A-list comedians are taking heat from their industry peers for their upcoming participation in the contentious Riyadh Comedy Festival, kicking off Friday in Saudi Arabia, which has been under scrutiny for years over human rights abuses. Dave Chappelle, Aziz Ansari and Pete Davidson are among the comedians on the star lineup. Their representatives did not reply to The Times’ requests …
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As Saudi Arabia’s star-studded debut comedy festival prepares to kick off this weekend, Marc Maron is one of several comedians to call out the event. The WTF podcast host recently put his comedian peers on blast for participating in the Riyadh Comedy Festival as he joked about Saudi officials’ roles in 9/11 and the 2018 assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. …
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Shane Gillis had at least one celebrity in stitches last week during his ESPYs monologue, which was delivered to a mixed reception from audience members. Addressing his experience as host of the ESPYs, Gillis revealed that Busta Rhymes laughed during the nearly 10-minute opening monologue that included jokes touching on everything from Caitlin Clark to Aaron Rodgers to President Donald …
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The ESPY Awards showered kudos on female athletes during Wednesday’s glitzy ceremony at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood. Fortunately, the honorees delivered enough inspiration and muscular prowess — see: rugby star Ilona Maher, who was honored as breakthrough athlete of the year — to offset the edgy jabs aimed at women in the monologue from ESPYs host Shane Gillis. A …
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Shane Gillis’ monologue at the ESPY Awards on Wednesday night has left plenty of people divided over the contents of the jokes, but the Disney-owned sports network isn’t concerned about the reaction that Gillis’ routine received, The Post has confirmed. During his roughly 10-minute opening, Gillis poked fun at just about everyone from popular sports figures to President Donald Trump …
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The 2025 ESPY Awards will likely be remembered for Shane Gillis’ monologue, even if the comedy was largely forgettable. 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 …
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Count Sarah Spain among those who weren’t impressed with Shane Gillis’ performance as ESPYs host. 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. “In a year of …
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CNN — 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. The comedian and actor hosted the annual sports award show and poked fun at the likes of former head coach of the New England Patriots Bill Belichick’s romance with Jordon Hudson and WNBA …
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Comedian Shane Gillis’s opening monologue as host at the Espys awards ceremony went over awkwardly in front of some of the biggest names in sports on Wednesday night. Early on, he called out various famous faces in the Dolby Theatre crowd in Los Angeles, including retired WNBA star Diana Taurasi, who received the Icon Award later in the evening. Gillis …
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If you were in the sports world or seemingly anywhere, for that matter, you were not safe from Shane Gillis on Wednesday night. The comedian went in on almost every topic imaginable in his no-holds-barred monologue to open up the ESPY Awards in Los Angeles. Gillis touched upon, among many other topics, Aaron Rodgers and his vaccine skepticism, Caitlin Clark …
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