Former President Trump lashed out at late-night host Jimmy Kimmel on Sunday, and his response to the former president’s criticism at the Oscars went viral on social media.
Asked about his long-running feud with Kimmel on Fox News’ “Media Buzz,” President Trump said, “Look, Jimmy Kimmel is hitting me every night… every night. His ratings are terrible. ” he said.
“I thought he was a terrible host because I heard he always hit me, so I thought I’d hit him,” he continued.
Trump and Kimmel’s longstanding spat came to the fore last week when Kimmel responded live to the former president’s criticism of his hosting skills during the 1996 presidential campaign.th The annual Academy Awards.
ABC’s late-night TV host said he wanted to share a “review” with viewers, then President Trump wrote his so-called review on Truth Social less than an hour before Kimmel read it live on air. It revealed that.
“Was there ever a worse host at the Oscars than Jimmy Kimmel?” he said. reading Trump’s posts to the audience. “His beginnings were as a below-average person trying too hard to be something he wasn’t and could never be.”
Kimmel hit back, saying he was “surprised” to see Trump still awake, and paid tribute to the former president’s various legal battles, quipping, “I think he’s past his prison term.” Ta.
President Trump said Sunday that he did not expect Kimmel to read his post, especially at an awards ceremony so close to announcing the Academy Award for Best Picture. The former president noted that Kimmel was told not to read out the post behind the scenes. Kimmel also admitted After the award ceremony.
“Now, the big story is that they all begged him not to do it…’Please don’t.’ He was probably stupid, had to act in a short amount of time, like a few minutes. I know it wasn’t, right? It’s on the air so I had time. He sees this and wants to go out and probably confront me because he’ll end up reading my truth. “Sure,” Trump said jokingly. “I said, ‘This guy is stupider than I thought.’ This incident went viral and is now all over the world, but all he had to do was keep his mouth shut. .”
Mr. Trump and Mr. Kimmel have criticized each other in publicity for years, and the TV host frequently joked about the former president criticizing Mr. Kimmel on social media.
The Hill has reached out to ABC for comment.
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