'Isn't it past your jail time?' Jimmy Kimmel responds to Trump's Oscars critique
Oscar's host Jimmy Kimmel hit back at Donald Trump Sunday after the former president poured scorn on the comedian's performance at the Hollywood ceremony.
Trump Truth Socialed his criticism of Kimmel, a frequent critic of the GOP front-runner for the presidential nomination, as the Hollywood extravaganza was broadcast live.
Kimmel responded by reading Trump's critique out, virtually word for word.
"I'm really proud of something, I was wondering if I could share it with you?" He asked the crowd of Hollywood glitterati.
"I just got a review and — has there ever been a worse host than Jimmy Kimmel at the Oscars?" he quoted.
"His opening was that of a less than average person trying to be something that he is not and never can be. Get rid of Kimmel and perhaps replace him with another washed-up but cheap ABC talent, George Slopanopoulos. Blah, blah, blah, Make America Great Again," Kimmel said.
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"Oh. Okay, now, see if you can guess which former president just posted that on Truth Social? Anyone?" Kimmel asked as the crowd cheered, with the cameras focusing on a laughing Jodie Foster.
"No? Well, thank you, President Trump. Thank you for watching, I'm surprised you're still — isn't it past your jail time?"
Along with his attack on Kimmel, Trump also criticized the Oscars as a whole.
"Also, a really bad politically correct show tonight, and for years. Disjointed, boring, and very unfair," he wrote.
"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!"
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