You might say you’re fired. saturday night live It was the best thing to happen to Shane Gillis. The controversial comic, who had a history of making racist comments and was unceremoniously dismissed before he had a chance to take the Studio 8H stage, returned over the weekend as host of the NBC sketch show. After that victory lap, he is now being approached with a new offer. It’s a shiny new Netflix deal.
A “partnership extension” between the streamer and the “beloved” Gillis was announced on Monday. In a press release, the company said, tire, which Gillis co-created and stars in, as well as writing and executive producing the show. It’s a self-funded workplace comedy about two cousins trying to run a chain of auto repair shops. tire It will be broadcast for the first time on May 23rd.
Also cooking at the forefront is a new stand-up special that Netflix ordered from Gillis after his previous special for the platform. beautiful dogswas a big hit when it fell last year. The company also announced in a press release that Gillis will perform two shows at its annual comedy festival, Netflix Is a Joke.
The timely news came on the heels of Gillis’ sporadic turn. SNL In the host’s chair, he ditched the word “retarded” in his opening monologue, spoke in Jamaican Patois, and attended Forrest Gump’s high school reunion.
Gillis, 36, quickly gained notoriety for his guns when he received news of his right-wing appointment. SNL In 2019, anti-Asian slurs and homophobic comments he made on his podcast resurfaced. One of them was his own, Matt and Shane’s Secret Podcastwhich has more than 80,000 paying listeners on Patreon and occasionally features two of Gillis’ friends who happen to be obvious Holocaust deniers.
But the comedian also avoids leaning into cancel culture’s victim mentality, instead using his newfound persona to subvert the standard tropes applied to guys who look like him, making him feel self-conscious. It creates an aura of stupidity. On Saturday night, for example, he feigned bewilderment rather than anger.
“Most of you don’t know who I am. Actually, I was fired from this show a while ago. But if you don’t know who I am, don’t look it up. Please,” he said with a laugh. “Please, don’t google that. It’s okay. Don’t worry about that either.
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