Shane Gillis joked about women's gym clothes on 'SNL.' Dan Levy isn't laughing.

Dan Levy has called for more men to stand up for women after being left "speechless" by Shane Gillis's Saturday Night Live monologue, in which the comedian joked that women "dress like whores" at the gym.

Gillis, who hosted SNL alongside musical guest Rosalía on Oct. 10, said , "I haven't been to the gym in so long. I didn't know women just dress like whores now?" He went on to describe women's gym shorts before joking that men were "not allowed to look."

The comments sparked widespread backlash with Levy, the costar and co-creator of Schitt's Creek , condemning the remarks as misogynistic, saying that the objectification of women contributes to a culture in which sexual assault is not taken seriously.

In a video posted to Instagram , he said, "Women wearing short shorts to the gym does not make them whores. It makes the men calling them 'whores' misogynists. There's a difference there.

"By the way, I've seen more men's nipples at the gym than I've ever seen women showing their bodies off, but I'm speechless that something like that can exist on live national television.

"And to be perfectly honest, more men need to be standing up in opposition to it because it's complacency that has created the environment in which women are sexually assaulted, and it's a 'conversation' as opposed to a crime.

"Men need to be defending women more. This is not a women's issue. This is an everybody issue. Because the more that men objectify women in the media, the more that other men see them as objects and treat them as objects. They are superior human beings to men, OK? And I'm sorry if this gets me in trouble with the internet, but f***."

Female celebrities voiced support for Levy in the comments, including Sarah Michelle Gellar , Alyssa Milano , Elizabeth Banks and Hacks actor Hannah Einbinder .

Model Tess Holliday thanked Levy for "speaking up," writing , "The way men and other women hating folks view our bodies is absolutely destroying our society. We are taught from an early age to not dress a certain way or look a certain way, to not entice them or provoke them. No where is safe not even in our own bodies, not in gyms, our homes, minding our own business. Where does it end?"

According to Entertainment Weekly , former SNL cast member Victoria Jackson defended the controversial joke, saying, "He's right about gym girls dressing like 'whores.' When did 'camel toe' become acceptable gym fashion and grocery shopping attire?"

Saturday marked Gillis's third time hosting SNL , a show with which he has a controversial history. In 2019, he was hired as a cast member but was fired before making his debut after podcast clips resurfaced in which he used racist slurs and made homophobic remarks.

After the clips resurfaced, Gillis described himself as a "comedian who pushes boundaries" and said he was willing to apologize to "anyone who's actually offended" by his comedy.

"If you go through my 10 years of comedy, most of it bad, you're going to find a lot of bad misses," he said at the time. "I'm happy to apologize to anyone who's actually offended by anything I've said. My intention is never to hurt anyone but I am trying to be the best comedian I can be and sometimes that requires risks."

Gillis's latest stint on the show drew unflattering reviews from critics. Variety 's Marlow Stern described his monologue as "meandering," adding, "Gillis has shown considerable comedy chops in his stand-up specials and hosting the ESPYs, but nailing an SNL monologue seems to be elusive for him."

The Guardian described it as "a watered-down version of his normal material, with just enough bro-y but self-aware edginess thrown in to appease his fans and uphold his image as an anti-woke icon."

The A.V. Club said Gillis "muddled through another sub-par hosting performance," while the New York Times said the comedian dropping an F-bomb during a sketch "might end up being the most memorable moment" from the episode.

In a three-star review of the episode, Vulture 's Charu Sinha wrote, "He's not an untalented stand-up, but he's not all that exciting to watch, either. Despite all the buzz, he seems to me to be a perfectly middle-of-the-road comic who has found outsize success that he doesn't quite know what to do with."