Its been an eventful week for comedian Shane Gillis.
Mere hours later, Twitter users unearthedclips from his podcastwhere he used racist and homophobic slurs.
By Monday,SNLhad announcedthat it was firing Gillis before his first episode.
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As reported by bothVarietyandUSA Today, Gillis did not shy away from discussing hisSNLsaga in the set.
Everybodys been like, you cant say s and not expect consequences, Gillis said, per Variety.
Im fine with the consequences.
In the Wednesday night set, Gillis also addressed notions of his possible affinity for President Donald Trump.
For real, though, I did not vote for Donald Trump.
Look at me: I didnt, but that was tough.
His whole campaign was at me.
Are you a fat idiot?
Yeah dude, whatre we doing?'
Season 45 ofSNLkicks off Sept. 28 with an episode hosted by Woody Harrelson.
