Oscars fans were left changing channels as Jimmy Kimmel risked their ire with a series of controversial quips.
Jimmy stepped up to the plate to host the 95th Academy Awards this week (March 12), a year on from Slapgate – which saw Chris Rock get smacked in the face by Will Smith over a joke aimed at his wife Jada.
That didn’t deter Jimmy, however, as he was firing out risky jokes from the off.
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From asking Seth Rogan if he’d been taking shrooms to facing off with the cast of Babylon, Jimmy didn’t hold back.
When asking the difference between a TV show and a movie, Jimmy quipped: “TV shows can’t lose $100million! Is the gang from Babylon here? They know!”
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The flick made just $4.85million at the US box office in its first four-days, with Avatar: The Way of Water making an eye-watering $95.6million that same week.
It needed to make $250million before it could start making a profit after spending $80million in its production budget and similar marketing budget.
Desperate to cover up the ill-judged quip, Jimmy quickly added: “I’m just asking where they are, I’m welcoming them!”
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He didn’t stop there. Jimmy also took aim at the Academy Awards themselves after the Academy failed to nominate a single woman for the Best Director category.
Jimmy joked: “How could they not nominate [James Cameron] the man who directed Avatar? What do they think he is, a woman?”
The host also couldn’t go the night without mentioning Slapgate, as he told the audience: “The Academy has a crisis team in place if anything unpredictable happens. You do what you did last year – absolutely nothing!”
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Furious fans soon took to Twitter to share their outrage, as one said: “Jimmy Kimmel keep Babylon out of your mouth!”
Someone else ordered: “The Babylon joke will also be too soon Jimmy shut up.”
“Wow women jokes during the Oscars hahaha so funny I’m turning this off,” another viewer posted.
As a fourth fan ranted: “I turned on the Oscars to be immediately hit with a slap joke I am turning it off!”
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