Lady Gaga Will Do Double Duty (Again!) asSNLHost and Musical Guest, Shane Gillis and Tate McRae Also Return

Mar. 15, 2025

(L-R) Shane Gillis; Lady Gaga; Tate McRae.Photo:Jamie McCarthy/Getty; Frazer Harrison/Getty; JMEnternational/Getty

Jamie McCarthy/Getty; Frazer Harrison/Getty; JMEnternational/Getty

Lady Gaga,Shane GillisandTate McRaewill soon be “live from New York” onSaturday Night Live!The famed sketch comedy showannounced the lineupfor the two upcoming shows in March on the heels of its50th-anniversary special. Gillis will be hosting the March 1 show with McRae as his musical guest, making her debut on the show. Meanwhile, Lady Gaga is taking on both roles on March 8 just one day after the release of her seventh studio album,Mayhem.All three are returning guests, with this being Lady Gaga’s second time hosting and fifth time as the musical guest. Gillis hosted once before in February 2024, and McRae made her debut in November 2023.(L-R) Shane Gillis; Lady Gaga; Tate McRae.Will Heath/NBC via Getty; Dana Edelson/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty; Will Heath/NBC via GettyGillis was also a member of the show for a brief period when he was cast alongsideBowen YangandChloe Finemanahead of season 45 in 2019. However, videos resurfaced of the comedian making racial slurs, and four days after being hired, he was let go before ever beginning the job.In September 2024,SNLcreatorLorne Michaelsopened up about the incident, tellingThe Hollywood Reporterthat “everything became way too serious” at the time.“He got beat up for things that he’d done years earlier and the overreaction to it was so stunning — and the velocity of it was 200 Asian companies were going to boycott the show,” Michaels explained. “It became a scandal and I go, ‘No, no, he’s just starting and he’s really funny and you don’t know how we’re going to use him.'““It was like a mania,” he added. “And the velocity of cancellation — and lots of people deserved to not be liked — it just became not quite the Reign of Terror, but it was like you’re judging everybody on every position they have on every issue as opposed to, ‘Are they any good at the thing they do?'“Shane Gillis.Jamie McCarthy/GettyAfter making the controversial decision to have Gillis host the show last year, Michaels said he realized “he’s really talented, and he would’ve been really good for us.”When he took the stage for his debut hosting gig, Gillis directlyaddressed the firing.“I was actually, I was fired from this show a while ago,” he began. “But… don’t look that up, please. If you don’t know who I am, please, don’t Google that. It’s fine, don’t even worry about it.““I don’t know, I probably shouldn’t be up here, honestly,” Gillis continued, before joking that he should instead be “home” or “a high school football coach.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Lady Gaga made her hosting debut in 2013, also doubling up as a musical guest. She alsorecently performed atSNL 50: The Homecoming Concertto celebrate 50 years of the show being on air.The pop megastar hit the stage at the event, held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, alongsideAndy Samberg, where the pair sang a variety of popular songs andSNLparodies.

Lady Gaga,Shane GillisandTate McRaewill soon be “live from New York” onSaturday Night Live!

The famed sketch comedy showannounced the lineupfor the two upcoming shows in March on the heels of its50th-anniversary special. Gillis will be hosting the March 1 show with McRae as his musical guest, making her debut on the show. Meanwhile, Lady Gaga is taking on both roles on March 8 just one day after the release of her seventh studio album,Mayhem.

All three are returning guests, with this being Lady Gaga’s second time hosting and fifth time as the musical guest. Gillis hosted once before in February 2024, and McRae made her debut in November 2023.

(L-R) Shane Gillis; Lady Gaga; Tate McRae.Will Heath/NBC via Getty; Dana Edelson/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty; Will Heath/NBC via Getty

Will Heath/NBC via Getty; Dana Edelson/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty; Will Heath/NBC via Getty

Gillis was also a member of the show for a brief period when he was cast alongsideBowen YangandChloe Finemanahead of season 45 in 2019. However, videos resurfaced of the comedian making racial slurs, and four days after being hired, he was let go before ever beginning the job.

In September 2024,SNLcreatorLorne Michaelsopened up about the incident, tellingThe Hollywood Reporterthat “everything became way too serious” at the time.

“He got beat up for things that he’d done years earlier and the overreaction to it was so stunning — and the velocity of it was 200 Asian companies were going to boycott the show,” Michaels explained. “It became a scandal and I go, ‘No, no, he’s just starting and he’s really funny and you don’t know how we’re going to use him.'”

“It was like a mania,” he added. “And the velocity of cancellation — and lots of people deserved to not be liked — it just became not quite the Reign of Terror, but it was like you’re judging everybody on every position they have on every issue as opposed to, ‘Are they any good at the thing they do?'”

Shane Gillis.Jamie McCarthy/Getty

Jamie McCarthy/Getty

After making the controversial decision to have Gillis host the show last year, Michaels said he realized “he’s really talented, and he would’ve been really good for us.”

When he took the stage for his debut hosting gig, Gillis directlyaddressed the firing.

“I was actually, I was fired from this show a while ago,” he began. “But… don’t look that up, please. If you don’t know who I am, please, don’t Google that. It’s fine, don’t even worry about it.”

“I don’t know, I probably shouldn’t be up here, honestly,” Gillis continued, before joking that he should instead be “home” or “a high school football coach.”

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

Lady Gaga made her hosting debut in 2013, also doubling up as a musical guest. She alsorecently performed atSNL 50: The Homecoming Concertto celebrate 50 years of the show being on air.

The pop megastar hit the stage at the event, held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, alongsideAndy Samberg, where the pair sang a variety of popular songs andSNLparodies.

source: people.com