Shane Gillis has hit back at Chelsea Handler, further escalating their feud after she criticized his and fellow comedian Tony Henchcliffe’s “racist” and “gross” jokes at Kevin Hart’s recent roast.
“This is a big moment for Chelsea. I am glad she’s capitalizing. Good for her. We’re all rooting for her. Anyway come see me July 17th at the football stadium in Philly,” Gillis, 38, told Page Six in a seemingly cheeky statement shared through his rep.
Handler slammed “sexist” Gillis and Henchcliffe, labeling them both as “racists” and “bigots,” during her Wednesday appearance on “Deon Cole’s Funny Knowing You” podcast.
She went on to reference Gillis’ joke about Hart’s height during the roast earlier this month, where Gillis said Hart, 46, is so short “they’re gonna have to lynch him from a bonsai tree.”
“I don’t find those jokes funny,” she said. “Lynching Black people is not a joke.”
“It’s worse than rape,” she added.
The “Chelsea Handler Show” host argued that Hart “deserved” an “elevated roast,” and that at a roast, comedians can “go for it without being gross.”
“There was so much disgustingness, I knew it was gonna be a gross vibe,” she said.
Gillis — who hosted Hart’s roast — also introduced Handler by ruffling feathers with comments referencing her appearance at a 2010 event hosted by the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
He even took aim at her political stances, calling her a “Zionist” and a “big fan of abortions.”
Hinchcliffe’s joke about the death of Sheryl Underwood’s late husband, Michael Sparkman — who died by suicide back in 1990 — also left a bad impression on Handler.
However, Underwood defended Hinchcliffe’s wisecrack on an episode of “Matt and Shane’s Secret Podcast,” which aired the same day.
“Sometimes humor is the thing.” Underwood said.
Handler previously addressed her attendance at Epstein’s controversial party in a 2021 interview with Rob Lowe, where she claimed the dinner party was “awkward” and that she “didn’t know who” the disgraced financier was at the time.
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