Recently, GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump sat down with Fox News for an interview with Fox News, where he addressed his recent spat with Jimmy Kimmel, the host of the Oscars this year. Trump roasted Kimmel on his social media platform Truth Social, which Kimmel addressed live on air during the Academy Awards earlier this month, hitting back at Trump.
“The words you posted, ‘Has there ever been a worse host than Jimmy Kimmel at the Oscars less than an average person trying too hard’ and he then ran that on the air and then took a crack at you,” the Fox News host asked the former president.
Trump responded, explaining that since Kimmel constantly attacks him, he felt compelled to take a shot back at the late-night television personality, claiming he is a lousy host. “What else did I say? I said some other pretty good things….George Slopanopolous? Now look, like Jimmy Kimmel is every night he hits me. I guess his ratings are terrible. He’s not a talented guy. I hear he hits me all the time. So I figured that hit him because I thought he was a lousy host,” Trump said.
The Republican presidential candidate proceeded to brag that Kimmel only drew attention to his message on Truth Social right before a significant award was announced on the show. “Now, I put it out on Truth, which is on fire, by the way, Truth Social is doing great. I never expected he was going to be reading it just prior to the movie of the year, which is the big one right? That’s the big one. I think they get the man, the woman now the movie the year. He reads my truth on air. He reads exactly what you read,” he said.
Trump continued questioning Kimmel’s intellect as the Oscar host ended up causing the former president’s message to go viral, circulating “all over the world.” “And now the big story is that they all begged him not to do it. Don’t do it. He probably stupidly, you know, he had to. He had to act in a short period of time like minutes, right? He had minutes because he’s on air. He sees his thing. And he wants to go out there and he wants to, I guess confront me and so and he ends up reading my truth. I said this guy’s even dumber than I thought the thing went viral. It’s been all over the world now. And all you have to do is keep his mouth shut,” he added.
Donald Trump posted a critical message of Kimmel on Truth Social, prompting the exchange between the two. Trump questioned whether there was a “worse host” than Kimmel, suggesting that if the show weren’t so politically correct, its ratings might also make a comeback.
“Has there EVER been a WORSE HOST than Jimmy Kimmel at The Oscars. His opening was that of a less than average person trying too hard to be something which he is not, and never can be. Get rid of Kimmel and perhaps replace him with another washed up, but cheap, ABC “talent,” George Slopanopoulos. He would make everybody on stage look bigger, stronger, and more glamorous. Also a really bad politically correct show tonight, and for years – Disjointed, boring, and very unfair. Why don’t they just give the Oscars to those that deserve them. Maybe that way their audience and TV ratings will come back from the depths. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
Watch the interview below:
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