Shane Gillis made it clear that he wasn’t a fan of UFC fighter Josh Hokit insulting former First lady Michelle Obama while President Donald Trump had a different reaction.
The right-leaning comedian was leaving the UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House Sunday night when TMZ asked him what he thought about the false and offensive remark from the 28-year-old mixed martial arts athlete.
“Michelle Obama is a man! Am I right, America?” Hokit said inside the Octogon during an interview with Joe Rogan. The crowd booed and cheered — Trump apparently smiled while he sat ringside, CNN reported.
Gillis told TMZ he didn’t agree.
“I didn’t love that,” Gillis said.
Charlie Cotton, co-managing editor of TMZ DC, asked him in response: “How come?”
“Why do you think?” Gillis responded.
Trump reportedly praised Hokit on Air Force One on Monday, reported David Gardner for The Swamp, The Daily Beast’s Substack.
“As he flew off to meet world leaders in France today for the G-7 summit, Donald Trump made a point of congratulating by name the UFC fighters who starred in his tawdry cage fight on the White House lawn on Sunday night,” Gardner wrote.
“Among them was Josh Hokit, the repugnant thug who made a vile slur against former First Lady Michelle Obama in an interview with Joe Rogan after he won his bout,” Gardner explained.
Trump has said in the past that Hokit was his favorite UFC fighter and that he had specifically requested for him to be on the bill for his 80th birthday bash.
“And it’s not the first time the fighter has tried to spread the baseless conspiracy theory that Obama is a man. He has said it in previous ring interviews,” Gardner added.
Shane Gillis tells @hicharliecotton he didn’t love Josh Hokit calling Michelle Obama a “man” pic.twitter.com/ehiFuQY3wP — TMZ (@TMZ) June 15, 2026
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