Jimmy Kimmel, who has hosted the Oscars 4 occasions, injected some late-night wars humor into his response to Conan O’Brien’s debut as Oscar host.
“Conan O’Brien did an awesome job as host of the Oscars,” Kimmel stated on his ABC late-night present Jimmy Kimmel Dwell Monday. “If truth, they stated, I learn immediately, Conan did such an excellent job, the Oscars introduced that subsequent 12 months they’re giving it to Jay Leno to host.”
That was a reference to the botched Tonight Present transition at NBC the place O’Brien, then the favored host of NBC’s Late Night time, was promised The Tonight Present to remain at NBC. However when the time got here for him to take over The Tonight Present in fall 2009, NBC brass weren’t fairly able to ship off his predecessor Jay Leno, making a primetime speak present for him. The transfer made O’Brien depart The Tonight Present, with NBC reinstating Leno as host.
Kimmel, who watched the drama unfold from his ABC perch, was vital of how O’Brien was handled and of Leno, even impersonating the latter in full hear and make-up for his monologue the day O’Brien introduced his departure from The Tonight Present in January 2010.
Kimmel, who opted to not return as Oscar host for a fifth time — and third in a row — this 12 months, has been supportive of O’Brien as his successor.
“I imagine this to be an EXCELLENT alternative,” Kimmel wrote on X when O’Brien was introduced as 2025 host again in October. Throughout O’Brien’s current go to to Jimmy Kimmel Dwell, he revealed that Kimmel was the primary individual to name him after the announcement and had been giving him internet hosting ideas. Kimmel additionally wished O’Brien good luck on Oscar Sunday.
Right here is Kimmel’s Monday monologue, which included extra Oscar impressions and his response to the Trump-Zelensky Oval Workplace showdown.
