Dan Levy Rebukes Shane Gillis' SNL Monologue, His 3rd Hosting Turn
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Updated · Variety · Oct 12
Dan Levy Rebukes Shane Gillis' SNL Monologue, His 3rd Hosting Turn
3 articles · Updated · Variety · Oct 12
Summary
Dan Levy used an Instagram Reel on Sunday to denounce Shane Gillis’ “Saturday Night Live” monologue, saying men should more forcefully oppose rhetoric that objectifies women.
Gillis triggered the backlash in Saturday’s opener by calling women at the gym “whores” over their clothing, comments Levy said should not air on live national television.
Levy argued that normalizing such language helps create an environment where sexual assault is treated as a “conversation” rather than a crime, adding that defending women is “an everybody issue.”
Celebrity support quickly followed in the comments, while representatives for Gillis and “SNL” did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The dispute adds to Gillis’ fraught history with the show: he was fired in 2019 over resurfaced racist and homophobic remarks, then returned to host in 2024, 2025 and again this weekend.