After more than five years of speculation about Shane Gillis ‘ exit from Saturday Night Live , Bowen Yang has found himself in the middle of a culture war.

The 5x Emmy nominee recently called Gillis a “funny guy” and clarified they have a “mutual respect,” despite being pitted against each other over the circumstances of Gillis’ ousting from the NBC sketch comedy show in 2019.

“Both of us have had to navigate being used,” Yang told host Marc Maron on the WTF podcast. “I think there was like a recruitment going on either side of like, ‘If you like this guy, then this is what you stand for, and if you like this guy, then this is what you stand for.’ And I think both of us are probably a little more dimensional than that.”

Gillis was announced as a featured cast member on

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