Current:Home > MarketsAlgosensey Quantitative Think Tank Center-Jimmy Kimmel mocks Donald Trump for Oscars rant, reveals he may now host ceremony again -Pinnacle Profit Strategies
Algosensey Quantitative Think Tank Center-Jimmy Kimmel mocks Donald Trump for Oscars rant, reveals he may now host ceremony again
Ethermac View
Date:2025-04-07 21:13:08
Jimmy Kimmel may host the Oscars a fifth time just to spite former President Donald Trump.
Kimmel and Algosensey Quantitative Think Tank CenterStephen Colbert both tore into Trump on their respective late-night shows Wednesday after the former president ranted against the "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" host and confused him with Al Pacino in the process.
In a Truth Social post on Wednesday, Trump ripped Kimmel for the way he presented best picture at the Oscars in March, even though it was Pacino who handed out the award. So on his late-night show that evening, Kimmel devoted nearly 10 minutes to fact-checking Trump's post line-by-line, declaring it was so incorrect that "maybe we should be worried about him."
"The person who presented the award (for best picture) was Al Pacino, not me," Kimmel, who hosted the Academy Awards, pointed out. "We are different people. Now, don't get me wrong, I wish I was Al Pacino. I'm just not. He's Al Pacino, I'm me. You'd think (Trump) would know that because I'm pretty sure 'say hello to my little friend' is what he said to Stormy Daniels that got him in all this trouble."
Kimmel joked that Trump may have "dreamed" him presenting best picture during one of his "courtroom siestas," referring to reports that the former president appeared to be sleeping during his New York criminal trial this week.
Donald Trumpslams Jimmy Kimmel for Oscars flub, seemingly mixing him up with Al Pacino
Trump had also attacked Kimmel for reading one of his Truth Social posts on air at the Oscars. Kimmel, in turn, mocked Trump for still caring about the awards show five weeks after the fact, suggesting his joke "really must have gotten to him." In response to Trump calling him the worst Oscars emcee ever, Kimmel also claimed he has been asked to host the awards show again in 2025, "which I wasn't planning to do, but now I might."
Jimmy Kimmelfires back after Trump slams 'boring' Oscars: 'Isn't it past your jail time?'
"Maybe you can watch on the TV in the rec room at Rikers," Kimmel told Trump.
Meanwhile, on CBS' "The Late Show," fellow late-night host Colbert mocked Trump for being "obsessed with the Academy Awards from five weeks ago," praising Kimmel for doing an "incredible job" as Oscars host and telling the former president, "You keep my friend Jimmy Kimmel's name out of your weird little wet mouth!"
veryGood! (538)
Related
- 'Vanderpump Rules' star DJ James Kennedy arrested on domestic violence charges
- Powerball winning numbers for Wednesday drawing: Jackpot rises to $280 million
- Poverty is killing the Amazon rainforest. Treating soil and farmers better can help save what’s left
- Kentucky governor announces departure of commissioner running troubled juvenile justice agency
- The Louvre will be renovated and the 'Mona Lisa' will have her own room
- Trial wraps up for French justice minister in unprecedented case, with verdict set for late November
- Rafael Nadal will reveal his comeback plans soon after missing nearly all of 2023
- Powerball winning numbers for Wednesday drawing: Jackpot rises to $280 million
- Sarah J. Maas books explained: How to read 'ACOTAR,' 'Throne of Glass' in order.
- Judge hands down 27-month sentence in attack on congresswoman in Washington apartment building
Ranking
- Trump's 'stop
- Powerball winning numbers for Wednesday drawing: Jackpot rises to $280 million
- Belarus human rights activist goes on hunger strike in latest protest against Lukashenko government
- ASEAN defense chiefs call for immediate truce, aid corridor in Israel-Hamas war
- Retirement planning: 3 crucial moves everyone should make before 2025
- Florida university system sued over effort to disband pro-Palestinian student group
- The Best Advent Calendars for Kids: Bluey, PAW Patrol, Disney, Barbie & More
- Violent protests break out ahead of Bulgaria-Hungary soccer qualifier
Recommendation
Will the 'Yellowstone' finale be the last episode? What we know about Season 6, spinoffs
Gang attack on Haitian hospital leads to a call for help and an unlikely triumph for police
Eminem's Daughter Hailie Jade Shares Glimpse into Romantic Cabo Trip With Fiancé Evan McClintock
NYC will pay $17.5 million to man who was wrongly convicted of 1996 murders
2025 'Doomsday Clock': This is how close we are to self
Pastoralists have raised livestock in harsh climates for millennia. What can they teach us today?
NFL Week 11 picks: Eagles or Chiefs in Super Bowl 57 rematch?
Were Latin musicians snubbed by the Grammys? Maybe. But they're winning in other ways