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Shane's Early Twitter Apology and the View Fantasy

from #173 - Shane Gillis | The Tim Dillon Show · #173

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Shane discusses his awkward early Twitter apology tweets, advice from Logan Paul about not letting online hate get to you, and jokes about getting hired by The View after his scandal.

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  • Shane's early Twitter years were chaotic—he was just figuring out how to tweet in 2019 when the controversy hit.
  • His apology tweets were written like congressional testimonies, mimicking Clinton's Lewinsky admission.
  • Logan Paul told him not to let the backlash get in his head, since the initial panic afterward is worse than the actual offense.
  • Tim proposes Shane should go on The View next—a fantasy career move after his first-year splash in New York.
  • Tim mentions a knockoff view show called The Talk with a panelist Reddit called "Mother Nature" who defends problematic statements.
  • The Show's panelists had a revelation watching Shane's controversy: white comedians deliberately say wrong things because that's what comedy is.
  • Tim acknowledges he wasn't in his prime during that period and hasn't kept up with all the comedy specials released since then.
  • He compares a recent female comedian's special to a dictator's daughter presenting at gunpoint—an unwilling, forced performance.
  • Tim ran into the same comedian the next day, and she immediately asked if he'd seen a therapist, suggesting they may not be discussing the same person.
  • He decides not to name the comedian since he didn't even listen closely to what she actually said about him.
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