{"id":27576,"date":"2025-07-22T02:34:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T02:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/27576\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T02:34:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T02:34:08","slug":"busta-rhymes-the-one-person-laughing-at-espys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/27576\/","title":{"rendered":"Busta Rhymes ‘the one person laughing’ at ESPYS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shane Gillis\u2019 monologue at the ESPYS last week received decidedly mixed reviews from those in the sports world. The crowd at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles certainly didn\u2019t know how to react to Gillis\u2019 style of comedy, making for some awkward moments<\/a> as the standup hit a number of his punchlines<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fortunately for Gillis, while a lot of the ESPYS crowd might not have received his jokes favorably<\/a>, one celebrity was wholeheartedly supporting him: Busta Rhymes.<\/p>\n

Speaking about his ESPYS monologue on the latest episode of\u00a0Matt and Shane\u2019s Secret Podcast, Gillis explained how he frequently looked over at the prolific rapper throughout his performance for positive reinforcement.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThe one person laughing my entire monologue was Busta Rhymes,\u201d Gillis revealed. \u201cAnd while I was up there I kept, like, looking over to be like, \u2018Yes. Yes. Yes.\u2019 I don\u2019t care how badly this is going, just seeing Busta Rhymes like,\u201d Gillis said mimicking Busta Rhymes\u2019 laugh, \u201cYes. Yes. Yes.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the podcast, Gillis also defended a WNBA joke that some found controversial. In his monologue, Gillis said, \u201c4x WNBA All-Star Brittany Hicks is here. Give it up for Brittany, everybody.\u201d The audience, of course, clapped, before Gillis said, \u201cI\u2019m just joking around; that\u2019s my friend\u2019s wife, I knew none of you knew WNBA players.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shane Gillis tricked the ESPYS crowd into believing his friend\u2019s wife was a WNBA star \ud83d\ude2d<\/p>\n

\u201c4x WNBA All-Star Brittany Hicks is here. Give it up for Brittany, everybody. I\u2019m just joking around; that\u2019s my friend\u2019s wife, I knew none of you knew WNBA players.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/uC5Ta7v7u1<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 FearBuck (@FearedBuck) July 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI knew they would clap. I would have clapped. Anybody on earth would clap,\u201d Gillis said on his podcast. The comedian also acknowledged that the same joke likely would\u2019ve worked on other sports leagues. \u201cYou could\u2019ve hit \u2019em with a couple other sports. You could\u2019ve been like, \u201910-time All-Star, NHL legend Matt McCusker,\u2019 and they would\u2019ve been like, \u2018For sure,’\u201d Gillis said, referring to his co-host.<\/p>\n

Merits of that joke aside, Gillis was clearly facing a crowd that wasn\u2019t entirely on board with his set. Except for Busta Rhymes, that is. The two apparently met in Gillis\u2019 green room after the rapper performed. And now, the ESPYS has spawned an unlikely celebrity friendship.<\/p>\n

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