Shane Gillis hosted Saturday Night Live for the third time since being fired from the show in 2019, and his monologue did what his monologues tend to do: stir up chaos. The comedian called New York City gyms a“nightmare”and said women“dress like whores now,”which quickly sparked backlash from celebrities like Dan Levy, Maren Morris, and Maggie Baird.
But the story took a turn when former SNL cast members Victoria Jackson and Jeff Richards came to his defense. Jackson even agreed with Gillis about gym attire, asking when“camel toe”became acceptable gym fashion. Meanwhile, Travis Kelce found himself in the crossfire for simply liking a post of the monologue, proving that even a double tap isn’t safe in 2026.
The whole situation raises a bigger question about comedy in the modern era. Where’s the line between a joke and something that crosses it? Who decides? And why does it feel like the goalposts keep moving? Gillis also accidentally dropped an F-bomb during a Dr. Seuss sketch, but apparently that wasn’t enough to get him banned. So the debate rages on.
What do you think: did Shane Gillis go too far, or is this just comedy being comedy? Sound off in the comments.
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