Former US President Donald Trump harshly criticized Jimmy Kimmel during the Oscars. But the moderator reacted quickly.
At the 96th Academy Awards on March 10th, presenter Jimmy Kimmel (56) took a successful stand against former US President Donald Trump (77). Trump apparently watched the awards ceremony on his home TV and insulted presenter Kimmel during the broadcast on his own online network Truth Social. However, the Oscar host didn’t let that go. To the thunderous applause of the audience in the Dolby Theater, he read Trump’s post and responded with a quick retort.
Jimmy Kimmel deals against Donald Trump
“I just received a review,” Kimmel began, smartphone in hand, on stage at the Oscars. In a widely circulated video, Kimmel then quotes from Trump’s insulting post: “Has there ever been a worse host than Jimmy Kimmel at the Oscars? His opening monologue was that of a subpar person trying too hard to be anything. what it is not and can never be.”
After reading out more of Trump’s insults, comedian Kimmel asked the guests at the Oscar ceremony: “Let’s see if you can guess which former president just posted that on Truth Social?” while the ABC TV channel laughed Hollywood stars like Jodie Foster (61) faded in.
“Shouldn’t you be in prison by now?”
Afterwards, Kimmel jokingly thanked the former US president for watching and asked in English: “Isn’t it passed your jail time?”, which loosely translates to: “Shouldn’t you be in prison by now?”
The pun, which cannot be directly translated, refers to the phrase “past your bedtime” that is common in the USA and is used to encourage children to go to bed in the evening – only here the word “bed” is replaced by “prison”. At the 96th Academy Awards, Kimmel clearly had the laughter of the assembled Hollywood celebrities on his side with his spontaneous gag.
Source: Stern
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