Dan Levy slams Shane Gillis for controversial ‘SNL’ monologue

Dan Levy slams Shane Gillis for controversial 'SNL' monologue. Brendan Morrow USA TODAY.

Key points

• Dan Levy criticized Shane Gillis over his controversial monologue on Saturday Night Live, urging more men to stand up for women.
• The "Schitt's Creek" star, 43, took to Instagram on Oct.
• In 2019, Gillis was set to join the cast of "SNL, " but he was fired before the season premiere over racist comments.
• 10 monologue, Gillis joked, I haven't been to the gym in so long, I didn't know women just dress like whores now.
• "Women wearing short shorts to the gym does not make them whores, " Levy remarked in a video on his Instagram story.

Dan Levy slams Shane Gillis for controversial 'SNL' monologue. Brendan Morrow USA TODAY. Dan Levy criticizes Shane Gillis' 'SNL' monologue on women's clothing.

Dan Levy criticized Shane Gillis over his controversial monologue on Saturday Night Live, urging more men to stand up for women. Dan Levy isn't amused by Shane Gillis' "SNL" monologue.

For context, the "Schitt's Creek" star, 43, took to Instagram on Oct. 11 to slam the comedian's controversial monologue on "Saturday Night Live." Though Levy didn't mention Gillis by name, he referenced his "SNL" material and said he was "speechless that something like that can exist on live, national television."

In his Oct. 10 monologue, Gillis joked, I haven't been to the gym in so long, I didn't know women just dress like whores now.

"Women wearing short shorts to the gym does not make them whores, " Levy remarked in a video on his Instagram story. "It makes the men calling them whores misogynists. There's a difference there. By the way, I've seen more men's nipples at the gym than I've ever seen women showing their bodies off."

Levy continued that "more men need to be standing up in opposition" to these kinds of comments as "it's complacency that has created the environment" in which women are sexually assaulted. "Men need to be defending women more. This is not a women's matter. This is an everybody matter."

In a previous Instagram story that additionally appeared to be inspired by Gillis' monologue, Levy bemoaned the "vile, repugnant, disgusting trash" that has been "pouring out of people's mouths" lately.

Gillis' "SNL" monologue stirred controversy on social media while it was airing. One X user remarked it "turns my stomach" that there were residents "who found his disgusting bit of so-called humor" regarding women at the gym funny. Shane Gillis degraded women on 'SNL.' We aren't angry enough.

Gillis' Oct. When he joked regarding having family members with Down syndrome during his debut monologue, 10 episode was his third time hosting "SNL." The comedian is known for bringing controversial stand-up material to the show each time he hosts, including in 2024.

In 2019, Gillis was set to join the cast of "SNL, " but he was fired before the season premiere over racist comments. At the time, executive producer Lorne Michaels remarked "SNL" was not aware of Gillis' past "offensive, hurtful and unacceptable" language. Michaels has since remarked he was unhappy with the firing and that it was NBC's decision to remove Gillis.

In his Oct. 10 monologue, Gillis additionally joked concerning going on a hike and trying to not seem like a threat to a "beautiful woman" who was by herself, and he closed by joking that he has "balded directly into an Adolf Hitler haircut" but can't adjust his hair without looking "gay."

"You're either gay or you're Hitler, and isn't that where we're at as a country?" he remarked.

Afterwards in the show, Gillis broke character during a sketch after accidentally using the f-word. It was broadcast on NBC uncensored. He apologized both at the end of the sketch and while closing the show. SMS Facebook Twitter Email. Share your feedback to support improve our site! Share your feedback to support improve our site!

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