{"id":2580384,"date":"2026-03-16T14:11:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T18:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-jimmy-kimmel-takes-a-cheap-shot-at-melania-from-the-oscars-stage-the-backlash-is-brutal\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T14:13:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T18:13:31","slug":"watch-jimmy-kimmel-takes-a-cheap-shot-at-melania-from-the-oscars-stage-the-backlash-is-brutal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-jimmy-kimmel-takes-a-cheap-shot-at-melania-from-the-oscars-stage-the-backlash-is-brutal\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Jimmy Kimmel Takes a Cheap Shot at &#8216;Melania&#8217; from the Oscars Stage &#8211; The Backlash Is Brutal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-jimmy-kimmel-takes-a-cheap-shot-at-melania-from-the-oscars-stage-the-backlash-is-brutal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2580384&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>an opinion piece from The Western Journal critiques Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s Oscars jokes about Melania Trump and the Trump family, arguing they were cheap and based on misinformation that reflects liberal bias in Hollywood. It contends that CBS canceled Stephen Colbert for financial reasons, not politics, and it explains Melania\u2019s documentary was ineligible for the current Oscars due to release timing, citing The Hill and Newsweek. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >article highlights social media backlash<\/a> with several tweets accusing Kimmel and Hollywood of dishonesty, and it references a National Review piece predicting the Oscars will move online by 2029.it argues the Oscars are losing relevance and are no longer about celebrating truth.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>For a fading host of a fading Hollywood awards ceremony, first lady Melania Trump was too easy a target to ignore.<\/p>\n<p>Late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel used the Oscars stage Sunday at Los Angeles&rsquo; Dolby Theatre to take a cheap shot at President Donald Trump&rsquo;s wife while demonstrating how little truth actually matters to the modern left.<\/p>\n<p>And while he got a forced laugh from his audience, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bachelor-host-chris-harrison-replaced-with-ex-nfl-player-disclaimer-added-to-episode\/\" title=\"\u2018Bachelor\u2019 Host Chris Harrison Replaced With Ex-NFL Player, Disclaimer Added To Episode\">social media blowback<\/a> was far louder.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jimmy Kimmel presenting at the Oscars: &ldquo;There are some countries whose leaders don&rsquo;t support free speech. I&rsquo;m not at liberty to say which. Let&rsquo;s just leave it at North Korea and CBS.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6k92W4bN5W\">pic.twitter.com\/6k92W4bN5W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; LateNighter (@latenightercom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/latenightercom\/status\/2033352873497465326?\">March 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There are some countries whose leaders don&rsquo;t support free speech. I&rsquo;m not at liberty to say which,&rdquo; Kimmel said on the nationally televised program, while introducing the award for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-china-blocking-oscars-broadcast-in-latest-hollywood-snub\/\" title=\"Report: China Blocking Oscars Broadcast in Latest ... Snub\">documentary short film<\/a>, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/in-the-know\/5785576-kimmel-trump-feud-oscars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Let&rsquo;s just leave it at North Korea and CBS.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It was an apparent reference to the coming cancellation of &ldquo;The Late Show with Stephen Colbert&rdquo; &mdash; a nightly festival of Trump hatred that&rsquo;s due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/stephen-colbert-done-cbs-ending-liberal-late-night-show-good\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leave the air<\/a> in May.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Fortunately for all of us, there is an international community of filmmakers dedicated to telling the truth, oftentimes at great risk, to make films that teach us that call out injustice, that inspire us to take action.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And there are also documentaries where you walk around the White House trying on shoes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The reference, of course, was to the documentary &ldquo;Melania,&rdquo; which Hollywood hated, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/no-one-saw-coming-melania-movie-blows-away-industry-box-office-expectations-opening-weekend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">millions of Americans loved<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel then made the point again while introducing the documentary feature film category, according to The Hill.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jimmy Kimmel takes swipe at Donald Trump at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Oscars?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Oscars<\/a>: &ldquo;Oh man, is he going to be mad that his wife wasn&rsquo;t nominated for this&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h3WUfWAFy7\">pic.twitter.com\/h3WUfWAFy7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Deadline (@DEADLINE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DEADLINE\/status\/2033353927572480228?\">March 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Oh, man, is he going to be mad his wife wasn&rsquo;t nominated for this,&rdquo; Kimmel said.