Jimmy Kimmel took some brutal swipes at President Donald Trump and his wife’s pet project while presenting the Best Documentary at the Oscars on Sunday night.
The late night host commended the nonfiction nominees for their courage, telling audiences, “As you know, there are some countries whose leaders don’t support free speech.”
“I’m not at liberty to say which,” he went on. “Let’s just leave it at North Korea and CBS.”
CBS hasn’t been subtle about shaping its content around the president’s taste. Since Trump took office last year, the network canceled his foe Stephen Colbert’s late night show, installed MAGA-sympathetic journalist Bari Weiss at their news division and temporarily shelved a “60 Minutes” story about abuse at the El Salvadorian prison the administration was shipping deportees off to.
Kimmel then took a dig at first lady Melania Trump’s documentary, joking, “There are also documentaries where you walk around the White House trying on shoes.”
Amazon Studios reportedly paid a whopping $40 million for the widely-panned doc, prompting some to accuse the film of being nothing more than a thinly-veiled bribe.
Sneaking in one last barb before announcing the winner for Best Documentary Short, Kimmel said, “Oh man, is he gonna be mad his wife wasn’t nominated for this.”