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发帖数: 2555 | 1 (CNN)"Saturday Night Live" has fired one of its most recent hires, Shane
Gillis, just days after videos of comedian making bigoted comments came to
light.
"After talking with Shane Gillis, we have decided that he will not be
joining 'SNL,'" an 'SNL' spokesperson on behalf of Lorne Michaels said in a
statement to CNN. "We want 'SNL' to have a variety of voices and points of
view within the show, and we hired Shane on the strength of his talent as
comedian and his impressive audition for 'SNL.' We were not aware of his
prior remarks that have surfaced over the past few days. The language he
used is offensive, hurtful and unacceptable. We are sorry that we did not
see these clips earlier, and that our vetting process was not up to our
standard."
Following news of his ouster, Gillis wrote on Twitter, "I'm a comedian who
was funny enough to get 'SNL.' That can't be taken away."
He added: "Of course I wanted an opportunity to prove myself at 'SNL' but I
understand it would be too much of a distraction. I respect the decision
they made. I'm honestly grateful for the opportunity. I was always a Mad TV
guy anyway." |
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