Jimmy Kimmel Roasts ‘Violent’ Will Smith in Oscars Opening Monologue
Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel was not about to let Chris Rock get the last word on “The Slap.”
After parachuting in from his friend Tom Cruise’s plane, the comedian began his monologue on Sunday night by roasting the celebrities in the room, from Nicole Kidman (“thank you for encouraging people who were already at the movie theater to go to the movie theater”) to Steven Spielberg and Seth Rogen (“the Joe and Hunter Biden of Hollywood”).
“It was a very good year for movies. Business is booming,” Kimmel said. “I know people like to debate, which is better, movies or TV? But here’s the thing. No matter how good a show is, there are some things that movies can do that TV just can’t. For example, a TV show can’t lose $100 million. Is the gang from Babylon here? They know.”