Gillis, a standup comedian and the co-creator and star of Netflix’s Tires, is probably best known for lasting like four hours at Saturday Night Live — Lorne Michaels felt compelled to fire Gillis after some non-PC clips of a 2018 episode of Matt and Shane’s Secret Podcast were resurfaced — though he has gone on to host the show, twice.

Shane Gillis roasted everyone from the NFL’s Aaron Rodgers to President Donald Trump in his ESPY Awards monologue on Wednesday, but not everyone loved it.

Shane Gillis hosted the 2025 ESPY Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Wednesday and touched on several hot topics in his opening monologue, including President Donald Trump, the Epstein files and Joe Rogan.