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‘Saturday Night Live’ Announces Shane Gillis as Host After Firing Him in 2019 for Homophobic and Racist Jokes

Gillis was fired from 'SNL' after his 2018 podcast comments resurfaced.

The lesser-known comic was a controversial pick, considering SNL fired Gillis in 2019 after he made racial and homophobic slurs on a podcast at the time. After the comments came to light, SNL creator Lorne Michaels released a statement at the time regarding Gillis' firing. Comedian Dane Cook also commented, "This is one of the raddest things I've seen and why you can't complain when life throws you a 'detour' cuz it might be the road to the top.

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