Shane Gillis wrapped up his SNL hosting gig this weekend with an apology. The comedian accidentally dropped an F-bomb mid-sketch during a Dr. Seuss-inspired bit earlier in the same episode. It wasn’t planned.The sketch had Gillis playing the Cat in the Hat’s defensive son alongside Mikey Day as the Cat in the Hat and Andrew Dismukes as Sam I Am. Sam I Am was pressuring Mikey Day's character into eating green eggs and ham. Gillis pushed back on his TV dad’s behalf, telling Dismukes’ character,“Hey, what the hell is wrong with you? My dad said he doesn’t like them. Walk away,”Gillis then slipped mid-sentence on his very next line, saying,“Bro, it’s a non-starter. He said he doesn’t f*cking,”He immediately covered his mouth, catching himself with“Jeez! Like ’em.”Mikey Day called back to the expletive later in the sketch, telling Gillis’ character,“You’re a loser, and you said a bad word!”Gillis acknowledged,“Yes I did.”As per a report shared by Deadline, censors failed to catch the F-bomb on both the live broadcast and the stream that night. SNL later posted the sketch to social media with the word muted. During his goodnights, Gillis addressed the slip, sharing,“My thanks to Rosalía, and, uh, sorry about earlier. Thank you guys very much. I had a good time.”Kristen Stewart and other celebrities who have dropped the F-Bomb live on SNL:Kristen Stewart attends the Los Angeles premiere of Neon's "The Wrong Girls" at Nela Rd Los Feliz Marijuana and Weed Dispensary on August 05, 2026 in Los Angeles, California - Source: GettySNL has been on the air since 1975, giving fans decades of live television that no scripted show could ever replicate. Pope photo-tearing incidents, lip-sync jigs, and plenty of unscripted chaos have all played out in real time over the years. With the excitement of live comedy comes the very real risk of on-air gaffes. Kristen Stewart found that out during her 2017 appearance.The actress accidentally dropped an F-bomb during her opening monologue, saying,“We’ve got a great show, and I totally care that I’m here because it’s the coolest f---ing thing ever.”Stewart quickly covered her mouth after the slip, quipping that she would never be asked back to SNL. That being said, she is far from alone in putting NBC’s censors to work, as she joins a long list of both guests and cast members who have uttered the same word live on air over the show’s run.Sam Rockwell:Sam Rockwell (L) attends the "Wild Horse Nine" Screening during the 83rd Venice International Film Festival at Sala Grande on September 03, 2026 in Venice, Italy - Source: GettyAs per a report shared by Deadline, Sam Rockwell’s January 2018 hosting gig on SNL produced one of the more memorable F-bomb moments in the show’s history. Rockwell was playing the host of a fictional PBS Kids science program, getting progressively more frustrated with a group of kids who couldn’t get even the simplest science questions right. Things eventually boiled over mid-sketch.Rockwell blurted out,“You can’t be this f*cking stupid,”Sam Rockwell got aware and apologized, staying completely in character with,“I’m sorry. Kids aren’t stupid.”Mikey Day and Cecily Strong, who were playing the fictional children in the sketch, stayed in character too, looking visibly surprised by the outburst. The whole exchange landed as one of those genuinely unscripted SNL moments that no writers’ room could have planned any better.From Paul Shaffer to Prince, the celebrities who pushed boundaries on SNL in the early eighties:10th Annual Love Rocks NYC Benefit Concert For God's Love We Deliver - Source: GettyPaul Shaffer holds the unusual distinction of being the first person to drop an F-bomb on SNL, a moment that dates back to 1980. The cast had written a medieval sketch that leaned heavily on the word “flogging,” and Shaffer recalled in his memoir that things went smoothly enough during dress rehearsal. A little too smoothly, in fact. He shared,“It went really well in the dress rehearsal. So well that I added extra ‘floggings’ until there was finally just a total slip. I went white. When it was over, Lorne Michaels came up and said, ‘You broke down the last barrier.’”Charles Rocket wasn’t quite as fortunate when he followed suit the very next year. Rocket dropped the word during a Dallas-themed sketch in 1981, while playing the famous J.R. Ewing, casually remarking,“It’s the first time I’ve ever been shot in my life. I’d like to know who the f--- did it.”Unlike Shaffer, Rocket was fired mid-season. That same year, Prince made his own statement during his SNL performance of “Partyup,” managing to avoid censorship altogether on the line,“Fightin’ war is such a f------ bore.”The early eighties were clearly a busy period for NBC’s censors.