Jimmy Kimmel defied advice with last minute Trump Oscars bit
Kimmel read a post from former president Trump onstage last night, against some Oscar staffers' wishes
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To regular people, Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel may have come across as one of the better MCs of this year’s awards season. (Admittedly, the bar was quite low.) But to a certain very orange, very angry former president, he was the lowest of the low. “Has there EVER been a WORSE HOST than Jimmy Kimmel at The Oscars,” Trump posted last night on his Truth Social app, in a real comment that was read later by Kimmel himself onstage. The post (as read by Kimmel) continued:
His opening was that of a less than average person trying too hard to be something which he is not, and never can be…Also a really bad politically correct show tonight, and for years – Disjointed, boring, and very unfair. Why don’t they just give the Oscars to those that deserve them. Maybe that way their audience and TV ratings will come back from the depths. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
Trump naturally didn’t specify who did deserve the Oscars in his mind, but even that didn’t bother Kimmel, who turned the screed into one of his better off-the-cuff hosting bits near the end of the show. “Blah, blah, blah… OK, now, see if you can guess which former president just posted that on Truth Social. Anyone? No?” he responded from the stage. “Well, thank you, President Trump. Thank you for watching, I’m surprised you’re still—isn’t it past your jail time?”
In a post-show rundown with Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos (via Variety), however, Kimmel revealed that some people backstage advised against the bit. “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. [I was like] ‘Yes I am,’” he said, adding that he was “feeling pretty good” after the ceremony.
By trying to tear him down, it seems like Trump only made the four-time host stronger. According to Variety, Kimmel also joked that he’d like to host the Oscars “at least 20 more times” to beat Bob Hope’s record (19 times).
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I honestly don’t know why anybody bothers trying to humiliate a man who has no shame. Detractors are probably right that giving Trump the light of day in any situation just helps him stay in the public consciousness.
He’s like Howard Stern: People who love him tune in to hear what he has to say, people who hate him tune in to hear what he has to say.So the media is going to make as much hay as possible, eyeballs on the screen are eyeballs on the screen as far as they’re concerned.
Comments like Kimmel’s that will absolutely piss him off are ok by me though.
Strange analogy. Are you a time traveler, or do you live in some alt-America where anyone who doesn’t like Howard Stern has paid him any attention at all in the last 30 years or so?
No it’s paraphrased from Private Parts because it’s accurate.
I feel like we shouldn’t use the present tense when discussing things that are over a quarter century old, like the entire notion that Howard Stern is a controversial figure in the spotlight. The thing you are paraphrasing was the inflection point where people stopped actively hating him, which was followed by his move from inescapable radio to niche satellite.Update your references.
I feel like you’re typing a lot of words to critique a post on a comment thread while clearly understanding what my meaning was. Maybe this is a ‘you’ thing more than a ‘me’ thing.
Get off my dick.
Okay boomer.
Yeah definitely a ‘you’ thing, as in ‘You’re attracted to me but only know how to act on that attracting by being weird, like a 3rd grader.’
Dude trapped in 1995 (dated references and gay panic jokes) has seriously thin skin.
Wait, what kind of gay joke do you think I made? Difficulty: I have no idea if you’re male, female or other.
Trump isn’t going to give you money for liking him or voting for him, he is a grifter who uses marks like you to make himself feel better.
Yes, surely the person correcting your obvious fucking mistake must be MAGA! No one could possibly be politically aligned with you and think you’re a putz.You are one insightful dude.Aren’t you sick of how Lenny Bruce keeps dividing America? So polarizing today.
Wow you have a very active imagination…’correcting’ me, that’s a good one.
I’m just trying to figure out why you’re stanning for Trump so hard. I’m basically seeing 2 options here, tell me which one it is:
A: You like me a lot and can’t express it in any way other than making up nonsense and picking at me like a 3rd grader.B: You like Trump a lot and my Stern comparison is insulting to you.I’m leaning towards A because you’ve demonstrated this behavior in the past, but I’m not ruling out B because it really does seem like you’re being a Trump stan.
My dude, I made a lighthearted comment about your anachronistic analogy and you lost your goddamn mind.Trump is a massively divisive piece of shit with a cult following. Howard Stern is a decades-past relevance niche figure with an aging fanbase.This was a stupid analogy, and the fact that you are trying to die on this hill suggests that you are either pretty stupid yourself or the most fragile internet commenter of all time.Lighten the fuck up, nerd.
