Fact check: Donald Trump attacks Jimmy Kimmel for something Al Pacino did [View all]
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CNN
On Tuesday, late-night television host Jimmy Kimmel delivered another monologue making fun of former President Donald Trump. On Wednesday morning, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee fired back on social media in part by attacking Kimmel for something Kimmel didnt do.
Trump, calling Kimmel stupid, blasted the comedian for his general performance as host of the Academy Awards in March and specifically for having read aloud, from the stage, Trumps mid-show social media post criticizing how he was doing. Then Trump claimed that Kimmel had read out the post right before he stumbled through announcing the biggest award of all, Picture of the Year.
Trump continued: It was a CLASSIC CHOKE, one of the biggest ever in show business, and to top it off, he forgot to say the famous and mandatory line, AND THE WINNER IS. Instead he stammered around as he opened the envelope.
Facts First: Trumps claim is false. Kimmel wasnt the person who delivered an unusual, abrupt performance in announcing the Best Picture award won by Oppenheimer; that was actually legendary actor Al Pacino, whom Kimmel had introduced. And the current standard Oscars announcement phrase Pacino neglected to say is and the Oscar goes to, not and the winner is as was the standard prior to 1989.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/17/politics/fact-check-donald-trump-jimmy-kimmel-al-pacino/index.html
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