Shane Gillis apologises for F-bomb during SNL but not for the controversial comments about women
Shane Gillis has issued an apology for dropping the F-bomb during his Saturday Night Live appearance over the weekend - but not for his extremely controversial comments about women, which have since been labelled 'misogynistic'.
In the episode, which aired on Saturday (10 October), the 38-year-old comedian accidentally said an expletive during a Dr Seuss skit.
In the sketch, Gillis played an overprotective son who is trying to stop Sam-I-Am, played by Andrew Dismukes, from harassing his Lorax father, Mikey Day, to eat green eggs and ham.
"Bro, it’s a non-starter," he told Dismukes. "He said he doesn’t f***ing — jeez — like 'em."
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Day later worked the blunder into the sketch, saying at one point: "You’re a loser and you said a bad word!"
"Yes, I did," Gillis replied, acknowledging the swear.
NBC subsequently edited out the swear word in clips shared online.
Gillis was quick to say sorry to the audience at the end of the show while saying goodnight to the crowd alongside musical guest Rosalía, adding: "Sorry about earlier."
However, that's not why he's facing major backlash across social media.
Gillis is being called out online after using a misogynistic slur to refer to women who wear shorts while working out at a gym - something he is yet to publicly apologise for.
Gillis said in the 'joke' after using the slur: "I’m sorry, there’s no other way to describe— have you seen it? I’ve seen it. The shorts? Have you seen the shorts? Those neon — they’re like artificial bait colours.
"The wrinkles go around the cheeks, and all combine at the butthole.
"And don’t look, you’re not allowed to look — for real, don’t look because they are filming. I’m in the background of like 10 TikToks right now."
Many viewers were quick to call Gillis out for his comments, including Schitt’s Creek star Dan Levy, who wrote on Instagram: "Women wearing short shorts at the gym does not make them [expletive]. It makes the men... misogynists.
"There’s a difference there. By the way, I’ve seen more men’s nipples at the gym than I’ve ever seen women showing their bodies off.
"But I’m speechless that something like that can exist on live national television. And to be perfectly honest, more men need to be standing up in opposition to it because it’s complacency that has created the environment in which women are sexually assaulted and it’s a 'conversation' as opposed to a 'crime.'"
Tyla has reached out to NBC and Shane Gillis' representatives for comment.
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Rhiannon Ingle