He did have some stern words for Gillis, stating: “It’s not okay to say racist things under the guise of comedy.
Rob Schneider has courted controversy after becoming the latest comedian to question Saturday Night Live’s decision to fire new recruit Shane Gillis.
Just because you have a mic in your hand doesn’t make the racist things you say any less racist.”
Many Twitter users lashed out at Schneider for his thoughts on Gillis’s firing, including Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Chelsea Peretti, who quipped: “Yessssssssss he got the Rob Schneider endorsement!”