Comic slams Alec Baldwin’s embarrassing defense of SNL’s lack of gay casting.

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Since Saturday Night Live premiered in 1975 there have been more than 150 cast members, only two of whom were openly gay. Current cast member, and arguably the show’s MVP, Kate McKinnon was an out lesbian well before she auditioned for the long-running sketch show — but there has not been an openly gay man in the cast in 32 years.