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Jimmy Kimmel summed up his last gig as Oscar host with a dig at the former president donald trump that made his studio audience cheer.
During Sunday’s ceremony, Kimmel responded on stage in real time in the face of Trump’s criticism of his performance on his Truth Social platform by asking: “Hasn’t he already spent his time in prison?”
On Monday’s episode of his late-night show, Kimmel suggested the presumptive 2024 GOP nominee’s rant was “because he was upset because I didn’t mention it on the show, and no one mentioned it on the show, he wasn’t getting no attention”. , I could not stand it”.
“We had John Cena “On stage naked and somehow Trump managed to be the biggest idiot of the night,” Kimmel added, a line that garnered massive applause, a reference to Cena. apparently naked appearance.
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But the joke almost didn’t come true.
Kimmel revealed early Monday how producers of the Oscar show tried to dissuade him from responding to Trump.
“They said, ‘You have a little time,’ and I said, ‘I’m reading Trump’s tweet,’ and they said, ‘No, no, don’t read that.’ “Kimmel said Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos. “(I was like) ‘Yes, I am.'”
One of those producers was actually Kimmel’s wife, Molly McNearney, executive producer of the Academy Awards.
“I’ll tell you, I’m not really proud of this, but I tried to convince Jimmy not to read that,” McNearney said. Variety on Monday. “I feel like my instincts are usually right, but I was totally wrong about that.”
She explained: “I said, ‘Please don’t read this.’ And she asked why. I said, ‘I don’t want to give Trump airtime at the Oscars.’ This is the only time we don’t have to talk about him. We talk about him every night… Tonight is not about him or politics. My second thought was just the risk, like the show was going well! “I just wanted to make sure it ended well and I didn’t want it to end on a sour note.”
But Kimmel “had a twinkle in his eye and said, ‘I’ve got it.’ She really she did it. This is where she shines,” McNearney added. “I assure you, I will never win an argument in my house again.”
Elsewhere in his monologue on Monday, Kimmel recalled his favorite moments from Sunday’s ceremony and revealed how much work it took to get Cena on stage nearly naked.