<em>Saturday Night Live </em>Made a Mistake Hiring Shane Gillis
The news that the show had hired its first Chinese American cast member was quickly overshadowed by reports that another new hire had a history of racist remarks.
by David Sims
Sep 13, 2019
3 minutes
“I’m happy to apologize to anyone who’s actually offended by anything I’ve said.” That was new cast member Shane Gillis’s attempt at a mea culpa,posted to Twitter at 10:45 p.m. last night, for the that was being newly circulated and dissected online hours after his hiring was announced. Even by the standards of the self-serving “” many public figures rely on these days, the statement was flimsy. It’s hard to watch the clips in
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