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Dana Carvey became the latest “Saturday Night Live” figure to weigh in on host Shane Gillis’ controversial joke about women’s athletic wear on Sunday, saying that he didn’t “understand the kerfuffle” because the comedian wasn’t being serious. “I just didn’t understand the kerfuffle — only because to me, I just saw it as what we call, I’ll just say it, a joke! When you say jokes, you’re not literally saying ‘women are whores,’ you are literally joking,” Carvey said on the latest episode of his “Fly on the Wall” podcast with co-host David Spade. “Isn’t that kind of the idea?…

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Rita Wilson teased a potential return as Evie Michaels in HBO’s “Girls” revival, which is set to begin filming next summer. Series creator Lena Dunham announced that she would bring back her HBO comedy hit for a limited five-episode run last week with all four of the original girls returning. The “Sleepless in Seattle” actress played Allison Williams’ mother on the show. Wilson hinted that she had been privy to conversations with Dunham about returning to the show. “That is what I’m hearing, so I don’t think Lena would be lying about that,” Wilson told People. “I know Lena’s got…

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