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Shane Gillis addresses 'SNL' firing in monologue: 'I probably shouldn't be up here'

Shane Gillis addressed his firing from 'SNL' in his monologue as host: 'I probably shouldn't be up here honestly.' The comic was fired from the cast before his first episode for using racist and homophobic slurs on his podcast.

When announcing Gillis' firing at the time, SNL apologized for not being aware of his prior "offensive, hurtful, and unacceptable" remarks and admitted the "vetting process was not up to our standard." Gillis released his own statement afterward, in which he did not apologize for using the slurs and took a jab at the long-running sketch series, saying "I was always a Mad TV guy anyway." Instead, Gillis, whose parents were in the audience, launched into bits from his "anti-woke" stand-up routine, including jokes about his dad being a girls' high school basketball coach, little boys being their "mom's gay best friend," and his family members who have Down syndrome ("I dodged it").

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