SNLfired him as a hater.
Hes very kind and has smart humor and stands up to bullying.
Best recently noted that shes been cut from more sketches than Ive made it into in apostmarkingSNLs 50th anniversary.
Bowen Yang responds to accusation that he got Shane Gillis fired from ‘Saturday Night Live’.Amy Sussman/Getty Images/Rosalind O' Connor/NBC
He wasremoved from the castshortly afterward when his pastanti-Chinese and anti-gay jokesresurfaced.
In October, creatorLorne Michaelstold theWall Street Journalthat Gillis termination wasNBCs decision.
That was very strong from the people in charge.
And obviously I was not on that side, but I understood it, he said.
After making hisSNLhosting debutlast February, Gillis returns this weekend with musical guest Tate McRae.
