Jimmy Kimmel recapped his latest Oscars hosting gig with a dig at former President Donald Trump that had his studio audience cheering.
During Sunday’s ceremony, Kimmel fired back onstage in real-time at Trump’s criticism on his Truth Social platform of his performance by asking: “Isn’t it past your jail time?”
On Monday’s episode of his late-night show, Kimmel suggested the presumptive Republican 2024 nominee’s rant was “because he was upset I didn’t mention him on the show, and no one mentioned him on the show, he wasn’t getting any attention, he couldn’t stand it.”
“We had John Cena onstage naked and somehow Trump still managed to be the biggest dick of the night,” Kimmel added, a line that gained massive applause, a reference to Cena’s apparently naked appearance.
But the joke almost didn’t come to be.
Kimmel revealed earlier Monday how producers of the Oscars show tried to talk him out of responding to Trump.
