New ‘SNL’ cast member Shane Gillis referred to Andrew Yang as a ‘Jew ch–k’

September 13, 2019


Shane Gillis — a newly-named cast member for Saturday Night Live who’s already under fire for using racial slurs that target Asians — also slurred 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang on a podcast in May.

Gillis referred to Yang as a “Jew ch–k” on a Memorial Day episode of the Real Ass Podcast, which is hosted by comedians Luis Gomez and Zac Amico,

Gillis directed the word at Yang while he and the hosts were talking about the 2020 Democratic presidential field.

During the exchange, Gillis describes Bernie Sanders as the “Mario” to Dick Cheney’s “Wario,” a reference to the Super Mario Brothers video game.

He then says of Yang, “Actually, they are running a Jew c—k. Chang, dude,” he then says. “Yang? Or Chang?” he says, stumbling on the candidate’s name.

Vice News first unearthed the podcast recording.

Early this week, video of Gillis using the same slur on another recording surfaced.

“Chinatown’s f—ing nuts,” Gillis said to comedian Matt McCusker in a segment on a YouTube video. “Let the f—ing ch–ks live there.”

Gillis offered to apologize for his use of the word in a message released Thursday.

“I’m a comedian who pushes boundaries,” he wrote in a message posted to Twitter.

“I sometimes miss. If you go through my 10 years of comedy, most of it bad, you’re going to find a lot of bad misses. I’m happy to apologize to anyone who’s actually offended by anything I’ve said,” he added.

Gillis did not respond to request for comment Friday night.

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