NBC, SaturdayNightLive stay mum as Shane Gillis controversy grows
try to win notice for the late-night mainstay by releasing news about which cast members are leaving or returning, and, subsequently, trumpet the addition of new members to the cast. This year’s new talent batch, also unveiled Thursday, was notable for the inclusion of Bowen Yang, an Asian American, to a show that has in recent years been under scrutiny regarding racial and ethnic diversity among its on-air staff.Other late-night shows have dealt with similar issues.
Gillis, meanwhile, has led “SNL” into uncharted territory because he has yet to appear on the program, which begins its 45th season on Sept. 28. The silence so far from “SNL” producers and NBC suggests the sides are still trying to sort through their options and monitor whether the controversy snowballs.
In an era when actors, comedians and celebrities regularly take to social media, however, “SNL” has had its fair share of controversies to solve., one of the show’s head writers and a co-anchor of its regular “Weekend Update” segment, has often sparked outrage with remarks posted on Instagram and Twitter.
In one case, producers have had to determine not whether a cast member had offended others, but rather if he posed a danger to himself. In December of last year,, then in the public spotlight because of a romantic relationship he had with musician Ariana Grande, posted a disturbing message on Instagram. “I’m doing my best to stay here for you but i actually don’t know how much longer i can last. all i’ve ever tried to do was help people.
The remarks so alarmed his followers that the New York Police Department visited NBC and “SNL” offices at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York to see if the comic was safe.
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