Popular television personality Jimmy Kimmel was chosen as the official host of the 2024 Academy Awards that concluded in March. This was the 4th opportunity for the celebrity to anchor the coveted Oscars after previously doing so in 2017, 2018, and 2023. He now stands in 4th place along with Whoopi Goldberg in the list of celebrities who have hosted the awards maximum times.
During the ceremony, Kimmel publicly read out a post by Donald Trump trolling his performance as a host, and followed it up with his own scathing reply to the former President. Trump who once again took to social media to roast the presenter, ended up making a big faux pas when he mixed him up with Al Pacino. Kimmel then hit back with a trademark priceless comment that is trending on social media.
Jimmy Kimmel’s Epic Reply To Donald Trump Is Internet Gold
When it comes to tongue-in-cheek replies and rapid fire retorts, no one does it better than Jimmy Kimmel. The late night talk show host is currently trending on the internet for his classic reply to Donald Trump’s trolling statements against him.
To put it into context, the former President was brutal in his criticism of Kimmel as the host of this year’s Academy Awards, and panned the event and his performance on social media. The presenter for his part, publicly read out Trump’s scathing comments on live television during the awards while adding his sly two cents at the end (via Variety).
“Thank you for watching, I’m surprised you’re still — isn’t it past your jail time.?
The billionaire-turned-politician then hit back with a stinging attack targeting Kimmel’s incompetence after he continued to roast him during his ABC show in reference to Trump’s hush money trial controversy (via Rolling Stone). The politician is in the line of fire for alleged false accounting of expenses paid to help cover up potentially bad press during his 2016 election campaign.
But in launching this fresh verbal assault against Kimmel, the former White House resident ended up making a major factual error by confusing veteran Al Pacino with the Oscar host. Pacino raised eyebrows when he announced the Best Picture Award without listing the nominees which was customary. Trump in referring to this incident on Truth Social, wrongly used Kimmel’s name in his brutal roast.
“Stupid Jimmy Kimmel, who still hasn’t recovered from his horrendous performance and big ratings drop as Host of The Academy Awards, especially when he showed he suffered from TDS, commonly known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, to the entire World by reading on air my TRUTH about how bad a job he was doing that night, right before he stumbled through announcing the biggest award of all, ‘Picture of the Year.”
Kimmel who revels in situations like this, took to social media following Trump’s comment to give his trademark priceless reply that is majorly trending online. In a single statement, he encapsulated this significant faux pas by the former President.
In fairness to our former President, many stable geniuses confuse me with Al Pacino…. pic.twitter.com/dOLT8Q2sSO
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) April 17, 2024
While this reply is going viral on social media, it now remains to be seen if the Kimmel-Trump feud continues to dominate the internet in the days to come.
Jimmy Kimmel Busted The Myth Surrounding Oscar Hosts’ Pay Day
Jimmy Kimmel took to the stage to host the Academy Awards on March 10th, 2024. The television personality has now anchored the show for the 4th time in his career with only Johnny Carson, Billy Crystal, and Bob Hope having had more outings than him in Oscar history.
Known for his trademark wit and repartees, Kimmel as expected, kept the audience fully entertained despite earning a few criticisms for his tongue-in-cheek comments on certain films and celebrities.
The anchor who invited fellow Oscar host Wanda Sykes a year ago on his show Jimmy Kimmel Live, discussed the surprisingly low salary that is allotted to the Academy Award emcees for the event. He revealed that the official amount he received for hosting the Oscars was $15,000. Elaborating on why this was considered less, he said,
“It sounds like a lot for one night but it’s months of work leading up to it.”
Kimmel also stated that this was a fixed amount for any one who was asked to host the show. While Sykes lightheartedly confessed that Oscar duties cost her more money than she received, Kimmel revealed that he was initially paid less than the SAG-AFTRA scale amount when he hosted the show for the first time.
