Bowen Yang Reveals What Shane Gillis Told Him Before ‘SNL’ Firing
Bowen Yang is pulling back the curtain on comedian Shane Gillis’ hiring and subsequent firing from Saturday Night Live in 2019.
Yang spoke about the situation in a profile in The New Yorker published Monday, recalling that Gillis phoned him after his old homophobic and racist jokes, made on a previous podcast, went viral following SNL’s announcement that he would be joining the cast for the sketch comedy show’s 45th season.
Yang was also a member of that year’s class, making him the program’s first Chinese-American cast member.