-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comedian-who-was-famously-fired-from-snl-days-after-being-hired-gets-last-laugh-over-cancel-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Fired &#8216;SNL&#8217; Comedian Triumphs Over Cancel Culture."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcomedian-who-was-famously-fired-from-snl-days-after-being-hired-gets-last-laugh-over-cancel-culture%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2023502&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Comedian Who Was Famously Fired from &#8216;SNL&#8217; Days After Being Hired Gets\u2063 Last Laugh\u200d Over Cancel Culture<\/h2>\n<p>Days after he was hired as a cast member of \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d in 2019, Shane Gillis was unceremoniously fired \u200dbecause it was found he had once made a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/detroit-tigers-announcer-suspended-indefinitely-after-using-accent-with-japanese-star-shohei-ohtani-coming-to-the-plate\/\" title=\"Detroit Tigers Announcer Suspended Indefinitely After Using Accent With Japanese Star Shohei Ohtani Coming To The Plate\">racially insensitive comment<\/a> in a YouTube video and didn\u2019t grovel\u2062 enough. (As \u200bif there\u2019s ever \u2064enough groveling.)<\/p>\n<p>Now, Gillis is working \u2014 and doing \u2062awfully well,\u2063 as it \u200dturns out \u2014\u2064 as the rest of \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d \u200cis out of\u200c work.<\/p>\n<p>Funny \u200bhow the irony \u200dgenerated by cancel culture, well, works.<\/p>\n<p>So, in case you don\u2019t remember Gillis or haven\u2019t become acquainted with him \u2063in the years since \u2014 during\u2062 which he\u2019s become a popular stand-up comic and podcast guest, especially \u2064on Joe Rogan\u2019s show \u200b\u2014 in 2019,\u200b the comedian \u2062was supposed to be one of three new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-theater-cancels-cinderella-production-citing-too-many-white-cast-members\/\" title=\"Minnesota Theater Cancels \u2018Cinderella\u2019 Production Citing Too Many White Cast Members\">cast members<\/a> for the NBC\u2064 sketch-comedy stalwart, according to entertainment \u2063industry outlet\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2019\/09\/snl-cast-member-racial-slur-youtube-video-1202733382\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deadline<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Then, a podcast clip surfaced in which Gillis could be heard saying \u201cChinatown\u2019s f***ing nuts\u201d and \u201clet \u2064the f***ing ch***s live there.\u201d No, not exactly defensible \u200bstuff,\u2062 but he immediately apologized. Not that it made any difference, unsurprisingly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs backlash against Gillis\u2019\u200c remarks grew and even involved\u200c Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, he issued a tepid \u2063apology on Instagram on\u200b Thursday night, in which he wrote, \u2018I\u2019m happy to apologize to \u2062anyone who\u2019s actually offended by anything I\u2019ve said,\u2019\u2064 adding, \u2018My\u2062 intention is never to hurt anyone, but I am trying to be\u200b the best comedian I can \u200bbe, and sometimes that\u200b requires risks,&#8217;\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2019\/09\/new-saturday-night-live-cast-member-shane-gillis-fired-racial-slur-use-1202733508\/#comments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deadline<\/a> reported on Sept. 16, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>That wasn\u2019t enough to\u2063 appease the mob, and Gillis was fired just as soon as he was hired.<\/p>\n<p>Now, putting aside the \u200crelative \u200cboost joining \u201cSNL\u201d gives\u2062 one\u2019s career nowadays \u2014 Gillis \u200cis arguably the best-known member of that year\u2019s \u2062freshman class despite never appearing in a single skit. The guy has\u2064 gone on to do pretty well \u200bfor himself, despite the indefensibility of the remarks.<\/p>\n<p>Not only has Gillis blossomed as a\u200b stand-up and a podcast regular, he\u2019s also got his own Netflix \u2063comedy special. Meanwhile, \u200dthe \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d cast and crew are all currently out of\u200b work thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/final-nail-coffin-hollywood-60-projects-major-stars-exempt-strike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/numbers-are-in-barbenheimer-lifts-summer-box-office-but-not-enough-to-save-movie-industry\/\" title=\"'Barbenheimer' Boosts Summer Box Office, Fails to Rescue Movie Industry\">writers\/actors strike<\/a><\/a> that\u2019s paralyzed the industry.<\/p>\n<p>And, uh, when is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/studios-wait-hollywood-strike-writers-losing-apartments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that strike going to end<\/a>? According to one studio exec who talked to <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2023\/07\/writers-strike-hollywood-studios-deal-fight-wga-actors-1235434335\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deadline<\/a>, it\u2019s going to last until \u2062\u201cunion members start losing their apartments and \u200closing \u200btheir houses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, I\u2019m sure the \u201cSNL\u201d\u200c cast and crew can\u2064 cheer themselves up with this clip of Gillis talking about the virtues\u2063 (or the relatively nonexistent ones, anyway) of Australia from his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/my-en\/title\/81635847?trkid=253448517&#038;s=i&#038;vlang=en&#038;clip=81718662\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Netflix<\/a> special, \u201cShane Gillis:\u2063 Beautiful Dogs.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Shane Gillis: Beautiful Dogs streaming NOW <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s1U4dvSg6A\">pic.twitter.com\/s1U4dvSg6A<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200b Netflix Is A \u200cJoke (@NetflixIsAJoke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NetflixIsAJoke\/status\/1699044712059896053?