The fired former cast member relies more on bro humor than button-pushing in uneven episode
Saturday Night Live has never been above a ratings ploy—the powers that be have routinely tapped controversial figures to host the sketch-comedy show over the years, from polarizing POTUS Donald Trump to tech douche Elon Musk. So it wasn’t all that surprising that Studio 8H would welcome back Shane Gillis , the former SNL cast member who, a mere four days into his show tenure, was fired back in 2019 after instances of him using anti-Asian and homophobic language were resurfaced online.
Best sketch of the night: White Men Can Trump Gillis did considerably better in the show’s pre-taped bits, including a faux-mercial for Rock Bottom Kings—a FanDuel-esque app that lets you to wager on how far your betting buddies will sink into gambling addiction—and this fake movie trailer for White Men Can Trump, a comedy starring Gillis as Gordon Dwyer, an unathletic doofus who gains the unfettered bravado of a certain politician when he’s magically gifted a pair of Donald Trump’s new gold...
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