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Comedian Shane Gillis announces 27-city arena tour five years after unearthed jokes nearly derailed career


Gillis, 36, made the headlines in 2019 when he was hired to join the cast of Saturday Night Live , only to be fired over resurfaced podcast clips of his politically incorrect comic bits.

Gillis, 36, made the headlines in 2019 when he was hired to join the cast of Saturday Night Live, only to be fired over resurfaced podcast clips of his politically incorrect comic bits, including one in which he used the ethnic slur 'c***k.' Entitled Shane Gillis Live, the international tour will begin January 10, 2025 at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas, an arena that seats 19,000. Ultimately, the surge of public notoriety turned to Gillis' advantage, as he made multiple appearances on The Joe Rogan Experience and his first stand-up special earned more than 30 million views on YouTube.

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