In subsequent appearances on the “Joe Rogan Experience” and the “Bussin’ with the Boys” podcast, Gillis has further explained his feelings about being fired from “Saturday Night Live.”
“I’m not saying I shouldn’t have been fired. I’ve never denied that,” Gillis said on “Bussin’ with the Boys,” with a ‘but’ added on as a caveat. He also admitted that NBC tried to write his apology note, but he refused to use it and created his own, which he admitted was not his best work. He also said SNL was trying to keep him on the show, but the uproar didn’t go away, and he knew he was going to be fired; he was also aware that worse material from previous podcasts could resurface. “I wasn’t even angry, I was like ‘this is f*****g insane,'” he said. He repeated as much to Joe Rogan, but added that after the controversy broke, he found himself reading comment after comment online about his behavior even though friends and family encouraged him not to.
While fans of Gillis seem to be excited by his appearance, judging by the Instagram announcement detailing his appearance on the official SNL Instagram, and reactions on various subreddits, many other viewers have been less than positive. “You have an endless list of people to host and you chose him?” one fan wrote on Instagram. “This is just yikes but also why is SNL incapable of consistently booking A List talent anymore? To go from an Emmy winner to… whoever this man is,” wrote one Redditor. Whether Gillis is a comedian who went too far or just a misunderstood funnyman, “Saturday Night Live” is a part of his destiny for better or for worse.
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