carrybuh — 1 year ago(October 27, 2024 06:45 AM)

He was famously fired from SNL in 2019 shortly after being hired.
https://deadline.com/2024/10/shane-gillis-turned-down-snl-donald-trump-impersonation-1236109544/
Shane Gillis claimed over the weekend that he was asked to play the former President of the United States for the entirety of Season 50 but turned it down.
At Skankfest, a comedy festival in Las Vegas, it emerged that Gillis, who did spoof Trump when he hosted SNL last season, was asked by Lorne Michaels to do it again.
“Nobody thought [Gillis] was coming to this festival this year,” podcaster Luis J. Gomez said.
“Explain why,” Gillis replied. “Because he was offered to play Trump on the entire season of SNL and he turned it down to f*cking be here, folks,” Gomez added. Gillis said, “They said, ‘Are you serious? You’re going to say no?’ I said, ‘Lorne, I’ve got to go to Coke Magic.’”