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Shane Gillis Has Trouble With His ‘SNL’ Monologue in Hilarious New Promo

The comedian will host the sketch comedy series this weekend (Feb. 24), with 21 Savage as the musical guest.

Shane Gillis — a stand-up comic who was announced as a new Saturday Night Live castmember in 2019 before having his job revoked after podcast clips featuring ethnic slurs surfaced — is back to host the show this weekend (Feb. 24), and in a new promo, the comedian runs his monologue by current castmembers Sarah Sherman and Marcello Hernandez. However, Gillis struggles with jokes in his monologue, resorting to cheesy one-liners like, “I heard the new Planet of the Apes is coming out. Ariana Grande and Kacey Musgraves will both promote their upcoming March album releases by performing on Saturday Night Live next month.

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