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Dana Carvey on Shane Gillis' SNL monologue: 'I just saw it' as a joke
Gillis opened his October 10 hosting turn by mocking women at the gym, and Carvey says he saw only a joke; NBC News says the audience groaned.
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- First reported by Variety: “Dana Carvey Says He ‘Didn’t Understand the Kerfuffle’ Over Shane Gillis’ ‘SNL’ Monologue: ‘I Just Saw It’ as a ‘Joke’”, with reporting from NBC News and Yahoo.
- Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at 7:38 AM ET on BBN This Morning, by Chip Darnell and Kenji Moonfield.
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- VarietyDana Carvey Says He ‘Didn’t Understand the Kerfuffle’ Over Shane Gillis’ ‘SNL’ Monologue: ‘I Just Saw It’ as a ‘Joke’
- NBC NewsShane Gillis’ ‘SNL’ monologue slammed as sexist for comments about women facts used on air
- YahooShane Gillis joked about women's gym shorts. Women are turning the insult around. facts used on air
What BBN said about it
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorDana Carvey says he didn't understand the kerfuffle over Shane Gillis' Saturday Night Live monologue, and that he just saw it as a joke.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe kerfuffle was the gym bit. NBC News says Gillis described women's shorts as neon, artificial-vape colored, and Yahoo says the studio audience groaned out loud.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd this was his third time hosting since SNL let him go in twenty nineteen. I love a returning customer.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThey fired him once and hosted him three times. The groans were the restocking fee.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorDan Levy posted a video answering it, and Ego Nwodim posted a gym photo. Everybody's weighing in, Kenji, it's a real community moment!
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentGillis hasn't publicly addressed any of it, which is the one move online that never works.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo who gets the last word?
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFired once, hosted three times, and the only thing the show changed was the groan.
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