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FIVE STRAIGHT COMEDIANS WHO TOOK THE ‘GAY JOKE’ WAY TOO FAR
") and was relentlsly hateful to Terry Sweeney, suggtg that SNL's first openly gay st member star a sketch where they weighed him every week to see if he had AIDS. Chase rpond by sayg he thought Grant was homosexual, addg, "What a gal!
When Chase hosted an episo of SNL 1985, he allegedly ma a shockg pch to Terry Sweeney, the show's first openly gay performer. Perhaps most disturbg is an cint that volved Terry Sweeney, the first show’s openly gay st member. Chase also suggted Sweeney play a gay man dyg om AIDS who gets weighed every week on the show.
Related: Five Straight Comedians Who Took The ‘Gay Joke’ Way Too Far. Chase said he lied on his applitn form for ary eligibily, claimg that he regularly had stanc of "headach, bedwettg, and homosexual tennci" (which, at the time, disqualified young men om servg the ary). Acrdg to Tom Shal and Jam Andrew Miller's book, "Live From New York: The Complete, Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live, " when Chase returned to "SNL" to host 1985, he was particularly awful to st mate Terry Sweeney, who was the first openly gay edian on the show (via The Huffgton Post).