Shane Gillis finally addresses his controversial topic Saturday evening live monologue.
During the Oct. 10 episode of the NBC sketch comedy series, Gillis, who hosted the show, accused women of “dressing like whores” at the gym during his opening monologue. The joke sparked negative reactions from the audience and other comedians.
In a Friday episode Joe Rogan ExperienceGillis explained that SNL did not give him feedback on the material beforehand.
“Do not defend SNL, they don’t approve of it. I mean, they could shut it down. They could, but you don’t write your set and give it to them. Unless you’re not a comedian,” he said. “I’m sure non-comedians write the set for them. They have writers who write the monologue for them.
“The funny thing is, they were like, ‘What’s going on with the monologue?’ And I was like, ‘It’s not great, but I’m not saying anything bad,'” Gillis continued. “The whole time I was like, ‘Guys, I’ll give you a solid C minus a monologue, but I promise there’s no controversy. I call myself fat for 10 fucking minutes. That’s all.'”
Gillis said he thought the negative reaction “obviously had a lot to do with the climate.”
As for the clothes themselves, Gillis added: “You have no problem with that. »
The monologue drew criticism from Dan Levy, former SNL cast member Ego Nwodim and Obsession star Inde Navarrette, who addressed the joke during her opening monologue in the show’s Halloween episode.
In 2019, Gillis was announced as the new SNL cast member, but was fired before debuting after past comments on the podcast resurfaced.
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