Comedian Shane Gillis roasted sports' biggest stars while battling boos and silence from the Dolby Theater audience during his monologue at the 2025 ESPYS on Wednesday, July 16.

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 and the Epstein files. Newsweek reached out to Gillis' representative via email outside regular working hours for comment.

Simone Biles and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Dominate at 2025 ESPYS originally appeared on L.A. Mag.

Host Shane Gillis brought his combative humor to the monologue of the ESPY Awards, drawing a mixed response on a night dominated by female winners.

Sarah Spain was not a fan of Shane Gillis ‘ hosting role at the 2025 ESPY Awards.

The stand-up comedian made waves this week when he took to the stage to host the ESPY awards, although many of his jokes have divided the nation

The ESPYs are the biggest sports award show that isn't focused on just one sport. They're basically the Oscars, but all about sports. Similar to the Oscars, a host is tasked with presenting an opening monologue that introduces everyone to the show and then guides the program through the rest of the night.