Shane Gillis opens ‘SNL’ hosting gig with several jokes about Down syndrome — 5 years after his infamous firing
NY Post
Stand-up comedian Shane Gillis hosted “Saturday Night Live” five years after his infamous firing and didn’t shy away from making jokes on taboo topics like the canning — warning audience members “Don’t google that.”
The controversial funnyman — who was fired from the show before appearing on-air — spent a large portion of his monologue talking about his niece with Down syndrome.
“My family and I, we actually opened a coffee shop in my hometown for people with Down syndrome to work at and it’s going — Don’t clap!” Gillis said.
“It’s going exactly how you think it would go. It’s still well actually … Not because there’s a ton of people getting good service. Everyone’s getting apple juice. We don’t know how to fix that problem.”
The gig was the first time Gillis, 36, appeared on the show.
Sources told Page Six this week that Gillis had been working out his material in Big Apple comedy clubs in the days leading up to his hosting gig, and was confident in executing the Downs bits.
