Who is Shane Gillis? Comedian who roasted Donald Trump over Epstein cover-up
The 37-year-old comedian kicked off the star-studded ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, taking jabs at top athletes including Caitlin Clark, Shohei Ohtani, Simone Biles, and Megan Rapinoe. However, much of the audience appeared unamused, with many of his jokes falling flat.
Shane Gillis roasts Donald Trump over the Epstein cover-up
During the show, Gillis kicked off with a biting reference to the Justice Department's recent statement that there was 'no evidence' of a Jeffrey Epstein client list, one claim that many doubted.
Following this, he quipped, saying, "There was supposed to be an Epstein joke here, but I guess it got deleted." "Probably deleted itself, right? Probably never existed, actually. Let's move on as a country and ignore that."
The joke received chuckles from the audience, and many had stunned reactions to it. But he wasn't done yet as Gillis shifted gears to joke about former President Donald Trump's much-discussed proposal to host a UFC fight on the White House lawn, using it as a springboard to take a dig at former Vice President Mike Pence and the January 6 Capitol riot.
Shane Gillis tricked the ESPYS crowd into believing his friend's wife was a WNBA star 😭'4x WNBA All-Star Brittany Hicks is here. Give it up for Brittany, everybody. I'm just joking around; that's my friend's wife, I knew none of you knew WNBA players.' pic.twitter.com/uC5Ta7v7u1
Who is comedian Shane Gillis?
Shane Michael Gillis is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster. Gillis started performing comedy in 2012, and in 2016, along with his fellow stand-up comedian Matt McCusker, he began co-hosting Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast, which was one of the most subscribed-to podcasts on Patreon as of 2024.
Gillis had a breakout year in 2019, with the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal naming him one of its 'New Faces' in July, and in September, he was announced as a newly hired cast member on NBC's sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live (SNL).
The comedian was born on December 11, 1987, in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, a town located outside of Harrisburg.
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