Shane Gillis stirs controversy with Trump, Bill Belichick jokes during edgy ESPY Awards monologue
Comedian Shane Gillis took the stage at the ESPY Awards on Wednesday night and was firing shots at virtually anyone in the sports world with a monologue fit for a roast event It s not uncommon to see the host start to light up the crowd with selected playful jabs here and there at award shows but Gillis biting humor drew various jeers along with cheers inside the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles One of his most-discussed jokes revolved around new North Carolina Tar Heels head football coach Bill Belichick as Gillis made a comment about his -year-old girlfriend Jordon Hudson CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COM A bookie is what Bill Belichick reads to his girlfriend before bedtime Gillis prefaced his joke They read Very horny caterpillar The Little Engine That Could But Needed A Pill First and of class the classic Good Night Boobs The divide in the crowd started to come when Gillis mentioned Joe Rogan with a joke about NBA Commissioner Adam Silver but it hurriedly turned into something aimed at President Donald Trump COMEDIAN SHANE GILLIS CRACKS CAITLIN CLARK WAFFLE HOUSE JOKE AT ESPYS Joe Rogan literally craved me to be here to host this award show so that I could capture Adam Silver because Joe thinks he s an alien Gillis stated And Donald Trump yearned me to be here to capture Juan Soto for the same reason Gillis didn t stop there with the Trump mentions as he poked fun at the th president for in recent times saying he wants to stage a UFC fight at the White House Then it got into the current political argument around the supposed Jeffrey Epstein client list Donald Trump wants to stage a UFC fight on the White House lawn The last time he staged a fight in D C Mike Pence almost died Gillis explained Authentically there was supposed to be an Epstein joke here but I guess it got deleted Allegedly deleted itself right Perhaps never existed Let s move on as a country and ignore that Gillis also mentioned WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark which didn t get the best of reactions after what he predicted when she retired She s going to work at a Waffle House so she can continue doing what she loves largest part fist-fighting Black women Gillis announced to a mixed reaction Absolutely another captivating joke choice was taking a shot at the late O J Simpson which was an ode to the late comedian Norm Macdonald the host of the show in Travis Hunter won the Heisman Trophy this year Gillis stated He s the first defensive athlete since Charles Woodson to win the Heisman Congratulations Travis Hunter winning the Heisman that s something they can never take away from you Unless you kill your wife and a waiter in which event they can take that away from you Gillis who stars in the Netflix series Tires also took aim at Aaron Rodgers Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and more in what specific view as off-color while others thought it was just for laughs Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter
