Jimmy Kimmel looked back at his favorite moments from the 2024 Oscars. Jimmy Kimmel Live! Monday’s monologue, including John Cena’s nude gag and Donald Trump’s angry tweets.
“John Cena was on stage naked and somehow Trump still remained the biggest thug of the night,” Kimmel told the crowd.
At last night’s ceremony, which Kimmel hosted for the fourth time, Cena appeared on stage, seemingly naked, wearing an award envelope to present the award for Best Costume Design. Kimmel said Monday that the gag was a tribute to Robert Opel, who was so violent at the 1974 Academy Awards, and she reiterated that she wanted to honor the incident on the 50th anniversary. .
Kimmel also spoke Monday about how difficult it was to convince the network to greenlight Cena’s jokes, saying he kept being told that the envelope held over Cena’s body needed to be larger. Told.
“They kept asking us to make the envelope bigger and bigger, but first I want to say congratulations, John Cena,” Kimmel quipped. “Ideas rarely push the envelope literally.”
Later in Sunday’s ceremony, Kimmel also had the opportunity to read a message from Trump posted on the former president’s social media platform, Truth Social.
“Was there a worse Oscar host than Jimmy Kimmel?” Trump wrote, which Kimmel later read to the audience. “His beginning was like a below-average person trying too hard to be something he is not or could never be.” , but would replace him with cheap ABC “talent” George Slopanopoulos. He will make everyone on stage look bigger, stronger and more attractive. ”
On Monday, Kimmel joked to the audience that President Trump’s message was “also a wedding toast to my son Eric,” adding, “He was upset that I didn’t mention him on the show, I wrote this because I was angry that he didn’t mention it.” A spectacle, a show, a play. He wasn’t attracting any attention. ”
Elsewhere in his late-night monologue, Kimmel said his favorite moment of the night was hearing Arnold Schwarzenegger pronounce the world “Godzilla” during the Best Visual Effects ceremony. , and a fan-favorite moment featuring Messi the dog was pre-recorded during rehearsals because the puppy barked throughout the monologue.
Kimmel also addressed the backlash he received for making jokes about the Transformers series. Transformers: Rise of the Beast? ” he asked at one point Sunday, to which he responded, “Yes, the answer is yes.” On Monday, he told the crowd: [the Transformers fans] You’ll be too busy masturbating to watch the Oscars. ”
Justin Timberlake, Jimmy Kimmel Live! Kimmel, the evening’s musical guest, began his monologue on the show by telling the audience that Kimmel would be hosting from home as he recovered from a busy night. However, shortly after Timberlake’s monologue began, Kimmel appeared and told him to leave.
“From the beginning, you’ve always been my favorite Justin,” Kimmel told Timberlake before leaving the stage, to which Kimmel responded, “Thank you, you’ve always been my second favorite Jimmy.” I answered.
