On Wednesday morning, amidst his recently commenced criminal trial, Trump fired off a Truth Social post about “Stupid Jimmy Kimmel,” first incorrectly claiming that this year’s Oscars telecast suffered a “big ratings drop” with Kimmel as host.
Donald Trump has weighed in, five weeks later, on Jimmy Kimmel‘s recent turn as Oscars host — and his rant has Kimmel tempted to emcee the awards show once again.
But Kimmel then took a deeper dive into Trump’s tirade during Wednesday night’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, where he fact-checked Trump’s post line by line.
Trump closed out his spiel by dubbing Kimmel the “WORST HOST EVER OF THE ONCE VAUNTED ACADEMY AWARDS!”