SNL's Shane Gillis hiring scandal gets an online parody

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Writer-performers Jeremy Levick and Rajat Suresh filmed a parody video of Gillis saying the word "ch*nk" in a podcast.

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• SNL alum Norm Macdonald calls Shane Gillis' firing "unacceptable": "Hey, Shane, I'm so sorry," he tweeted to Gillis. "I can't even imagine how you must feel. The work it takes to get that show and to have it snatched away by some guy who does 'Spoken Bird' poetry. Unacceptable. Please DM me, pal, when you have a moment. I'm so sorry."
• SNL alum Abby Elliott supports Gillis' firing: "I mean, the line between comedy and just blatant racism, it was just very clear that what he said and did was racist on the podcast. So I, you know, fully support it."
• SNL alum Sasheer Zamata on Gillis' firing: "Say whatever you want, but you also have to know that the audience is going to feel how they feel, and they also have a right to say what they want to say"