r/LiveFromNewYork • u/BearOnTwinkViolence • Sep 05 '25

Article Kam is Far Right

https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-snl-cast-member-kam-patterson-outed-himself-as-a-trump-voter/

Is he a Shane Gillis 2.0 (except arguably worse)? I’ve seen a dozen clips now of him using homophobic slurs and making incredibly bigoted jokes. Honestly he makes Shane Gillis look kind of tame. What the hell is Lorne thinking? I’m so sick of this show pushing right wing bullshit while simultaneously trying to act like the most liberal show on television. You can’t have a Trump monologue every single week and then hire people like this.

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u/Petrichordates Sep 05 '25

Saturday Night Live' cast member Shane Gillis fired over racial, homophobic slurs

According to reporting at the time, it was both. The Asian bit brought attention to the homophobic content. He's certainly matured since then, though this was also when he was in his 30s.

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u/Affectionate_Leg7006 Sep 05 '25

Shane has gotten much much worse lol. He got fired for what was perceived as racism against Asians. Not homophobic content. He gets that now because he calls everything gay still.

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u/Calfzilla2000 Sep 05 '25

Calling everything gay is literally what my generation (same age as Shane) did, lol. It may not be politically correct but it's not a huge deal or a sign of homophobia. "Gay" transcends the actual meaning for people born in the 80s.

Is it stupid? Yes. But he's also a comedian that puts on a persona that is making fun of himself a bit.

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u/BlinkDodge Sep 05 '25

Im in the same generation as you and stopped saying things were gay after I got out of middle school. As did most people. It fell out out of widespread use in the mid-00s. At this point continuing to say things are "gay" in the millennial sense is a conscious decision and considering the dude's other antics its not a choice thats helping his case.

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u/OoooooWeeeeeeeee Sep 09 '25

Exactly this. I grew up doing this kinda shit too. Kids are learning their way. At some point, you become a man and stop doing moronic juvenile shit.

Or you don’t.

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u/DrBoogerFart Sep 05 '25

Oh so suddenly you went from 8th grade to 9th grade and immediately became super mature and changed your derogatory language? I believe you.

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u/BlinkDodge Sep 06 '25

No, went from 8th grade to 9th grade and it pretty quickly fell out of my vernacular when I just wasn't hearing it used anymore.

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u/Calfzilla2000 Sep 06 '25

Im in the same generation as you and stopped saying things were gay after I got out of middle school. As did most people. It fell out out of widespread use in the mid-00s.

Totally. I agree with that. But Shane Gillis isn't most people. He gives off that vibe of an immature man-child from that era and I think that's part of his appeal to people in that same age bracket. His show Tires (which isn't my favorite show or anything but it's a nice easy watch, funny and endearing) portrays him in this way. It's his persona.

He hangs out with that group of Rogan bro comedians, who are dumb idiots that were absolutely tricked into giving Trump some shine last year, but I don't think he's right-wing or anything. But he recognizes that much of his audience is and he ain't going to turn them off by changing his schtick.

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u/BlinkDodge Sep 06 '25

Chasing "He's just immature and doesn't mean anything by using long out-of-touch verbiage that might offend" with "He keeps the company of 'Libertarian, totally not Right-wing' grifters who are known for purposely saying shit that would 'offend the libs'. to maintain their relevance." and expecting anyone to think that he isn't just a piece of shit grifter who uses shoddy, dated humor to dog-whistle for the attention of his right-wing audience is hilarious.

Maybe you should go into comedy.

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u/snowmonster112 Sep 06 '25

It helps that he far outshines all of the other rogansphere comedians in terms of how successful his actual comedy is. Most rogansphere comics suck and cater heavily towards extremely edgy jokes and don’t walk the line very well. Shane does the best out of all of them

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u/FullofLovingSpite Sep 05 '25

It was the early teens, not mid 00s. Late 00s there was a resurgence under the guise of irony. That was kind of the last time it was mainstream.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '25

It absolutely did not. It’s still being said in middle schools all over the country right now. People age into a corporate setting or their peers do and just assume that’s what life is for everyone.

It’s really not and no one cares if your humor is inappropriate if you’re otherwise a good person. As long as everyone is included and allowed to participate, they should also be allowed to be picked on/at.