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Dan Levy criticizes Shane Gillis’s remarks about women at the gym on SNL
Comedian Shane Gillis made a joke about women’s gym clothes during his opening monologue on Saturday Night Live in the United States.
He said women at the gym “dress like whores now,” drawing criticism online.
Actor and writer Dan Levy responded in an Instagram video, saying women’s clothing does not justify calling them names.
Levy said the insult was misogynistic and called on more men to oppose comments that objectify women.
He argued that treating women as objects can affect how other men see and treat them.
Gillis was fired from SNL in 2019, days after being hired, when past clips of racist and homophobic remarks resurfaced.
He later returned as a host, and this was his third time hosting the show.
The sources say representatives for Gillis had not responded to requests for comment.
Dan Levy criticized Shane Gillis for saying women at the gym “dress like whores” during his Saturday Night Live opening monologue.
Levy said the remark was misogynistic and called for more men to oppose such comments.
Gillis hosted the US sketch comedy show for the third time on 10 October.
The monologue drew backlash online, and representatives for Gillis had not immediately responded to requests for comment.
- Who
- Dan Levy criticized comedian Shane Gillis.
- What
- Levy condemned Gillis’s remarks about women’s gym clothing during an SNL monologue.
- When
- Gillis made the remarks on 10 October. Levy’s Instagram response was reported as posted Sunday night by Variety and on Monday by The Independent.
- Where
- On Saturday Night Live, the US sketch comedy show; Levy responded on Instagram.
- Why
- Levy said the comments were misogynistic and that men should oppose the objectification of women.
Dan Levy
Shane Gillis
Women’s gym clothing
Dan Levy
Levy said wearing short shorts does not make women “whores”; he said men who call them that are misogynists.
Shane Gillis
Gillis said women at the gym “dress like whores now.
Objectification and response
Dan Levy
Levy said more men need to defend women and oppose objectification.
Shane Gillis
Gillis made the remarks as part of his opening monologue; the sources do not report a response from him to Levy’s criticism.
I’m speechless that something like that can exist on live national television.
Men need to be defending women more.
This is not a women’s issue, this is an everybody issue.
I haven’t been to the gym in so long, I didn’t know women just dress like whores now?
Gillis was hired as an SNL featured player and fired days later after podcast clips resurfaced in which he made racist and homophobic comments.
Gillis returned to SNL as a host.
Gillis hosted SNL for a second time.
Gillis hosted SNL for the third time and made remarks about women’s gym clothing in his monologue.
Levy posted an Instagram response; Variety reported it was posted Sunday night, while The Independent reported it on Monday.
- Gillis’s SNL hosting
- Third time
- Monologue date
- 10 October
- Levy response
- Instagram video or Reel
- Levy’s SNL hosting
- 2021
- Gillis’s SNL hiring and firing
- Hired in 2019; fired days later
Sources
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