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Kenan Thompson, who is in his 17th season as a performer on Saturday Night Live, covered a wide range of show lore in a 90-minute appearance Sunday at the New Yorker Festival. The firing of debut cast member Shane Gillis in September before his first episode and after racist jokes and comments surfaced online…

Bill Hader, speaking backstage to the press tonight following his Best Actor Comedy Emmy win, was promptly asked his thoughts over his late night alma mater Saturday Night Live firing comedian Shane Gillis over his past racial slurs. “No, I have no thoughts on that,” answered Hader. However, the Barry star and…

Sandra Oh is praising NBC’s decision to fire embattled stand-up comic Shane Gillis because of the controversy surrounding his past racial slur use. “Glad 2 see @nbcsnl decision NOT legitimize/give platform 2 purveyors of racist homophobic content Risks? LAZY ASS UNORIGINAL, Oh tweeted Tuesday. The NBC comedy program…

It looks like presidential hopeful Andrew Yang is attempting to take the road less traveled with fired Saturday Night Live cast member Shane Gillis despite the fact he used racial slurs that targeted Asian Americans in a podcast he recorded before joining the NBC comedy show. In the wake Gillis’s firing (he was just…

Embattled stand-up comic Shane Gillis will not be joining Saturday Night Live this fall because of the controversy surrounding his past racial slur use. The NBC comedy program just made the announcement, apologizing for any deficiencies in their vetting system that allowed for Gillis to be hired in the first…

Asian American Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang said that he doesn’t believe new Saturday Night Live cast member Shane Gillis should lose his job over past racial slurs. Yang was called a “Jew ch**k on a May podcast by Gillis, whose SNL casting was announced this week. His past remarks denigrating…

UPDATE: Shane Gillis has apologized to “Anyone who’s actually offended by anything I’ve said.”  The comedian is in hot water as a YouTube video from last year surfaced, featuring him uttering a racial slur against Chinese people. Gillis was just announced as a new cast member for the upcoming season. NBC has not…

Meet Saturday Night Live’s new cast additions for its upcoming 45th season. Chloe Fineman, Shane Gillis and Bowen Yang have been tapped as new featured players on NBC’s venerable late-night sketch comedy program. Yang joined SNL as a staff writer last season and is co-host of the Las Culturistas podcast. The promotion…