Lorne Michaels weighed in on comedian Shane Gillis' firing from 'Saturday Night Live' — and the backlash when he was brought ...

SNL EP/Creator Lorne Michaels addressed the Shane Gillis controversy and what he felt was an "overreaction" to Gillis' ...

his YouTube comedy special "Shane Gillis: Live in Austin" is currently streaming and has more than 31 million views. Gillis's comedy series Tires is also streaming now on Netflix.

"When he came back to the show last year [to host], we saw, 'Oh right, he’s really talented, and he would’ve been really good ...

Saturday Night Live boss Lorne Michaels thinks everyone made too big a deal over Shane Gillis' controversial past. In an ...

Recently, many have grown curious about why Shane Gillis was fired from SNL. His sudden dismissal from the iconic comedy show in 2019, just days after being announced as a new cast member ...

After being hired and quickly fired by “Saturday Night Live” in 2019, Shane Gillis was tapped to host it this past February. Will Heath/NBC via Getty Images It’s also poignant that Gillis ...

where he found himself making headlines alongside the likes of Dave Chappelle and Shane Gillis. Yang and Gillis joined the cast of SNL at the same time in 2019, but Gillis was abruptly fired just ...

his YouTube comedy special "Shane Gillis: Live in Austin" is currently streaming and has more than 31 million views. Gillis's comedy series Tires is also streaming now on Netflix.

"We had a bad time when I added Shane Gillis to the cast [in 2019]," Michaels said. "He got beat up for things that he’d done years earlier [racist and homophobic jokes] and the overreaction to ...