Jimmy Kimmel presenteert vannacht de Oscars en zijn openingsspeech gaat nu al viral. De jolige talkshowhost was niet bang om flink naar Donald Trump uit te halen en begon zijn speech met:

'This is being watched live by millions of people in 225 countries that now hate us. I want to say thank you to President Trump. Remember last year when it seemed like the Oscars were racist?… It's gone thanks to him.'

Ook haalde hij de ruzie tussen Meryl Streep en Donald Trump aan. Toen Meryl tijdens haar Golden Globes-speech uithaalde naar de nieuwe president van Amerika, twitterde Trump dat de iconische Hollywood-actrice 'overrated' was.

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Jimmy Kimmel deed een hilarische knipoog tijdens de Academy Awards-opening naar de ruzie en zei:

'We are here tonight to honor great actors, but we're also here to honor the actors who seem great but actually really aren't. And of all the great actors here in Hollywood, one in particular has stood the test of time for her many uninspiring and overrated performances.'

Jimmy Kimmel noemde vervolgens een paar van Meryls meest memorabele optredens op:

'From her mediocre early work in The Deer Hunter and Out of Africa to her underwhelming performances in Kramer v. Kramer and Sophie's Choice, Meryl Streep has phoned it in for more than 50 films over the course of her lackluster career.

This is Meryl's twentieth Oscar nomination. Even more, made even more amazing, considering the fact that she wasn't even in a movie this year. We just wrote her name down out of habit. Meryl, stand up, if you would. Everybody, please join me in giving her a totally undeserved round of applause, will you? The highly overrated Meryl Streep, everyone.'

Daarna wees-ie nog even naar Meryl in het publiek, en zei:

'Nice dress, by the way. Is that an Ivanka?'

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