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Even as the Oscars ceremony was getting a little shorter, Jimmy Kimmel said he was told not to read Donald Trump’s Truth Social post on air. He did it anyway.
“They say you have a little time. I say, ‘I’m reading Trump’s tweet.’ They say, ‘No, no, don’t read that.’ I’m like, ‘Yes, I am,’” Kimmel told Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos on Lives with Kelly and Mark.
During the Oscars, Trump posted on his social media site Truth Social a critique of the Oscarcast and Kimmel’s performance.
Then Kimmel came up on stage and read it, generating one of the most memorable jokes of a recent Oscar ceremony.
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From his phone, Kimmel read: “Has there ever been a worse host than Jimmy Kimmel at the Oscars? His opening was that of a below average person trying too hard to be something he is not and can never be. Get rid of Kimmel and maybe replace him with another failed but cheap ABC ‘talent’, George Slopanopoulos. He would make everyone on stage look bigger, stronger and more glamorous. Straw. Straw. Straw. Make America Great Again.”
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Kimmel then gave his reaction to the bad review: “Thank you President Trump. Thanks for watching. I’m surprised you’re still, ah… haven’t you spent your time in jail? The audience applauded.
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