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Andrew Yang to meet with Shane Gillis after ‘SNL’ firing

Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang said Monday he plans to meet with Shane Gillis after the comedian was axed from “Saturday Night Live” for using racial slurs targeting Asians.

“Shane Gillis reached out. Looks like we will be sitting down together soon,” Yang tweeted.

The show announced earlier Monday that it had dropped Gillis, who was set to join its 45th season, saying his language was “offensive, hurtful and unacceptable.”

Gillis had referred to Yang, who is Asian American, as a “Jew ch–k” on a Memorial Day episode of the “Real Ass Podcast.”

Clips of Gillis using racial slurs circulated after his casting was announced Thursday.

“Chinatown’s f—ing nuts,” Gillis said to fellow comedian Matt McCusker in a 2018 YouTube video. “Let the f—ing ch–ks live there.”





Over the weekend Yang directed a tweet at Gillis saying: “Shane – I prefer comedy that makes people think and doesn’t take cheap shots. But I’m happy to sit down and talk with you if you’d like.”

In another tweet Yang wrote, “For the record, I do not think he should lose his job. We would benefit from being more forgiving rather than punitive. We are all human.”





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