Shane Gillis Bio | Wiki
Shane Gillis is a well-known American stand-up comedian, YouTuber, radio personality, and podcaster. As of now, Shane regularly appears on the Comedy Central Radio show The Bonfire alongside Big Jay Oakerson and Dan Soder on Sirius XM, working as a regular on The Doug Stanhope Podcast.
He also works on the GaS Digital Network comedy podcasts Legion of Skanks and The Real Ass Podcast. Shane also serves as a co-host of Matt and Shane’s Secret Podcast with colleague stand-up comedian Matt McCusker. Shane was named one of Just for Laughs’ “New Faces” at their yearly comedy festival in Montreal in 2019. He became reported as a new cast member on the classic NBC show Saturday Night Live, only to be fired from the show four days after because of the backlash from clips of a 2018 episode of a podcast featuring jokes that contained racial slurs. He released his first comedy special, Shane Gillis: Live in Austin, for free on YouTube in 2021.
Shane Gillis Age
Shane was born on December 11, 1987, in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, in the United States. He is 35 years old. Shane celebrates his birthday on December 11th every year.
Shane Gillis Height
He is a man of above-average stature. Shane stands at a height of 6 ft 0 in ( Approx1.83 m).
Shane Gillis Family | Sister
He was born in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, in the United States to his parents. His father Phil Gillis told PennLive Monday that his son Shane is taking his dismissal from the 2019-20 cast of “Saturday Night Live” in stride. At the moment, Shane has not mentioned any details concerning his mother and if he has a sister.
Shane Gillis Girlfriend
Shane is not married. He loves to keep his personal life secretive hence Shane has not mentioned any details concerning whom he is dating. Once the details regarding Shane’s girlfriend are available we shall update.
Shane Gillis Education
He studied at Trinity High School in nearby Camp Hill, where Shane was on its football team as an offensive tackle and graduated in 2006. Shane subsequently attended West Chester University.
Shane Gillis Snl
His addition to Saturday Night Live as a featured cast member was reported on September 12, 2019, along with Bowen Yang and Chloe Fineman. Afterward that day, however, many clips of a 2018 episode of Matt and Shane’s Secret Podcast, which have since been removed from YouTube, resurfaced, in which Shane made jokes that included the word Chink, an ethnic slur on people of Asian descent. As for other clips, Shane and co-host Matt McCusker ranked comedians by race, gender, and sexual orientation, which included the use of gay slurs.
Afterward that night, Shane posted a tweet saying that “I’m a comedian who pushes boundaries” and that “if you go through my 10 years of comedy, most of it bad, you’re going to find a lot of bad misses. I’m happy to apologize to anyone who’s actually offended by anything I’ve said.”after four days, a spokesperson for Lorne Michaels, the creator of the show, reported that Shane had been removed from the cast.
Later on, Shane maintained that while the clips looked bad, they were taken out of context and he was misquoted in the majority of articles covering the story. Shane also stated that he immediately regretted using the “I’m a comedian who pushes boundaries” statement, blaming it on having “literally 5 minutes of being pressured to write anything”, acknowledging the statement was “corny” and that Matt officially retracted the statement.
Shane Gillis Podcast
He works as the co-host of Matt and Shane’s Secret Podcast with colleague stand-up comedian Matt McCusker. He started Matt and Shane’s Secret Podcast with Matt McCusker in 2016.
Shane Gillis Special
He released his first live comedy special, Shane Gillis: Live in Austin on YouTube on September 7, 2021. The special received 1 million views on September 17, 2021, and garnered 2.9 million views as of December 30, 2021. This Comedy website The Laugh Button ranked his special in second place in their top 20 comedy specials of 2021.
Shane Gillis Joe Rogan
He made two appearances in 2021 on The Joe Rogan Experience, during his second JRE appearance he made with comics Mark Normand and Ari Shaffir, the three comics started trading their best Louis CK stories, where Shane disclosed he had just gotten back from being on the road with CK, where he was his opener for CK’s 2021 stand-up tour.
Shane Gillis Net Worth
He is a stand-up comedian, YouTuber, radio personality, and podcaster. Therefore, Shane has accumulated a decent fortune over the years. Shane’s estimated net worth is $ 2 million.
Who Is Shane Gillis
Shane regularly appears on the Comedy Central Radio show The Bonfire alongside Big Jay Oakerson and Dan Soder on Sirius XM, working as a regular on The Doug Stanhope Podcast. He also appears on the GaS Digital Network comedy podcasts Legion of Skanks and The Real Ass Podcast. He also serves as a co-host of Matt and Shane’s Secret Podcast with colleague stand-up comedian Matt McCusker.