“Speechless” Dan Levy Calls Out Shane Gillis Over Controversial’SNL’
Dan Levy believes this joke was a huge error.
After Shane Gillis called females wh– es for using brief shorts to the health club throughout his monologue as host of Saturday Night Live on Oct. 10, Levy didn’t mince words while slamming the comic for the quip.
“Women using brief shorts to the health club does not make them wh– es,” the Schitt’s Creek alum stated in a video shared to Instagram Oct. 11“It makes the males calling them wh– es misogynists. There’s a distinction there.”
He included, “By the method, I’ve seen more guys’s nipples at the health club than I’ve ever seen ladies revealing their bodies off, however I’m speechless that something like that can exist on live nationwide tv.”
Exist it did. Throughout his monologue, Gillis confessed he was often frightened going to the fitness center in New York City, before turning his attention to ladies he’s seen at the fitness center.
“I have not been to the fitness center in so long. I didn’t understand females simply dressed like wh– es now,” he stated throughout the episode. “Look, I’m sorry. There’s no other method to explain– have you seen it? I’ve seen it. The shorts. Have you seen the shorts?”
He continued, “Those neon– they’re like synthetic bait colored. And the wrinkles go like around the cheeks and all integrated at the butthole. And do not look. You’re not enabled to look. Genuine do not look since they are shooting.”
E! News has actually connected to Gillis’ group however did not get remark.
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For Levy, the remarks surpassed a joke.
“To be completely truthful, more guys require to be standing in opposition to it,” he stated, “since it’s complacency that has actually developed the environment with which ladies are sexually attacked, and it’s a discussion instead of a criminal activity. Male require to be safeguarding females more. This is not a females’s concern. This is an everyone concern.”
“Because the more that guys objectify ladies in the media, the more that other guys see them as things and treat them as things,” he discussed. “They are not items. They transcend humans to guys. Okay, and I’m sorry if this gets me in problem with the web, however f– k!”
When it comes to getting him in problem, the Great Grief star’s remark area was quickly filled with assistance and thankfulness from stars and fans alike.
“We stan Dan. Thank you,” composed Sophia Bushwhile her One Tree Hill costar Hilarie Burton included, “Thank you !!!!”
Elizabeth Banks composed, “Nailed it.”
While Levy didn’t be reluctant to call Gillis out for his option of words, he’s not the only star to openly share his disappointments with a fellow star. Continue reading for insight into full-fledged fights that have actually caught the attention of Hollywood throughout the years.
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Kim Cattrall vs. Sarah Jessica Parker
Sex and the City costars Kim and SJP had actually evaded fight reports for several years. They were reignited after Kim chose not to return for a 3rd motion picture and made remarks about her costar that raised eyebrows.
“What was your reaction to Kim Cattrall telling Piers Morgan that you were never friends just colleagues?” Andy Cohen asked SJP on a September 2017 episode of Enjoy What Happens Live
As she discussed, “Just…heartbroken. I mean that whole week, you and I spoke about it because I was just…I don’t know I found it really upsetting because that’s, you know, that’s not the way I recall our experience.”
“So…it’s sad but I’m kind of…I don’t know, I always think that what ties us together is this singular experience is the thing,” she contined. “It was a professional experience but it became personal because it was years and years of our lives. So I’m hoping that that sort of eclipses anything that’s been recently spoken. That many years spent doing something so special that people had a connection with is such a privileged.”
And though they didn’t movie scenes together, Kim did make a little look on And Just Like That
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JoJo Siwa vs. Candace Cameron Bure
Throughout a 2022 TikTok difficulty, JoJo Siwa explained Candace Cameron Bure as the “rudest” star, later on discussing that she felt snubbed when Bure as soon as declined to take an image with her on a red carpet. Quickly after the dig, nevertheless, the Capacity alum asked forgiveness: “I kind of broke your 11-year-old heart. I didn’t take a picture with you. Ugh! I feel crummy, I feel—JoJo, I’m so sorry.”