\">September 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And, if they can \u2062still afford their Netflix\u200d subscription (times are tough, you know), entertainment outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/decider.com\/2023\/09\/05\/shane-gillis-beautiful-dogs-netflix-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Decider<\/a> \u2014 not a\u200c hive of right-wing thought, it\u2019s worth noting \u2063\u2014 says the whole thing is worth a watch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt may have been all too \u2063easy to dismiss Gillis \u200din 2019 when the media jumped on his impromptu podcast remarks for using a\u2064 racial slur,\u201d their review, published Tuesday, read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven now that he\u2019s established himself as a national headliner, Gillis knows he has work to do to win over certain demographics. \u2018I\u200c understand most\u200d of the women here are girlfriends that were dragged \u2064to this show, that already don\u2019t really like me, \u2018cause every time they\u2019re in their car their boyfriends are like, \u201cBabe, listen to this part\u2063 of the podcast,\u2019\u201d he says. \u2018I\u2019m aware.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, the review noted \u2062he managed to \u200cturn his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jennifer-aniston-speaks-cancel-culture-probably-just-got-canceled-saying\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cancellation<\/a> into its own \u200dform of self-aware humor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhenever he makes jokes about race (such as his suggestion that\u2062 white Americans stopped being cool when they\u2062 first saw Jackie Robinson play for the Dodgers), or calls anything \u2064\u2018gay\u2019 or \u200b\u2018retarded,\u2019 he\u2019s quick\u2062 with a smile and an acknowledgement that\u2062 he\u200c knows he\u2019s\u2063 transgressing,\u201d the \u2062reviewer noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has the self-awareness to play both sides of the aisle, as it \u200cwere. At\u200d one point, he mocks his love \u2062of history as a sign \u2063of \u2018early onset Republican\u2019 \u2014\u200c tagging it with a\u200d roast of dads and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comedian-who-was-famously-fired-from-snl-days-after-being-hired-gets-last-laugh-over-cancel-culture\/\" title=\"Fired 'SNL' Comedian Triumphs Over Cancel Culture.\">older white guys making<\/a> too much of a fuss over little things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the guy \u201cpresents as a grinning, somehow \u200dlovable oaf. But he\u2019s no\u200c dummy. Gillis knows exactly what he\u2019s doing onstage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince \u2018SNL\u2019 isn\u2019t back to work \u2064yet anyhow, it might be \u2064a fun thought experiment to watch \u2062Gillis\u2063 as \u200da stand-up and imagine how he would\u2019ve fared had he stuck as a cast member,\u201d the review concluded. \u201cHe certainly doesn\u2019t seem like he needs the show \u2064now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Well,\u200b no one does, which is \u200bkind of the point.<\/p>\n<p>Comedy is where cancel culture goes to die. If \u2063you\u2019re an ExxonMobil exec and you get yourself into some sort \u200dof kerfuffle over what\u2019s\u2062 perceived as an insensitive\u2062 remark about igloos, no matter how effective\u2062 you might be in your role, you\u2019re going to \u200dhave to appease the self-appointed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/military-diversity-czar-made-racist-derogatory-posts-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DEI demigods<\/a> with a performative show\u2064 of servile abasement \u2014\u2064 and even at that, there\u2019s basically \u200ba coinflip\u2019s chance you\u2019ll still have a career.<\/p>\n<p>Humor, \u200chowever, can\u2019t be turned into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-comedian-hannah-gadsby-plots-new-us-tour-this-spring-summer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hannah Gadsby<\/a> lectures.\u200b It doesn\u2019t \u2063work. The audience may be clapping along with your reiteration of the beliefs the media has\u200c told\u200b them\u200c they\u2019re supposed to hold,\u2064 but they cannot be\u2064 forced to laugh.<\/p>\n<p>Actual comedy requires the freedom to take risks and to \u2063savage social\u2064 norms. This doesn\u2019t mean one should be \u2063deliberately offensive, of course \u2014 and not just because no one laughs at that, either.<\/p>\n<p>But then, no one laughs at \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/viewers-left-wondering-jokes-embarassing-snl-skit-none-funny\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saturday Night \u200cLive<\/a>\u201d these days anyway, whether the cast and crew is working or not.<\/p>\n<p>The show is nothing but a weekly regurgitation of what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/snl-tries-defend-bidens-record-ends-exposing-truth-entire-democratic-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">half of America believes<\/a> \u2014 along with a musical guest that may or may not be good. And \u200cyes, it\u2019s been that way for a\u200d while, but the diminishing comic returns\u200b have become dangerously steep these last couple of\u200b years. It turns out that Shane Gillis\u2019 \u200boffensive remarks and \u200b\u201ctepid \u2064apology\u201d saved him \u200cfrom broadcast purgatory.<\/p>\n<p>Four years after his \u200dhiring and firing, the joke\u2019s \u2063on \u201cSNL\u201d \u200cinstead.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/comedian-famously-fired-snl-days-hired-gets-last-laugh-cancel-culture\/\">Comedian Who Was Famously Fired from &#8216;SNL&#8217; Days After Being Hired Gets\u200b Last Laugh Over Cancel Culture<\/a> appeared first\u2064 on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shane Gillis, hired for &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; in 2019, was swiftly fired for a past racially insensitive comment in a YouTube video. 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