'Must have deleted itself...': Shane Gillis jokes about 'moving on' with Epstein row in his ESPYs speech
'There was supposed to be an Epstein joke here, but it got deleted, must have probably deleted itself, right?' Gillis joked. 'Probably never existed. Actually. Let's move on as a country and ignore that.'
Here's the video of the moment:
The Epstein files returned to national headlines on July 6, Sunday, after the release of a memo by the US Department of Justice saying that no further disclosures into the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) probe into Jeffrey Epstein's case will be disclosed. The memo also denied the existence of the alleged Epstein's 'Black Book,' calling it a 'hoax'
Moving on from Epstein, Gillis also cracked a joke on President Donald Trump and Joe Rogan.
'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,' Gillis said. 'And Donald Trump wanted me to be here to capture Juan Soto for the same reason.'
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Next on his comedy hitlist was Aaron Rodgers, and Gillis did not miss the opportunity to crack a joke on Rodgers' refusal to take COVID-19 vaccine. 'Aaron Rodgers did not take the vaccine because he predicted that it would be bad for him and then he joined the New York Jets,' he said, adding, "So maybe he wasn't right about everything.'
Gillis jokes was not widely appreciated, and he could feel the awkwardness in the crowd as he ended his speech.
'I see a lot of you don't like me and that's okay," a smiling Gillis said as he concluded. "That's it for me. That went about exactly how we all thought it was going to go. I don't know why this happened.'
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