1. Shane Michael Gillis was born on December 11,1987 and is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster.
21 Facts About Shane Gillis
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Shane Gillis subsequently became the subject of a controversy and was fired after five days at SNL due to backlash over a 2018 clip from his podcast in which derogatory language, such as Asian ethnic slurs, were used, sparking a discussion on context and intent when certain topics are used for comedic purposes.
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Shane Gillis was born on December 11,1987, in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, a town located outside of Harrisburg.
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Shane Gillis quickly transferred out of West Point during his first year, and played a year of football at Elon University in North Carolina.
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Shane Gillis was later asked to leave Elon University, and then returned to his parents' house, where he lived while attending community college.
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Shane Gillis ultimately graduated from West Chester University in Pennsylvania with a degree in history.
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In 2016, Gillis began Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast with McCusker.
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In 2017, Shane Gillis became a frequent guest on The Bonfire with Big Jay Oakerson and Dan Soder, increasing his popularity.
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That same year, Shane Gillis was recognized as a "New Face" at the Just for Laughs comedy festival in Montreal.
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Shane Gillis argued that although the jokes were regrettable, especially when taken out of context, the intent behind them had been misunderstood; in using the slur, specifically, he was imitating an imagined 1940s white landlord, not expressing a view of his own.
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Five years after the incident, Michaels revealed that the decision to fire Shane Gillis was not his, and it was forced on him by NBC executives.
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Since 2021, Shane Gillis has made a series of appearances on Joe Rogan's podcast The Joe Rogan Experience alongside comics Mark Normand and Ari Shaffir, known as the "Protect Our Parks" episodes.
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In 2023, Shane Gillis had a recurring role on the Peacock series Bupkis, starring Pete Davidson.
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In 2024, Shane Gillis hosted the February 24 episode of Saturday Night Live, nearly four and a half years after his firing from the show in September 2019.
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In February 2024, Shane Gillis struck a deal with Netflix for a scripted workplace comedy as well as his second special with the streamer.
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Shane Gillis will serve as an executive producer, a writer and co-creator of the show Tires based on his pilot on YouTube.
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In October 2024, during a comedy festival entitled Skankfest in Las Vegas, Shane Gillis stated that he declined an offer to impersonate Donald Trump for the entire 50th season of SNL to attend "Coke Magic", one of the shows at the festival.
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Shane Gillis appears in the upcoming movie Easy's Waltz, in a supporting role that was originally written for comedian Norm Macdonald, who died before the film began production.
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In February 2025, Shane Gillis appeared in an advertisement for Bud Light titled "Big Men on Cul-De-Sac," which aired during Super Bowl LIX.
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Shane Gillis appeared in the advertisement with Peyton Manning and Post Malone.
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In March 2025, Shane Gillis was added as a playable character to the video game EA Sports College Football 25's Ultimate Team mode, as a 98-rated middle linebacker for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, as part of the 'Names of the Game' promotional event.