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Shane Gillis

American comedian and actor
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2019, when newly hired comedian Shane Gillis was dropped from the show before ever appearing onscreen after instances of him using racial slurs on his podcast came to light. Michaels later said that it had been NBC’s decision to fire Gillis and that he argued against doing it, and Gillis


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2019, when newly hired comedian Shane Gillis was dropped from the show before ever appearing onscreen after instances of him using racial slurs on his podcast came to light. Michaels later said that it had been NBC’s decision to fire Gillis and that he argued against doing it, and Gillis


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