{"id":3078,"date":"2026-05-21T22:42:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T22:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/shane-gillis-takes-jab-at-chelsea-handler-after-she-slammed-his-gross-racist-jokes-at-kevin-hart-roast\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T22:42:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T22:42:52","slug":"shane-gillis-takes-jab-at-chelsea-handler-after-she-slammed-his-gross-racist-jokes-at-kevin-hart-roast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/shane-gillis-takes-jab-at-chelsea-handler-after-she-slammed-his-gross-racist-jokes-at-kevin-hart-roast\/","title":{"rendered":"Shane Gillis takes jab at Chelsea Handler after she slammed his &#8216;gross,&#8217; &#8216;racist&#8217; jokes at Kevin Hart roast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/shane-gillis-responds-chelsea-handler.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Shane Gillis has hit back at Chelsea Handler, further escalating their feud after she criticized his and fellow comedian Tony Henchcliffe\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/20\/celebrity-news\/chelsea-handler-blasts-shane-gillis-and-tony-hinchcliffe-after-kevin-hart-roast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cracist\u201d and \u201cgross\u201d jokes<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/video\/most-savage-roast-of-kevin-hart-moments-tom-brady-chelsea-handler-more\/\">Kevin Hart\u2019s recent roast. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Handler slammed \u201csexist\u201d Gillis and Henchcliffe, labeling them both as \u201cracists\u201d and \u201cbigots,\u201d during her Wednesday appearance on \u201cDeon Cole\u2019s Funny Knowing You\u201d podcast. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Shane Gillis (pictured above) took a jab at Chelsea Handler after the comedian slammed his and Tony Henchcliffe\u2019s jokes at Kevin Hart\u2019s roast. <span class=\"credit\">Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cThis is a big moment for Chelsea. I am glad she\u2019s capitalizing. Good for her. We\u2019re all rooting for her,\u201d he said sarcastically in a statement to Page Six.  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>She went on to reference Gillis\u2019 joke about Hart\u2019s height during the roast earlier this month, where Gillis said Hart, 46, is so short \u201cthey\u2019re gonna have to lynch him from a bonsai tree.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t find those jokes funny,\u201d she said. \u201cLynching Black people is not a joke.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s worse than rape,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cChelsea Handler Show\u201d host argued that Hart \u201cdeserved\u201d an \u201celevated roast,\u201d and that at a roast, comedians can \u201cgo for it without being gross.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Handler criticized the \u201csexist\u201d and \u201cracist\u201d comedians on her Wednesday appearance on \u201cDeon Cole\u2019s Funny Knowing You\u201d podcast, seen above.  <span class=\"credit\">YouTube\/Deon Cole\u0092s Funny Knowing You<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cI don\u2019t find those jokes funny,\u201d Handler said, referencing Gillis\u2019 joke about lynching Hart \u201cfrom a bonsai tree.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">YouTube\/Deon Cole\u0092s Funny Knowing You<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThere was so much disgustingness, I knew it was gonna be a gross vibe,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Gillis \u2014 who hosted Hart\u2019s roast \u2014 also introduced Handler by ruffling feathers with comments referencing her appearance at a 2010 event hosted by the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>He even took aim at her political stances, calling her a \u201cZionist\u201d and a \u201cbig fan of abortions.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Hinchcliffe\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/11\/celebrity-news\/tony-hinchcliffe-mocks-sheryl-underwoods-late-husbands-suicide-at-kevin-hart-roast\/\">joke about the death of Sheryl Underwood\u2019s late husband<\/a>, Michael Sparkman \u2014 who died by suicide back in 1990 \u2014 also left a bad impression on Handler. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cThere was so much disgustingness, I knew it was gonna be a gross vibe,\u201d Handler (pictured above at the roast) said.  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>She further insisted that Hart (seen here posing alongside Handler on the red carpet at his roast) \u201cdeserved\u201d an \u201celevated roast.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">ZUMAPRESS.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, Underwood defended Hinchcliffe\u2019s wisecrack on an episode of \u201cMatt and Shane\u2019s Secret Podcast,\u201d which aired the same day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes humor is the thing.\u201d Underwood said. <\/p>\n<p>Handler previously addressed her attendance at Epstein\u2019s controversial party in a 2021 interview with Rob Lowe, where she claimed the dinner party was \u201cawkward\u201d and that she \u201cdidn\u2019t know who\u201d the disgraced financier was at the time.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/21\/celebrity-news\/shane-gillis-takes-jab-at-chelsea-handler-after-she-slammed-his-gross-racist-jokes-at-kevin-hart-roast\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shane Gillis has hit back at Chelsea Handler, further escalating their feud after she 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