Inde Navarrette Echoes Gillis Gym Joke on SNL

Inde Navarrette used her Saturday Night Live hosting debut to joke about wearing a “little whore outfit” to the gym, echoing a remark Shane Gillis made during his monologue on the show three weeks earlier. Navarrette delivered the line while discussing her preparation to play Rogue in Marvel’s upcoming X-Men film. She said she had been working out because the role required her to get fit, then described what she wore to the gym. The audience applauded, according to accounts of the broadcast. Gillis, who hosted SNL on October 10, had joked that women at the gym dressed like “whores.” Navarrette’s line was widely understood as a callback to that joke. The monologue footage shows her making the remark, but it does not establish her intent beyond the joke’s wording and context. The Halloween episode, broadcast on October 31, marked Navarrette’s first time hosting the sketch-comedy program. She introduced the joke as part of a discussion of her Marvel casting. Marvel Studios confirmed her as Rogue at Disney’s D23 event in August, and she is set to appear in the studio’s forthcoming X-Men film. The monologue also included a Halloween costume presentation featuring cast members....