Jimmy Kimmel made time to take a proverbial swipe at Donald Trump throughout the Oscars on Sunday, responding to a vital publish from the previous president.

Internet hosting the 96th Annual Academy Awards, Kimmel was about to throw to Al Pacino, who was presenting the award for Finest Image (Oppenheimer received ICYMI). However earlier than the ultimate second of the night time, the host determined to briefly pause to learn aloud Trump’s most up-to-date publish on his personal social media platform Fact Social, which instantly criticised Kimmel and the Oscars — Kimmel referred to as it a “overview” onstage.

“Has there EVER been a WORSE HOST than Jimmy Kimmel at The Oscars. His opening was that of a lower than common individual attempting too laborious to be one thing which he isn’t, and by no means could be. Eliminate Kimmel and maybe change him with one other washed up, however low cost, ABC “expertise,” George Slopanopoulos,” Trump wrote, and we’re assuming he is naming George Stephanopoulos. “He would make everyone on stage look greater, stronger, and extra glamorous.”

“See if you happen to can guess which former president simply posted that?” Kimmel requested the viewers, then providing the road that has everybody speaking: “Thanks President Trump, thanks for watching. I am shocked you are still wa—is not it previous your jail time?”

“Is not it previous your jail time?”

Trump is the primary president, former or present, charged with legal exercise. He’s going through a number of legal circumstances, each political and enterprise associated, at federal and state ranges, which can unfold over the 12 months amid his bid to run because the Republican presidential candidate within the 2024 U.S. election. In February, the Supreme Courtroom agreed to determine whether or not former Trump is is eligible for “presidential immunity from legal prosecution for conduct alleged to contain official acts throughout his tenure in workplace.” The case has been set for oral argument on the finish of April.

In fact, there have been different main moments at this 12 months’s Oscars, together with John Mulaney’s riff on Area of Desires, Ryan Gosling performing Barbie ballad “I am Simply Ken,” Gosling and Emily Blunt bringing their Barbenheimer beef to the Oscars stage, and John Cena presenting within the nude.

When it comes to the gold, Oppenheimer scored seven awards together with Finest Image, whereas Poor Issues took dwelling 4 awards, and Killers of the Flower Moon shockingly obtained none.

This is all of the winners from this 12 months’s Oscars.