So when I said “No it’s paraphrased from Private Parts because it’s accurate.” you took that as me losing my goddamn mind? It’s ok for you to call me names but if I post one sentence to explain myself I’m losing my mind. You get to invent me using gay panic jokes but that’s ok, I’m using a somewhat dated though extremely accurate reference so obviously it’s ok for you to imply I’m homophobic.Definitely leaning towards option A here, you’ve got a thing for me and have no idea how to express it appropriately.
“Lighten the fuck up, nerd.”Do better, ass.
I was polite until you accused me of being on your dick, before also saying I am attracted to you. Locate some self-awareness, 90s dad.
Needlessly harping on someone for using a reference you perceive as outdated is not actually being polite. I guess it’s possible you didn’t know that, so maybe you’ve learned something today. I hope so.
“Perceive?”I envy you. It must be empowering to feel like the most inane, banal, and inaccurate takes are unassailable wisdom.Which of us seems more aligned with Trump?
Jeez, you can cut the sexual tension between you two with Frank’s poop knife. Just get a room and fuck already.
Howard Stern in the 90s, maybe. I don’t recall anything he’s done making many waves in the culture for a very long time.
Exactly, it’s the same idea.
You mean except when this site regular posts parts of interviews he does?
The Howard Stern Show at least used to be fun, funny and entertaining. Trump’s never been anything but weird and uncomfortable.
You’re damned if you do and you’re damned if you don’t, right? If he’s addressing you and your performace, you look cowardly by not responding. However, if you do respond, you’re feeding into his ego by giving him attention.
I’ve been thinking on it because although we enjoyed Kimmel’s swipe back, we were like “don’t give Trump any oxygen man!” but after thinking about it more…. his crimes are honestly so steep that I kinda think paying zero attention to him is actually being more humane than needed here. It’s kinda like how people consider torture to be worse than death. I actually would wager in this scenario especially since Trump is so concerned with how he appears to the public etc., that it would be better for him to be constantly ridiculed for the remainder of his time on earth than to be simply left alone and not talked about.
There’s a Star Wars EU book that’s still canon that has a scene where they walk back Jar-Jar in the streets years after the fall of the Republic and there’s a quick line about how he’s a homeless sad jestor and it’s implied that his life became difficult after giving supreme power to Palpatine. That’s kind of what I want for Trump here. May he live the curse of an eventful life.
Not in this case. Jimmy Kimmel has a luxury palace inside Trump’s brain. Every time Jimmy burns him, that luxury palace grows.
Because Trump loves putting down other people and absolutely erupts privately when publicly humiliated, so fuck him. Not to mention he’s literally the GOP presidential candidate during an election year, so there’s no escaping him “staying in the public consciousness” until it’s over. Jimmy burned him hard and I’m here for it.
I mean, it was funny. Kimmel’s a comedian, not a political consultant, so there doesn’t need to be any justification beyond that.
I honestly don’t know why anybody bothers trying to humiliate a man who has no shame.
They’re not trying to humiliate or shame Trump. They’re making sure others are aware of just how much of a fuckwit Trump is. Far too many people are politically unaware in the US, and every reminder that one of the presidential candidates is a criminal is important.
Detractors are probably right that giving Trump the light of day in any
situation just helps him stay in the public consciousness.
He’s the Republican candidate for president, for fuck’s sake. He’s not some unknown who people are shining a spotlight on. Like it or not, he’s already in the public consciousness, has been since 2015, and will be for some time to come.
Your point is right.Humiliation isn’t the word.Taken out of Truth Social context, we thought it was a joke.It was!Trump is just a punchline now.
This wasn’t about shaming Trump, it’s about mocking him publicly. You have to keep pointing out the Emperor has no clothes.
Just don’t vote Trump in November and you can say or not say anything about him as much as you want.
You’re probably right, but I do appreciate how The Lincoln Project seems to get under his skin, as noted by his frequent saber rattling threats to sue, or his unhinged rants about them. Anything that causes his blood pressure to rise is fine with me and I doubt he’ll fade from public consciousness until he…well, fades for good, because do you really expect him to just go away? I think that’s one dude who’ll probably be whining up until the day he dies. Unfortunately I’d expect his base to deify him and think of him as a political martyr for decades, of which the GQP politicians looking to take that vacant crown will probably do it too in hopes of gaining control of the MAGA mob, since they’re the ones who keep the others in line out of fear of becoming the target of their insane fury.
