'Saturday Night Live' alumnus Rob Schneider speaks out in defense of Shane Gillis after the show dropped the comedian from its cast.
As a former SNL cast member I am sorry that you had the misfortune of being a cast member during this era of cultural unforgiveness where comedic misfires are subject to the intolerable inquisition of those who never risked bombing on stage themselves," SchneiderSchneider, a cast member on the long-running sketch comedy series in the early 1990s, said the show should have suspended Gillis instead.
."An honest, sincere apology and also accepting it seems appropriate as well. Destroying someone does not."Jeff Kravitz / FilmMagic for Clusterfest via Getty Images fileTuesday morning that comedy does not give people permission to be racist. Among the other public figures who weighed in on"SNL" dropping Gillis were actress Sandra Oh and presidential candidate Andrew Yang.Tuesday morning for its decision not to"legitimize and/or give a platform" to"purveyors of racist homophobic content."
"I understand those who have another point of view on this. Obviously the folks at NBC are the real decision-makers," Yang, whose parents emigrated from Taiwan,on Twitter."But if I can forgive Shane ... I hope others can as well. I also hope Shane is open to learning. We are all human, we’re all fallible."
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