The “Wicked” star, 34, shut down that rumor after Michelle Best, who worked as a background actor on “SNL,” commented on an Instagram post promoting Gillis’ stint as host this weekend, and claimed Yang, 34, was responsible for Gillis’ 2019 firing.
Bowen Yang has once again found himself dragged into the controversy surrounding Shane Gillis‘ 2019 firing from Saturday Night Live. The SNL breakout star responded to a disgruntled commenter ...
SNL cast member Bowen Yang recently defended himself against accusations that he was behind the termination of comedian Shane Gillis in 2019.
Gillis was fired from the NBC sketch comedy show in 2019 after using racial and homophobic slurs on a podcast.