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.

Many are not thrilled with Shane Gillis after he made an unsavory joke about Caitlin Clark at the 2025 ESPY Awards. “Caitlin Clark and I have a lot in common,” Gillis, 37, told the crowd at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Wednesday,

ESPN announced in June that Gillis would host the 33rd ESPY Awards. He previously appeared on “College GameDay” — even rubbing analyst Nick Saban the wrong way with a comment by calling him Alabama Jones — and is an avid Eagles and Notre Dame fan.