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Jerrod Carmichael has e out publicly as gay a ndid HBO special ahead of his SNL hostg but over the weekend.

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JERROD CARMICHAEL JOK HOSTG 'SNL' IS 'THE GAYT THG YOU N POSSIBLY DO'

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For those who hadn't watched yet, Carmichael told dienc he officially me out as gay the special: "I've been gay for, like, 48 hours, " he edian was met wh cheers and applse om the dience Stud 8H, "which is nice and an expected rponse New York, " Carmichael said.

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Bowen Yang, a gay edian and the son of Che immigrants, is helpg make SNL's st more diverse than ever. Here’s what you should know. * gay snl host *

"If you say you're gay New York, you n ri the b for ee and they jt give you ee pizza.

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If you say you're gay New York, you get to host 'Saturday Night Live. ' This is the gayt thg you n possibly do. Terry Sweeney Is the First Out Gay Cast Member (Season 11).

However, he left the show after his first season, reportedly havg endured behd-the-scen homophobic bullyg by Chevy Chase, a former st member who had returned to host SNL. Chris Kelly Is Named the Seri' First Out Gay Head Wrer (Season 42). Chris Kelly beme the long-nng sketch show's first out gay head wrer when he was promoted to the role 2016.

Bowen Yang Be the First Out Gay Asian Cast member (Season 45). As SNL’s first openly gay st member, and the first openly gay st member on any work televisn show, Sweeney found himself tratgly typest. He had plenty of origal ias, but outsi of imprsns of female public figur and gay ritur, there wasn’t much for him to do.

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In a 2017 terview, he explaed, “If there was a part for a game show host, they wouldn’t put me bee, well, wasn’t a gay game show host. ” Sweeney add that he didn’t thk there was necsarily any bad tent behd this: “They jt did bee they didn’t know … ‘What do I wre for a gay guy?

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One early sketch that would bee emblematic of Yang’s imprt on the show starred Harry Styl as a social media manager who accintally fills up Sara Lee’s Instagram acunt wh gay thirst ments. Like much of the material performed by Terry Sweeney, this sketch is firmly rooted stereotyp about gay men. The most famo example was when Chevy Chase, upon havg Sweeney nfirm he was gay, rpond by tellg him, “You n start by lickg my balls.

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The iceberg sketch is notable that, although ’s fely not the entire joke of the sketch, Yang’s character is clearly, emphatilly gay. Although a lot of the homophobia YouTube vio ments or popular Redd threads related to him is blatant and easy to dismiss, ’s often drsed up as an annoyance about his lack of range. “Bowen Yang is too … gay, ” was the tle of one post published on the Live From New York subredd a year ago.

Another mon crique is that his portrayal of flamboyant characters is offensive and homophobic self. This cricism was most prevalent the aftermath of Shane Gillis beg fired om the show 2019 for g racist and homophobic slurs on his podst.

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” which the poster tried to draw a parallel between Gillis’ e of homophobic slurs and Yang’s e of queer-d characters, argug that was hypocril for the show to have fired Gillis but not Yang.

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Audienc are ed to straight characters’ sexualy not havg anythg to do wh the joke of the sketch, but if a gay character’s sexualy isn’t a punchle, then s cln requir an explic jtifitn.

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Jam McAvoy's Mr. Tumn Com Out of the Wardrobe as Gay on 'SNL' .

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