“The language he used is offensive, hurtful and unacceptable,” said an S.N.L. spokesperson
Matt McCusker.
In the video, recorded last year, Gillis and McCusker discuss Chinatown—and Gillis says, among other things, “Why do the fucking ch*nks live there?” The two go on to denigrate Chinese people’s cuisine, accents, and English-speaking abilities. In another recent video surfaced byNBC did not comment publicly on the matter until it issued Monday’s statement confirming Gillis’s removal.
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