Comedian Shane Gillis tricked the audience at the 2025 ESPY Awards by introducing his friend’s wife, Brittany Hicks, as a

The crowd at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood politely applauded, before Gillis waited a beat, smirked, and said: “I’m joking around, that’s my friend’s wife. I knew none of you knew WNBA players.” The crowd awkwardly murmured in response, although Hicks, a businesswoman, and her husband, comedian Matt McCusker, appeared to find it hilarious.

In the aftermath of the ESPY’s, some folks are mad at ESPN and Shane Gillis for jokes told by the latter at the awards show on Wednesday night. The truth is, the opening monologue had the perfect amount of spice.