<\/p>\n<p>The problem with Kimmel&rsquo;s jokes &mdash; aside from being predictable and not even close to funny &mdash; is that they&rsquo;re based on lies.<\/p>\n<p>CBS didn&rsquo;t cancel Colbert for political reasons. It cancelled his show because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/leftists-fume-cbs-axing-stephen-colbert-cnns-brian-stelter-quietly-admits-real-reason\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">it&rsquo;s a money loser<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And Trump being upset that &ldquo;Melania&rdquo; wasn&rsquo;t nominated for an Oscar? The documentary came out in January. It wasn&rsquo;t even eligible for an awards ceremony that honored work released <em>last <\/em>year.<\/p>\n<p>(The libs at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/entertainment\/movies\/why-melania-trumps-documentary-wasnt-nominated-for-an-oscar-11681458\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a> spent basically a whole article explaining &ldquo;Why Melania Trump&rsquo;s Documentary Wasn&rsquo;t Nominated for an Oscar,&rdquo; when it all could have been boiled down to one paragraph: &ldquo;In Melania&rsquo;s case, while the film did receive a theatrical release in late January 2026, that timing placed it outside the eligibility window for the 98th Oscars, which honors films released during the 2025 calendar year. So, it&rsquo;s possible that Melania&rsquo;s film could be eligible for an Oscar in 2026.&rdquo;)<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel and his writers had to know both of those things. An audience full of show business professionals &mdash; however shallow and stupid they might be personally &mdash; had to know it, too. But they all joined in the cheap shots at a president the Beautiful People love to hate.<\/p>\n<p>And many, many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/people-call-out-chuck-schumers-reaction-as-aoc-claims-an-answer-to-violent-crime-is-not-building-jails\/\" title=\"People Call Out Chuck Schumer\u2019s Reaction As AOC Claims An Answer To Violent Crime Is Not Building Jails\">social media users called<\/a> them out. Here&rsquo;s a sampling:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It looked much deeper, on paper, in the writters room<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; pzapalla (@peteszapalla) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peteszapalla\/status\/2033515806886072477?\">March 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">He&rsquo;s so oppressed by how not funny he is.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; natasha (@mcshev) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mcshev\/status\/2033498278860300504?\">March 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Insinuating US doesn&rsquo;t support free speech while bad mouthing and saying exactly what he wants without punishment isn&rsquo;t that free speech, moron<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; RHOKY (@RHOKY52) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RHOKY52\/status\/2033462138753388736?\">March 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Kimmel&rsquo;s fixated on Trump. How unusual.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; JulesLM (@Jlmartin1234) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jlmartin1234\/status\/2033381528391020664?\">March 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">And celebrities wonder why award show ratings continue to decline.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; tonebro916 (@tonebro916) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tonebro916\/status\/2033375297773641812?\">March 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sunday night&rsquo;s show marked one of the last times the Oscars are going to be on national television.<\/p>\n<p>As conservative commentator Jeffrey Blehar noted at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/on-oscar-night-hollywood-celebrates-its-collapse-into-cultural-irrelevance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Review<\/a>, the once-must-watch awards ceremony is going to be shown only on the web starting in 2029, an indication of how few Americans actually care what Hollywood is celebrating about itself.<\/p>\n<p>As Sunday night&rsquo;s Kimmel &ldquo;jokes&rdquo; showed, it&rsquo;s clearly not about celebrating the truth.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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It says Kimmel\u2019s jokes drew only a forced laugh from the audience but sparked a much louder online backlash. The article quotes a jab about free speech, linking it to a larger suggestion that CBS and North Korea are examples of places where free speech isn\u2019t fully supported, and it frames this as a reference to the supposed cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.<\/p>\n<p>The author contends that the jokes rest on false premises: CBS did not cancel Colbert for political reasons, but for financial reasons, and the Melania documentary was not in contention for an Oscar for the year in question because of eligibility windows. The piece asserts that Kimmel and his writers knew these facts, and that an audience of industry professionals and many social media users nonetheless joined in the cheap shots at a president they \u201clove to hate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The article also notes social-media reactions that mocked the jokes, and it mentions a claim by a conservative commentator that the Oscars may move primarily online by 2029, implying a decline in interest in Hollywood\u2019s self-congratulation. 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