Jimmy Kimmel reveals he was advised to avoid Donald Trump joke at the Oscars

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Jimmy Kimmel kicked off the March 18 episode of his ABC talk show by telling viewers that Donald Trump is “still stewing about a joke I made about him at the Oscars.” Kimmel hosted the 2024 Academy Awards and stopped the show right before the best picture category was announced to read aloud Trump’s criticism of the ceremony. Trump posted on Truth Social during the Oscars and called Kimmel a bad host. “Well, thank you, President Trump,” Kimmel fired back.

2024 Oscar hosting gig. The late-night talk show host, 56, made a joke about the former president, 77, at the awards ceremony on March 10.Trump appeared on Fox News’ Media Buzz on Sunday where he slammed Kimmel’s quips. “Jimmy Kimmel is — every night he hits me, I guess.

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Anya Taylor-Joy took her father, Dennis Taylor, with her for the first time at the prestigious awards, which is a promise she made to him when she was 12.On Tuesday, The Menu star shared a gallery of photos and videos from the awards, writing in the caption, “A dreamy moment.” “At 12 I promised my dad that if I was ever invited to the Oscars, I would take him,” she wrote. “Filled with gratitude.”A post shared by Anya Taylor-Joy (@anyataylorjoy)The Amsterdam star was a presenter at the awards, joining her costar in the upcoming Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Chris Hemsworth, to present the Academy Awards for Best Animated Short and Best Animated Feature.

the 2024 Oscars Sunday, host Jimmy Kimmel, 56, made a joke about Donald Trump. The former president wrote on the social media platform Truth Social, “Has there EVER been a WORSE HOST than Jimmy Kimmel at The Oscars.

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Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Just minutes before the Oscars were set to begin, the show’s producers realized they had a problem: Some of the year’s key A-listers and nominees weren’t inside the Dolby Theatre just yet. The perfect storm of traffic delays, pro-Palestine protests, the first day of daylight saving time and an earlier start time had contributed to the last-minute crunch. “We were definitely stressed out, because we had to have certain celebrities in their seats,” Oscars producer Molly McNearney — also an EP on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” — tells Variety on Monday morning.

Donald Trump wasn’t feeling Jimmy Kimmel‘s performance as the host of Sunday night’s Oscars, and he let his opinions be known!

Oscars 2024 host Jimmy Kimmel’s opinion trumped the advice of the award show’s organizers Sunday night.Somebody in charge told him not to read aloud a Truth Social post by Donald Trump criticizing his performance at the 96th Academy Awards when he had an extra minute to fill near the end of the ABC broadcast, Kimmel said in an interview Monday.“They’re like, ‘You’ve got a little bit of time’ and I was like, ‘I’m reading the Trump tweet,’ and they’re like, ‘No, no, don’t read that,'” he told Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos. “[I was like] ‘Yes I am.’”The former president and current candidate wrote on the social media platform: “Has there EVER been a WORSE HOST than Jimmy Kimmel at The Oscars.

As the Oscar ceremony was running a little short, Jimmy Kimmel said that he was told not to read Donald Trump‘s Truth Social post on the air, but he did so anyway.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Right after hosting the 2024 Oscars, Jimmy Kimmel was interviewed backstage by Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos for their annual post-Oscars “Live” special and gave his quick reactions to some of the ceremony’s buzziest moments. Kimmel’s final bit as host was reading out loud Donald Trump’s criticism of the show, which Trump posted on Truth Social earlier in the night. “Has there EVER been a WORSE HOST than Jimmy Kimmel at The Oscars,” Trump posted.

the 2024 Oscars, beating the expected winner, Lily Gladstone, in an upset, didn’t appear pleased by host Jimmy Kimmel’s sex joke. In his opening monologue, Kimmel, 56, played a short clip from Stone’s film and cracked, “Those were all the parts of ‘Poor Things’ that we’re allowed to show on TV,” referring to the movie’s steamy R-rated content. Stone could be seen in the audience, turning to her husband, comedian and writer Dave McCary, whom she married in 2020.

Donald Trump’s criticism of him while hosting the Oscars last night (March 10).Kimmel, who hosted the Academy Awards ceremony for the fourth time, addressed the audience just before the final award of the evening, and read out a piece of criticism he had received during the event.A scathing review from the former President on Truth Social read: “Has there EVER been a WORSE HOST than Jimmy Kimmel at The Oscars. His opening was that of a less than average person trying too hard to be something which he is not, and never can be.”Kimmel continued to read aloud from his phone: “Get rid of Kimmel and perhaps replace him with another washed up, but cheap, ABC ‘talent,’ George Slopanopoulos.

posted on Truth Social. “His opening was that of a less than average person trying too hard to be something which he is not, and never can be.”While the rest of America indulged in the shady comments, awkward moments and quirky Oscars humor, Trump apparently couldn’t bear to watch Kimmel host Hollywood’s biggest night.“Get rid of Kimmel and perhaps replace him with another washed-up but cheap ABC ‘talent,’ George Slopanopoulos wrote on March 10.

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Oscars for snubbing Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie’s work on Barbie during his opening monologue.For the fourth year, the presenter is hosting the annual awards ceremony in Los Angeles tonight (March 10).As Kimmel opened the show at the Dolby Theatre, he referenced some of the biggest movies of the year. “Barbie was a monster hit,” he said.

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