Jimmy Kimmel is one of America’s most famous television hosts, best known for his late night show Jimmy Kimmel Live! This will be his third hosting of the Oscars in 2023 – previously in 2017 and 2018. We took a closer look at the Brooklyn man – and filtered out the facts about him that are worth knowing.
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1. Jimmy Kimmel prepares to be slapped
In an in-depth interview with The Hollywood Reporter says the 55-year-old that he is preparing to be beaten. He says: “If someone comes on stage and slaps me? Well, I look at whoever hits me, and if I’m taller than him, I hit him on TV. And if it’s The Rock, I’ll run.” He’s making a humorous reference to Will Smith’s slap in the face to Chris Rock at the 2023 awards show. He wants to address the incident on stage this year. “I don’t want to do a full monologue about it, of course, but it would be ridiculous not to mention the incident.” Like it or not, the Oscars showrunners want to forget the incident.
2. Jimmy Kimmel’s top presenter wisdom
As Kimmel says in an interview, the best advice he received for hosting the Oscars was from Billy Crystal, who is said to have told him: “Adapt to the hall.” You always have to be at home with the audience being aware and “making sure they understand what’s going on, but you also want to get a laugh out there – and if you can’t do that, it won’t go over well with the TV viewers. So that’s what I focus on: not just the actors, but the various production people and show business luminaries that are sitting there and listening to the jokes. And unlike most joke situations, they’re in front of the camera, so they’re very careful about how they react, and that makes it harder to jump the bar.”
3. Even comedian humor has its limits
Oscar presenters like to grab into the joke box. But: As Kimmel tells The Hollywood Reporter, he “is aware that the Oscars are very important for people in the film industry and for many of them it will be the most important night of their lives.” The last thing he wanna be ruining this for anyone.
4. Genius Rules Chaos: The La La Land Fail
In 2017, on the Oscars stage, Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty announced the award for Best Picture, mistakenly naming “La La Land” starring Ryan Gosling – despite LGBTQIA+ drama “Moonlight” having been chosen as the winner by the Academy . But the genius rules the chaos: Kimmel was able to calm the chaos on stage and even work out a joke.
5. Freak ex-president Donald Trump and advocate freedom of the press
As reported by the American ROLLING STONE, Kimmel has already caused a stir with ex-President Donald Trump. How can this happen? The presenter made fun of Trump in 2018, two years after Trump’s election victory, so much so that the White House complained to Disney. (“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” is broadcast on ABC – owned by Disney.) Kimmel insisted on the right to freedom of the press.
6. Jimmy Kimmel is active in the community
The father of two is involved in a number of charitable projects. For example for “Feeding America”, an organization that works to combat hunger in the USA. In addition, the comedian is committed to children’s health care and often uses his fame to draw attention to social problems, as “ProSieben” reported.
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