The 2 apologized. Months later on, Candace was asked if she anticipates the Great American Family network, of which she serves as primary innovative officer, to include same-sex couples as leads in vacation motion pictures. She stated no, including, “I think that Great American Family will keep traditional marriage at the core.”
JoJo, who came out as a member of the LGBTQ+ neighborhood in 2021, composed on Instagram that the starlet’ remark is “rude and hurtful to a whole community of people.”
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Maren Morris & & Cassadee Pope vs. Brittany Aldean
In August 2022, Cassadee and Maren traded extreme words with Brittany, better half of fellow nation star Jason Aldeanafter she shared an Instagram Reel of herself using makeup on Aug. 23, composing, “I’d really like to thank my parents for not changing my gender when I went through my tomboy phase. I love this girly life.”
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Tan France vs. Bobby Berk
Bobby (imagined 2nd from left) attended to reports of a falling out with Tan (middle) in January 2024, 2 months after he revealed his exit from Queer Eye after 8 seasons.
“I want people to know that Tan and I—we will be fine,” he informed Vanity Fair “There was a situation, and that’s between Tan and I, and it has nothing to do with the show. It was something personal that had been brewing—and nothing romantic, just to clarify that.”
In March 2024, Tan reacted to claims that he had actually campaigned to change Bobby on Queer Eye with his buddy Jeremiah Brent
“Netflix and the production companies did a full-on casting. I didn’t put my friend up for the job. They ended up getting it because they were the best person for the job,” he stated on Instagram. “But I didn’t get them hired by getting rid of somebody else.”
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Sharon Osbourne vs. Ashton Kutcher
In September 2023, while playing a video game called Stir the Pot with her child Kelly Osbourne on E! NewsSharon stated the That ’70s Show alum was the rudest star she had actually ever satisfied, branding him, a “rude, rude, rude, rude little boy” and a “dastardly little thing.”
He did not react to her remarks openly.
5 years prior, Sharon informed Larry King that when Ashton appeared on The Talk in 2014, he had an “attitude” after she got his name incorrect.
“He goes, ‘What are you, what have you done in this industry?'” she remembered. “And I was like, ‘Kid, don’t start with me, because I’m gonna eat you up and s–t you out.’ So I was just like, ‘You don’t know what you’re dealing with, kid.'”
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Courtney Love vs. Olivia Rodrigo
Back in June 2021, Courtney Love implicated Olivia Rodrigo of copying her band Hole‘s album cover for a marketing image without providing credit. Olivia reacted, “Love u and live through this sooooo much.” Courtney then responded, “Olivia – you’re welcome. My favorite florist is in Notting Hill, London! Dm me for deets! I look forward to reading your note .”
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Henry Winkler vs. Tom Hanks
Throughout a 2019 look on Enjoy What Happens Livethe Delighted Days star was asked why he didn’t agree the Forrest Gump star on the set of the 1989 flick Turner & & Hooch
“I was directing that movie for 13 days,” Winkler remembered, “and then I was called into Jeff Katzenberg‘s office and he said, ‘You have everything with you? Go home.'”
He did, nevertheless, appear to agree Hanks’ four-legged costar, quipping, “Love that dog.”
Winkler later on rejected speculation that he still had beef with the Oscar winner, informing TMZ in 2020, “I don’t have a feud with Tom Hanks.”
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Heidi Montag vs. Lauren Conrad
“You know what you did!”
Fans of The Hills will bear in mind that renowned line, provided by Lauren on the season 3 best. Their fight started when Heidi began dating her now-husband Spencer Pratt and strike its peak when Lauren implicated Heidi and Spencer of beginning a report that she had actually made a sex tape with then-boyfriend Jason Wahler
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Dwayne Johnson vs. Tyrese Gibson
The costars reignited their continuous fight in 2017 when Tyrese openly called out Dwayne on Instagram after the Quick and Furious 9 release date was pressed back to April 2020. That exact same day, it was revealed that a Quick and Furious spinoff starring Dwayne and Jason Statham would strike theaters in 2019. The following month, Tyrese threatened to give up Quick 9 if Dwayne remained in the film.
