Kenan Thompson on Shane Gillis' SNL monologue and comedy's limits

"Saturday Night Live" star Kenan Thompson said he would have a candid conversation with Shane Gillis if he returned to host after Gillis' controversial monologue."I don't know him to be a mean person necessarily," he told Axios at Media Trends Live in New York City on Tuesday. "But yeah, if he were to come back, I'm sure we would have a conversation of like, how do you think that went?"Why it matters: Gillis' remarks sparked debate over the boundaries of comedic license after saying women who wear shorts to the gym dress like "whores."Gillis was fired from the show in 2019, just days before his debut, after clips resurfaced of him using racial slurs and homophobic language.What he's saying: Thompson noted, "I can't really say like if they're gonna have him back or not. That's not my decision.""But if he were to come back, then yeah, I think we would have to have some sort of real chat where people's actions don't overly wave pull the rest of us," he said."Everybody's focusing in on this one specific word or one specific part of the monologue, and then the rest of the monologue or even the rest of the show is getting overshadowed."Zoom in: Peter Micelli, CEO and co-founder of Range…

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