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Shane Gillis made it clear that he had nothing to do with the Watson’s Deshaun Massage joke at Espys 2025.
By Hold the Espy Awards In Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 16, Gillis, 37, initially said he wanted to “waive that joke” about Watson, 29, before mentioning it dissatisfied with the stage.
“Alright, bring it back, I’ll say that joke. I didn’t write this,” he noted. “Keep your hands where my eyes can see – that’s what they say when Watson’s deshiner gets a massage.”
Gillis fault threw playfully at the espys Authors after hearing the crowd’s reaction, adding, “I disagree too. I swear to God, I didn’t want to say that.”
He took the biggest names in the sports world of the field and stepped off the court to go to the Espy 2025 awards.
Alison Brie Then he came on stage and referred to the Watson joke, saying, “I mean, Shane Gillis doesn’t make me walk out after that joke.”
In 2021, the Houston Texans quarter was charged with sexual assault by a massage therapist Ashley Solis. He eventually filed a civil legal case against Watson, claiming he revealed himself and purposely touched her hand with his penis during a massage. In the days after Solis accusations, more than 20 other women accused him of indecent acts and filed their own civil legal proceedings.
“I haven’t seen the complaint yet, but I know this: I have never treated any woman with anything (else) or the greatest respect,” wrote Watson through X in 2021.
Two prestigious Texas jury apart Refuse to Ditio Watson – Who has denied any wrongdoing – on any criminal charges after 10 women filed criminal complaints. The civil cases remained that the NFL launched a separate investigation, which resulted in an 11 -game suspension and a $ 5 million fine of the NFL.
“I want to say that I am really sorry for all the girls I’ve affected in this situation,” he said in an interview with Cleveland News 5 in August 2022. “The decisions I made in my life that gave me in this situation, I definitely like to be back.
Watson settled 23 of the civil lawsuits against him before being traded from the Texans to the Cleveland Browns in a $ 230 million deal. He the start of his third season with the Browns in September 2024.
Gillis, for his part, has had his own contributor to controversy. Was previously employed as a player in question Saturday night live In 2019 but was fired four days later after racist and homophobic comments from his “Matt and Shane’s Secret Podcast” re -faced on -lein. At the time, the show acknowledged in a statement that they were not “unaware of its previous comments” before casting, apologizing that the “vetting process was not up with our standard.”
Gillis addressed the debate before he left, writing through social media, “I’m a comedian who pushes boundaries. I lose sometimes. If you go through my 10 years of comedy, most of it is bad, you are going to find many bad failures. I’m happy to apologize to anyone who has actually offended from anything that my mach me requires In but I can be coming into that erection but I’ve come into the rise that I can’t be coming into those who have come in but being raised to be unrivaled for me to be me.
Gillis later released a second statement stating that he respected the decision made by the show. It has maintained since Swallow twice.
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