Tyrese then opened about the fight, informing Van Lathan on The Red Pill podcast, “I have yet to talk to The Rock to this day, and we will have a conversation.” He shared that he did have a chat with the previous wrestler’s producing partner, however not the star himself.
“I found myself being the messenger on behalf of various people associated to the franchise, but stupid me was the only one who went public about those feelings, which is my own fault,” Tyrese stated. “It’s not professional, it’s not cool.”
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Taylor Swift vs. Katy Perry
No more bad blood here.
Taylor and Katy had actually remained in a fight for many years, their rift even apparently motivating Taylor’s tune “Bad Blood.” The drama, which apparently began over a backup dancer and completing trips, concerned an end after Perry sent out Taylor an actual olive branch before her Credibility Trip kickoff.
“So I just got to my dressing room and found this actual olive branch,” Taylor stated in an Instagram video. “This mean so much.”
Taylor captioned the video, “Thank you Katy.”
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Madonna vs. Elton John
The renowned vocalists have actually been feuding because 2004. While accepting the Classic Songwriter Award at the Q Awards that year, Elton stated to participants, “Madonna, best f–king live act? F–k off! Since when has lip-syncing been live? Sorry about that, but I think everyone who lip-syncs in public on stage, when you pay like 75 quid to see them, should be shot.”
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Shonda Rhimes vs. Katherine Heigl
The previous Grey’s Anatomy star stimulated a fight with the series developer in 2008 when she eliminated her name from the Emmy Awards factor to consider. The starlet specified that her factor for the relocation was due to the fact that she wasn’t “given the material to warrant a nomination.”
Shonda later on opened about Katherine’s choice throughout an interview with Oprah Winfrey on Oprah’s Next Chapter in 2012. “On some level it stung and on some level I was not surprised,” she stated. “When people show you who they are, believe them. I carry that with me a lot. It has served me well.”
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Nicki Minaj vs. Cardi B
It was the New York Fashion Week battle heard ’round the world when Nicki and Cardi entered into a heated run-in at the Harper’s Bazaar Icon celebration. The following month, Cardi opened about the driver for the battle with Nicki.
“For a while now she’s been taking a lot of shots at me,” Cardi stated in Wpublication’s Art Issue. “I spoke to her twice before, and we came to an understanding. But she kept it going.”
The genuine stimulate of the battle came when Cardi saw that Nicki had actually apparently liked and after that unliked a tweet about Cardi’s parenting abilities, which Nicki has actually rejected.
“I was going to make millions off my Bruno Mars tour, and I sacrificed that to stay with my daughter,” Cardi continued. “I love my daughter. I’m a good-ass f–king mom. So for somebody that don’t have a child to like that comment? So many people want to say that party wasn’t the time or the place, but I’m not going to catch another artist in the grocery store or down the block.”
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Kanye West vs. Taylor Swift
Stress in between Kanye and Taylor initially began in 2009, when the “Stronger” rap artist took the phase throughout her approval speech at the MTV Video Music Awards. Years later on, the 2 would comprise and even end up being pals, however that concerned an end in 2016 after the release of his tune “Famous,” in which he name-checks the “End Game” vocalist.
In February 2025, one day before the Grammys, Kanye upgraded his Instagram to follow just Taylor. He included no more remark, and his fellow artist did not react openly to the relocation.
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Mariah Carey vs. Jennifer Lopez
“I don’t know her.”
Mariah and J.Lo’s expected fight began when the Queen of Christmas was asked to provide her viewpoint on numerous vocalists throughout a 2003 German television interview. When asked her viewpoint on Jennifer, she responded, “I don’t know her.”
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