Shane Gillis has been set because the host of the Feb. 24 episode of “Saturday Night time Reside” — a controversial transfer, because the comic was solid and swiftly lower from the late-night sketch present in 2019. He will likely be joined by musical visitor 21 Savage.

Hours after Gillis was introduced to be becoming a member of “SNL” in 2019, movies resurfaced on social media that featured him making racist, homophobic, Islamophobic and misogynistic jokes on his personal podcast and different media.

One week later, NBC lower him from the solid. “After speaking with Shane Gillis, we have now determined that he is not going to be becoming a member of ‘SNL,’” a spokesperson stated on the time on behalf of government producer Lorne Michaels. “We wish ‘SNL’ to have a wide range of voices and factors of view inside the present, and we employed Shane on the energy of his expertise as comic and his spectacular audition for ‘SNL.’ We weren’t conscious of his prior remarks which have surfaced over the previous few days. The language he used is offensive, hurtful and unacceptable. We’re sorry that we didn’t see these clips earlier, and that our vetting course of was less than our normal.”

Gillis additionally launched an announcement, saying, “It feels ridiculous for comedians to be making critical public statements however right here we’re. I’m a comic who was humorous sufficient to get ‘SNL.’ That may’t be taken away. After all I needed a chance to show myself at ‘SNL,’ however I perceive it could be an excessive amount of of a distraction. I respect the choice they made. I’m actually grateful for the chance. I used to be all the time a mad television [sic] man anyway.”

Amongst Gillis’ resurfaced feedback had been makes use of of anti-Asian, homophobic and ableist slurs.