Shane Gillis Jokes About Bill Cosby, Compares Liberals to ‘Star Wars’ Villains in ‘SNL’ Monologue

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Emily Longeretta Shane Gillis returned to “Saturday Night Live” as a host for a second time on March 1. This time, the show did not open with him playing President Trump; James Austin Johnson, per usual, took over that role in a cold open recreating Trump vs.

Zelenskyy. After the opening, Gillis took the stage for a bit of his own stand-up routine. After poking fun of both Trump and former President Biden, he then compared liberals to famous villains in the “Star Wars” universe. “You guys are pretty liberal here.

Look, I understand being liberal, dude, it feels good. It’s powerful. It’s too powerful, dude. It’s like the Sith. You, like, lose yourself,” he said, laughing.

While the audience didn’t seem to respond well, Gillis then joked he was about to “lose” them a bit more with a joke about white men asking their girlfriends about their past partners. “You don’t want to be on Tinder, [writing,] ‘Have you ever had sex with a Black guy before?'” he asked. “It’s a shameful thing to ask.