Actor Dan Levy blasts Shane Gillis' 'SNL' monologue, claims men's 'complacency' fuels sexual assault

"Schitt's Creek" star Dan Levy blasted comedian Shane Gillis on Sunday over his controversial "Saturday Night Live" monologue about women's gym attire, accusing him and arguing that men's failure to challenge such remarks contributes to an environment in which women are sexually assaulted.

Levy, who hosted the NBC sketch comedy show in 2021, posted an Instagram video condemning Gillis' remarks on the latest episode and calling on other men to speak out against the comedian.

"Im speechless that something like that can exist on live national television," Levy said. "And to be perfectly honest, more men need to be standing up in opposition to it because its complacency that has created the environment in which women are sexually assaulted, and its a conversation as opposed to a crime."

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Gillis sparked controversy Saturday while hosting "SNL" for the third time. During his opening monologue, the comedian joked about going to public gyms in New York City before turning his attention to women's revealing workout clothing.

"I havent been to the gym in so long. I didnt know women just dress like whores now?" Gillis said. "Look, Im sorry, theres no other way to describe [it]. Have you seen it? Ive seen it. Youve seen the shorts? Theyre those neon, like, artificial bait-colored [shorts], and the wrinkles go around the cheeks and all combine at the butthole. And dont look! Youre not allowed to look."

Levy rejected the suggestion that revealing workout clothing justified Gillis' characterization, arguing that the comedian's comments reflected a broader problem with how men perceive women.

"Women wearing short shorts at the gym does not make them whores. It makes the men calling them whores misogynists," Levy said. "Theres a difference there. By the way, Ive seen more mens nipples at the gym than Ive ever seen women showing their bodies off."

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Lisa Cusack, president of the Don't L.A. My Burbank PAC, pushed back against Levy's criticism in a statement to , arguing that noticing revealing clothing does not automatically constitute misogyny.

"I dont think its an either/or. A woman wearing a skimpy outfit isnt necessarily a whore, and a man noticing that shes using sex to get attention isnt automatically a misogynist," Cusack said. "In our social media world, theres a glut of sexualized images women feel they have to compete with, but if you dress like a sex object on a screen, men are going to respond in a two-dimensional way."

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Levy argued that objectifying women in contributes to how they are treated outside the media, insisting that men have a responsibility to challenge such behavior.

"This is not a womens issue; this is an everybody issue. Because the more that men objectify women in the media, the more that other me