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Comedian Shane Gillis' monologue at the ESPY Awards has drawn both praise and criticism from Wednesday's audience, but the biggest response may have been a moment of stunned silence from ESPN Deportes' translator.
As revealed by Jason Krump, a sportswriter and contributor to Washington State's athletics website, the interpreter abruptly halted his translation of Gillis' joke about North Carolina football coach Bill Belichick and his 24-year-old girlfriend Jordon Hudson.
After joking about the $17 million fraud and gambling scheme that led to the arrest, conviction and imprisonment of Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani's interpreter, Gillis then turned his attention to the former New England Patriots head coach.
'A bookie is what Bill Belichick reads to his girlfriend before bedtime,' Gillis said, transitioning from a gambling bit. 'They read, 'Very horny caterpillar,' 'The Little Engine That Could But Needed A Pill First,' and of course, the classic, 'Good Night Boobs.'
'Also, I'm not trashing Bill Belichick,' he continued. 'He is 73 years old and dating a hot 24-year-old. People are criticizing him.
'What happened to this country? We used to be a great country. He won six Super Bowls. He's dating a hot 24-year-old. Maybe if you guys won six Super Bowls you wouldn't be sitting next to a fat ugly dog wife.'
Shane Gillis at the 2025 ESPY Awards held at the Dolby Theatre on Wednesday in LA
Bill Belichick, Jordon Hudson at the 14th Annual NFL Honors held at Saenger Theatre
It was at this point that the ESPN Deportes' translator ceased with his interpretation, as heard in the clip shared by Krump.
The audience at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles was nearly as quiet as the interpreter, prompting Gillis to pass the blame onto ESPN's parent company.
'They let me do it. This is Disney. They allowed that,' Gillis laughed. 'Yeah, we should've taken that out. I had doubts going into that. That didn't work all week.'
Daily Mail has reached out to ESPN spokespeople for comment.
Belichick's girlfriend also caught some shrapnel from 53-year-old rapper, Snoop Dogg.
'I've been a football fan for a long, long time,' the California man born Calvin Broadus Jr. told the ESPY audience. 'I remember back when the Cowboys were good. I remember back when the Chiefs were bad. And I remember, what was it, Bill Belichick's girlfriend wasn't even born yet.'
