"We had a bad time when I added Shane Gillis to the cast [in 2019]," Michaels said. "He got beat up for things that he’d done years earlier [racist and homophobic jokes] and the overreaction to ...
Lorne Michaels has no regrets about hiring controversial comedian Shane Gillis — or bringing him back to host Saturday Night Live after he was fired for resurfaced racist and homophobic jokes.