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Comedian Shane Gillis didn’t pull any punches during his ESPYs appearance.
On Wednesday night, Gillis found himself trending on social media after telling edgy jokes about Caitlin Clark, Shedeur Sanders, and Deshaun Watson.
During his appearance, Gillis also took shots at President Trump for calling the Epstein list a “hoax” after the Department of Justice declared there was no such list during their investigation.
“Actually, there was supposed to be an Epstein joke here, but… I guess it got deleted.
Must have probably deleted itself, right? Probably never existed, actually.”
Shane Gillis at the ESPYS:
“There was supposed to be an Epstein joke here, but I guess it got deleted…” pic.twitter.com/TuYEqTWIjQ
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Gillis took another shot at Trump over ICE immigration raids during his monologue.
“Joe Rogan actually wanted me to be here to host this award show so that I could capture Adam Silver because Joe thinks he’s an alien. And Donald Trump wanted me to be here to capture Juan Soto for the same reason.”
“Joe Rogan actually wanted me to be here to host this award show so that I could capture Adam Silver because Joe thinks he’s an alien. And Donald Trump wanted me to be here to capture Juan Soto for the same reason.”
-Shane Gillis at the #ESPYS
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It’s clear that ESPN/ABC are going to get several angry emails over Gillis’ jokes.