Jimmy Kimmel responds to Trump's attack: 'I love this'
By Matt Moore
Jimmy Kimmel's monologue on Monday night gave the late-night TV host the opportunity to directly respond to the latest personal attack from Donald Trump. And while the ex-president may think he's getting under the comedian's skin, Kimmel revealed he loves every second of it.
Sunday night, Trump took to Truth Social to rehash Kimmel's Oscars joke from seven months ago. Kimmel read Trump's real-time review of the award show and joked that it was past Trump's "jail time." The improvised joke got a lot of attention at the time, but nobody has dwelled on it as much as the punchline himself.
This week was not the first time Trump revealed the joke bothered him. He previously confused Kimmel with Al Pacino in another attempt to diss Kimmel and undercut the joke.
And while Kimmel already responded to Trump's latest post, he still had more to say. His monologue on Monday night led off with another rebuttal.
"Not even the winners of the Oscars last year think about the Oscars as much as Donald Trump does," Kimmel joked. "I hear from Donald Trump more than I hear from most of my uncles."
Kimmel also revealed what he finds to be the funniest part of his "relationship" with the former president. "Trump thinks I don't like this, he thinks it bothers me. But I love this."
Kimmel then went on to share how he imagined events transpired leading up to Trump posting about the Oscars again. It involved a failed bowel movement attempt, Margot Robbie laughing at him, and demanding an assistant help him use social media.
For all the jokes Kimmel has made at Trump's expense, the Oscars line seems to have left the biggest mark. Perhaps it was the room full of Hollywood's biggest stars all laughing at him that really got to the ex-president.
The good news for Trump? Jimmy Kimmel has no desire to host the Oscars again. So if the 2025 show has a joke about Trump, it will likely be from another "low-ratings" and "no-talent" comedian. However, it probably won't have the longlasting effect of Kimmel's zinger.