Left desperate to bring cancel culture back

Shane Gillis' gym joke sparks backlash from progressives.

Oct 12, 2026

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Left desperate to bring cancel culture back

Shane Gillis' gym joke sparks backlash from progressives.

In brief

Shane Gillis' gym joke sparks backlash from progressives. Shane Gillis' Saturday Night Live bit mocking gym culture drew criticism from Dan Levy, who called it misogynistic, as leftists push to revive cancel culture. Originally reported by New York Post.

Shane Gillis returns to SNL after 2019 firing

Host Shane Gillis performs during the monologue on Saturday Night Live.

Shane Gillis hosted Saturday Night Live for the third time after being canned from the show in 2019.

Gillis mocks gym culture in SNL monologue

Shane Gillis dressed in an orange polo shirt for the "Upfront Heating & Air Conditioner" sketch on Saturday Night Live.

Gillis joked women dress like whores in gym shorts to work out, saying they don’t know how to dress properly.

“I haven’t been to the gym in so long, I didn’t know that women just dress like whores now”

Dan Levy calls bit misogynistic

Dan Levy and Eugene Levy attending the Emmy Awards.

Dan Levy, Schitt's Creek star, called Gillis' bit misogynistic and said he was speechless it was on live television.

“speechless that something like that can exist on live national television”

Gillis describes gym influencer culture

Gillis explained how gym shorts are made to make women’s bums seem perkier with fabric gathering around cheeks and butthole.

“they are filming. I’m in the background of 10 TikToks right now”

Critics ignore joke's context

Critics willfully ignored the joke and failed to acknowledge the body positivity movement turned workout gear into exhibitionist culture.

Left seeks to revive cancel culture

Left seeks to revive cancel culture

Left groups are desperate to bring cancel culture back, starting with Shane Gillis' gym joke.

The short version

Shane Gillis' Saturday Night Live bit mocking gym culture drew criticism from Dan Levy, who called it misogynistic, as leftists push to revive cancel culture.

Read the original on New York Post

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