I’m using the “n” word again (even though it upset someone yesterday -sorry). He’s a malignant narcissist and he eats up the criticisms too because it’s all just supply. And he believes his detractors are just envious.
The last time you used the word “narcissist,” you were getting outraged about the shrimp tower guy Josh Brolin played on SNL. When describing Trump, and not a goofy character on an SNL sketch where shrimp are described as “the thinking man’s mozzarella stick,” it’s accurate.
It’s so weird that people even notice what I write. I don’t even take myself that seriously.
I mean, people keep telling me they hate all my comments and I should at the least stop commenting and at the worst self immolate. But I don’t listen to them.
That was Kimmel’s only funny joke of the night
He had a couple other good moments (getting at the audience for clapping for Gerwig after not voting for her), but it was mostly abysmal. The joke about RDJ having a rectangular penis was painfully unfunny.
It was a pretty solid hit.
Yes, but Kimmel made a meanie man joke about a 19-hour movie, so we hate him.
As long as he breathes, I will never turn down a chance to mock Trump.
I feel like once he’s dead I’m gonna keep going.
Yup! Until he’s either in the grave or I am, I’m gonna keep that Haterade flowing.
And I’ll give him some Haterade Frost!
I was gonna say that when he dies I’m gonna piss on his grave but then I remember he’s into that sorta shit
And it goads the shit outta Trump. If anything has been more apparent, its that orange bag of meat absolutely loathes when people laugh at him….not with him.His glass thin ego can’t take it. I will bet 100 bucks tonight we will hear about all those ‘losers’ who were on the Oscars because they found Kimmel’s crack about him funny.
I’ve never seen a more humorless person.
Actually, that’s not true; like all bullies, his sense of humor is mean-spirited and impenetrable.
Either way, jokes get in the way of making money, so can’t have that.
“Isn’t it past your jail time” is a legitimately great response.
Of all the weird things about Trump, and there are too many to count, his obsession with TV ratings is definitely one of them.
It’s the only metric for “popularity” that is accepted nationwide, and can be backed up with data.It’s the closest thing we have to a “they love me” meter, so of course he’s obsessed with it.
What about AV Club stars?
He’s also a golfing champion, at multiple courses. Which he won……by buying the course. And holding a championship. Then playing a round on them as part of the championship. He wins this championship. Then he actually opens the club up to other players, who are greeted with a fancy (read: tacky as shit) plaque in the bar reading “TRUMP LINKS BUTTFUCKVILLE, OHIO INAUGRAL CHAMPION: Donald J. Trump”.
‘Course, when he does play against other players, he cheats worse than Goldfinger.
I’m finding one of the weirder things about him is his incessant use of MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN in virtually every posting and speech. It’s become a sort of tic, his version of Tourette’s.
Is there a good comment thread where we can call out Jim Spanfeller for dismantling G/O Media piece by piece and selling the entire organization for scraps like the vulture capital piece of shit that he is?
All places are good places to do that. Tell strangers on the street.One thing that stands out from this is what an utter waste it was. I have a hard time imagining that G/O Media is even making money off any of this. They took Deadspin, a site with a loyal fanbase and good writers, interfered everyone enough to have them quit en masse, left the site shuttered for months, and brought it back with worse writers and far less readership. Now, they’ve sold the name to a company that barely seems to exist. Every move they made seems to have been a complete failure, even if you only looked at it from the perspective of pure greed.
The writing in general across the GMG (or whatever the fuck it is these days) has been one long descent into half-wits with an agenda. It’s disgusting. Deadspin became Defector, which is still pretty decent.
Trump seems really upset that Lily Gladstone didn’t win. Or maybe just that Barbie was almost entirely ignored.
Wow, all of these comments: we miss you, Splinter.I have lost so many people the past eight months, all younger than Thump (some a lot younger). When is the Devil comin’ for ye, you Busted Can of Dough.
Wow, this is so astonishingly jeuvenile – more so than the typical. What a profoundly hate-filled person.
I don’t watch any of the “Jimmys” although I’ve seen their work. I thought Kimmel delivered a very pleasant opening. It was very chill; we need more of that.
I always remember that Jimmy *Kimmel* is the one that I don’t hate with a totally irrational burning hatred.
Same.
I thought the bit landed pretty well. And it was at the very end of the night, so referencing him didn’t really damage the mood of the show. And it killed in the room, obviously.
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