Dan Levy Slams Shane Gillis' SNL Joke About Women in Stadiums: “Voiceless Beings Can Exist?”

“Schitt's Creek” strongly criticized Gillis' joke as misogynistic, suggesting such a joke could lead to sexual assault. “[Women] are not objects. They are superior human beings to men.”

A joke from Shane Gillis' "Saturday Night Live" monologue draws fire from Schitt's Creek creator and star Dan Levy.

Gillies — the popular stand-up comedian who also stars in Netflix's Tires — hosted SNL this weekend and offered this joke during his opening set (watch it below): "I haven't been to the gym in so long, I didn't know women were dressing like whores now. Look, I'm sorry, isn't there another way to describe it? You saw the shorts, like booties and wrinkles on the cheek. They spin and you can't look at all because I'm in the background now.

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In response, Levy posted this on Instagram on Sunday: "Women wearing short shorts to the gym does not make them whores. This causes men to call them misogynists. Here is the difference. By the way, I've seen more men's nipples in the gym than women showing off their bodies."

The Canadian actress continued: "But I have no say in this being on live national television. I'm against it because it's complacent that it's created an environment where women are being sexually assaulted and it's a 'conversation' as opposed to a 'crime'."

Men should defend more than women. This is not a women's issue, it is everyone's issue. Because the more men objectify women in the media, the more men see them as objects and treat them as objects. They are not objects. They are superior to men, okay? And if this gets me in trouble with the internet, I'm sorry, but damn us.

Gillis also received criticism for accidentally saying the F-word during a sketch on SNL, and Gillis subsequently apologized.

The stand-up has a long and unique history with the NBC series, having been hired as a cast member in 2019 and then quickly fired before the start of the season due to repeated comments he made on podcasts. Then Gillis's stand-up career began and he hosted this series in 2024 and 2025.

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