Shane Gillis hosts ESPYs. AND MORE!
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Comedian and Eagles super fan Shane Gillis took a shot at the Dallas Cowboys and parodied the 'Tush Push' at the 2025 ESPYs.
Shane Gillis’ edgy monologue Wednesday night at the ESPYs made for some awkward moments inside the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. No one was safe from Gillis, who stars in the Netflix series “Tires,” took aim at Donald Trump, Caitlan Clark and Bill Belichick to name a few.
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US Weekly on MSNShane Gillis Throws ESPYs Writers Under the Bus After DeShaun Watson Massage Joke: ‘Didn’t Write This’Shane Gillis made it clear that he had nothing to do with the DeShaun Watson massage joke at the 2025 ESPYs. While hosting the ESPY Awards in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 16, Gillis, 37, initially said he wanted to “skip that joke” about Watson, 29, before reluctantly mentioning it on stage.
The ESPYS awards show took place last night at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, and the event that’s put on by ESPN (thus Disney) was broadcast live on ABC. For those that are familiar with Shane Gillis’ typical material… it doesn’t exactly always line up with the values and “safety guardrails” of a Disney production.
In a post shared early Thursday on X, the former ESPN reporter called out the Worldwide Leader for bringing the comedian into the fold as emcee, who took shots at Megan Rapinoe, Caitlin Clark and the WNBA during his divisive outing.
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Shane Gillis sent a brutal shot to the WNBA when he introduced a player to the crowd at the ESPYs that never existed.