Andrew Yang has reported to his Twitter followers that he’s going to have a heart-to-heart with comedian Shane Gillis, who was hired for and fired from “Saturday Night Live” in a matter of days over racist remarks in his stand-up act and during podcasts.

It’s as if the diplomatic Yang is running for president or something, and he could use each and every vote he can secure.

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

Shane Gillis reached out. Looks like we will be sitting down together soon. — Andrew Yang (@AndrewYang) September 16, 2019

If we were Yang, we would be a little wary. Gillis, after all, is newly unemployed, and might be looking for an advance on Yang’s campaign promise of a basic income of $1,000 a month for every American adult.

The 31-year-old Gillis was introduced last week as one of three new “SNL” featured cast members. But freelance comedy reporter Seth Simons posted video footage of Gillis making fun of Chinese people and Chinatown in a podcast from less than a year ago.

It turns out it wasn’t an isolated incident as more video surfaced of Gillis making racist and homophobic remarks. One of his targets happened to be entrepreneur Yang, whom Gillis called a “Jew” and the derogatory term for an Asian person in another podcast from May.

By Monday, “SNL” execs decided to go the damage-control route and fired Gillis.

“We want ‘SNL’ to have a variety of voices and points of view within the show,” a spokesman for the show said, “and we hired Shane on the strength of his talent as comedian and his impressive audition for ‘SNL.’ We were not aware of his prior remarks that have surfaced over the past few days. The language he used is offensive, hurtful and unacceptable.”

Gillis’ own attempt at damage control — following Simons’ post of the podcast — fell flat.

“I’m a comedian who pushes boundaries,” he tweeted. “I sometimes miss. … I’m happy to apologize to anyone who’s actually offended by anything I’ve said.”

Yang responded with an offer.

“Shane – I prefer comedy that makes people think and doesn’t take cheap shots,” he wrote. “But I’m happy to sit down and talk with you if you’d like.”

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. https://t.co/YxbzQ5WVLX — Andrew Yang (@AndrewYang) September 14, 2019

Over the weekend, Yang addressed the controversy with a series of tweets. He offered the opinion that Gillis shouldn’t be fired, and said that he had been referred to in racist, derogatory terms in the past.

“It can be extraordinarily hurtful to feel like you are somehow not part of the only country you have ever known. I have certainly felt that – the churning sense of alienation, anger and marginalization,” he wrote.

“It’s also the case that anti-Asian racism is particularly virulent because it’s somehow considered more acceptable. If Shane had used the n word the treatment would likely be immediate and clear.”

Yang said he would be willing to give Gillis another chance.

“But I took the time to watch and listen to Shane’s work. He does not strike me as malignant or evil. He strikes me as a still-forming comedian from central Pennsylvania who made some terrible and insensitive jokes and comments.”

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Yang wasn’t alone in coming to Gillis’ defense. At least three “SNL” alums — Rob Schneider, Norm McDonald and David Spade — cited cancel culture in standing up for Gillis, according to Uproxx.

“As a former SNL cast member,” Schneider tweeted at Gillis, “I am sorry that you had the misfortune of being a cast member during this era of cultural unforgiveness where comedic misfires are subject to the intolerable inquisition of those who never risked bombing on stage themselves.”

Dear @Shanemgillis

As a former SNL cast member I am sorry that you had the misfortune of being a cast member during this era of cultural unforgiveness where comedic misfires are subject to the intolerable inquisition of those who never risked bombing on stage themselves. — Rob Schneider (@RobSchneider) September 16, 2019

After some back and forth with Twitter users that disagreed with him, Schneider, who is partly of Asian descent, seemed to relent and concede that Gillis was being mean-spirited in his remarks.

“Last thought on this @Shanemgillis,” Schneider wrote. “There’s a difference between exposing truths through Free Speech and just being ugly. It’s not okay to say racist things under the guise of comedy. Just because you have a mic in your hand doesn’t make the racist things you say any less racist.”