The winners of the 2024 Oscars were fairly predictable, but host Jimmy Kimmel delivered a surprise at the end of the show with an impromptu performance of his recurring sketch “Celebrities Read Mean Tweets.” On Kimmel’s late night show he regularly invites stars to read nasty things random people have posted about them on Twitter (or now X). The twist this time: Kimmel was the celebrity and Donald Trump was the random loser spewing vitriol from his flailing social media site.

When Kimmel started reading, it seemed like he was just poking fun at himself by reading a stranger’s internet commentary. “I just got a review: has there ever been a worst host than Jimmy Kimmel at the Oscars?” the host read from his phone. “His opening was that of a less than average person trying too hard to be something which he is not and never can be.”

But the post started to sound eerily familiar when the author lashed out at a specific member of the ABC News team using a goofy nickname. Kimmel continued reading: “Get rid of Kimmel and perhaps replace him with another washed up, but cheap, ABC ‘talent,’ George Slopanopoulous. He would make everybody on stage look bigger, stronger, and more glamourous. Blah, blah, blah, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.”

Jimmy Kimmel calls out Donald Trump at the 2024 #Oscars pic.twitter.com/bAGWxUFg9P

Finally, Kimmel IDed Trump, saying, “Okay, now see if you can guess which former president just posted that on Truth Social. Anyone?”

Sure enough, Kimmel was reading right from a message Trump had shared with his 6.7 million Truth Social followers about 45 minutes earlier:

“Well, thank you President Trump,” Kimmel responded. “Thank you for watching. I’m surprised you’re still up. Isn’t it past your jail time?”

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Kimmel Reads Trump’s Mean ‘Tweet’ Live at Oscars

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11.03.2024

The winners of the 2024 Oscars were fairly predictable, but host Jimmy Kimmel delivered a surprise at the end of the show with an impromptu performance of his recurring sketch “Celebrities Read Mean Tweets.” On Kimmel’s late night show he regularly invites stars to read nasty things random people have posted about them on Twitter (or now X). The twist this time: Kimmel was the celebrity and Donald Trump was the random loser spewing vitriol from........

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