KICK STARTED THE CAREERS OF COMEDY LEGENDS.

COMEDY LEGENDS. THIS MORNING THAT JOB IS GONE

THIS MORNING THAT JOB IS GONE FOR SHANE GILLIS JUST FOUR DAYS

FOR SHANE GILLIS JUST FOUR DAYS AFTER IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT HE

AFTER IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT HE WAS JOINING THE SHOW.

WAS JOINING THE SHOW. A SHOW KNOWN FOR PUSHING

A SHOW KNOWN FOR PUSHING BOUNDARIES.

BOUNDARIES. >> LOOKS LIKE YOUR RIDE IS HERE.

>> LOOKS LIKE YOUR RIDE IS HERE. >> DAD, IT'S JUST ISIS.

>> DAD, IT'S JUST ISIS. >> Reporter: IS DRAWING THE

>> Reporter: IS DRAWING THE LINE.

LINE. SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE ANNOUNCING

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE ANNOUNCING IT'S PARTING WAYS WITH ITS

IT'S PARTING WAYS WITH ITS NEWEST CAST MEMBER, SHANE

NEWEST CAST MEMBER, SHANE GILLIS, FOUR DAYS AFTER THE

GILLIS, FOUR DAYS AFTER THE VIDEO SHOWED THE COMEDIAN

VIDEO SHOWED THE COMEDIAN REFERRING TO ASIANS WITH A

REFERRING TO ASIANS WITH A RACIAL SLUR AND MAKING

RACIAL SLUR AND MAKING HOMOPHOBIC JOKES ON HIS PODCAST.

HOMOPHOBIC JOKES ON HIS PODCAST. THE VIDEOS FROM THE PAST YEAR

THE VIDEOS FROM THE PAST YEAR QUICKLY SPREAD ONLINE, LEADING

QUICKLY SPREAD ONLINE, LEADING TO FIERCE BACKLASH ESPECIALLY

TO FIERCE BACKLASH ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT THE SHOW, WHICH HAS

GIVEN THAT THE SHOW, WHICH HAS BEEN CALLED OUT IN RECENT YEARS

BEEN CALLED OUT IN RECENT YEARS FOR ITS LACK OF DIVERSITY, ALSO

FOR ITS LACK OF DIVERSITY, ALSO ANNOUNCED YANG WILL MAKE SNL

ANNOUNCED YANG WILL MAKE SNL HISTORY AS THE FIRST ASIAN

HISTORY AS THE FIRST ASIAN AMERICAN CAST MEMBER.

AMERICAN CAST MEMBER. A SPOKESPERSON FOR LOREN

A SPOKESPERSON FOR LOREN MICHAELS SAYING IN PART, WE WERE

MICHAELS SAYING IN PART, WE WERE NOT AWARE OF HIS PRIOR REMARKS

NOT AWARE OF HIS PRIOR REMARKS THAT HAVE SURFACED OVER THE PAST

THAT HAVE SURFACED OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS.

FEW DAYS. WE ARE SORRY THAT WE DID NOT SEE

WE ARE SORRY THAT WE DID NOT SEE THESE CLIPS EARLIER AND THAT OUR

THESE CLIPS EARLIER AND THAT OUR VETTING PRACTICE WAS NOT UP TO

VETTING PRACTICE WAS NOT UP TO OUR STANDARD.

OUR STANDARD. GILL IS POSTING I RESPECT THE

GILL IS POSTING I RESPECT THE DECISION THEY MADE.

DECISION THEY MADE. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ANDREW

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ANDREW YANG WHO GILLIS JOKED ABOUT,

YANG WHO GILLIS JOKED ABOUT, DEFENDED HIM OVER THE WEEKEND

DEFENDED HIM OVER THE WEEKEND SAYING GILLIS SHOULD GET TO KEEP

SAYING GILLIS SHOULD GET TO KEEP HIS JOB.

HIS JOB. >> I BELIEVE OUR COUNTRY HAS

>> I BELIEVE OUR COUNTRY HAS BECOME PUNITIVE AND VINDICTIVE

BECOME PUNITIVE AND VINDICTIVE ABOUT REMARKS PEOPLE FIND

ABOUT REMARKS PEOPLE FIND OFFENSIVE AND RACIST, AND WE

OFFENSIVE AND RACIST, AND WE NEED TO TRY AND MOVE BEYOND

NEED TO TRY AND MOVE BEYOND THAT.

THAT. >> IT WASN'T ENOUGH TO KEEP