Shane Gillis returned to SNL this weekend and immediately became the internet’s main character. His monologue included a bit calling women’s gym shorts“artificial bait color”and saying women at the gym dress like“whores.”The clip spread fast, and so did the reaction.
Dan Levy didn’t mince words, calling the comments misogynistic and saying they left him speechless. Ego Nwodim and Maren Morris got in their own jabs on social media. Meanwhile, Bobby Bones took the opposite lane on his podcast, saying he found the monologue pretty funny and respects that Gillis takes chances on stage.
The whole thing has revived memories of 2019, when Gillis was fired from SNL within a week of being cast over resurfaced racist and homophobic clips. So where do you land: is this comedy pushing boundaries, or a joke that went too far? Tell us your take.
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