Shane Gillis Bombs ‘SNL’ Monologue While Addressing 2019 Firing

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By Chris Rogers

Comedian Shane Gillis hosted Saturday Night Live this weekend and used his opening monologue to address his 2019 firing from the comedy series.

“I’m here,” the 36-year-old said at the beginning of his monologue five years after he was fired from the show for using racial and homophobic slurs on a podcast.

“Most of you probably have no idea who I am. I was actually fired from this show a while ago. But you know, don’t look for that, please. If you don’t know who I am, don’t Google that. Alright. Don’t even worry about it.”

As the nearly eight-minute opening continued, Gillis joked that her sister would marry an Arab man from Egypt and that the couple would adopt three black children, saying that going to her house is like “getting into the craziest Uber Pool.” you’ve never been to.” .”

Then he made some jokes about some of his family members who have Down syndromesaying they are doing better than everyone I know.

He added that they “are the only ones who consistently have a pretty good time.”

When Gillis mentioned that her niece has Down syndrome, the audience chuckled.

After taking a moment, Gillis said awkwardly, “I thought that was going to get a bigger laugh.”

“This place is very well lit. I can see that everyone is not enjoying it,” she further said.

Even some viewers at home were unimpressed.

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Gillis was hired by “SNL” in 2019, but fired just five days later without even going on the air.

In the days leading up to her return to the show, Page Six exclusively reported that Gillis planned to go all out and use her signature Down syndrome jokes.

“He’s going all out,” our source said after seeing the comedian working on material a couple of times at comedy clubs around town recently.

Since his firing from “Saturday Night Live,” Gillis has gained popularity thanks to his two popular Netflix specials, “Live In Austin” and “Beautiful Dogs.”

He also appeared regularly on Joe Rogan’s controversial podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience.”