Stephen Colbert is standing as much as Donald Trump and defending Jimmy Kimmel after the previous POTUS attacked this 12 months’s Oscars host.
Colbert addressed Trump’s newest tirade towards Kimmel on The Late Present, calling out his obsession with the Academy Awards.
“You retain my buddy Jimmy Kimmel’s title out of your bizarre little moist mouth, OK?” Colbert mentioned sternly. “I’m mad. Jimmy Kimmel is my podcast brother from Strike Pressure 5. And I’ve vowed to defend him till my dying or till the subsequent advert for Mint Cellular.”
Colbert continued, “And for the report, sir, Jimmy did an unimaginable job as host. Oscar viewership was up 4%. That’s proper. This 12 months, 4 extra individuals watched.”
The CBS late-night present host known as out Trump for posting on Fact Social whereas he faces trial “to remain laser-focused on the problems that voters care most about.”
“That’s proper, in the course of a presidential marketing campaign and numerous federal indictments, he’s obsessive about the Academy Awards from 5 weeks in the past,” Colbert mentioned.
Trump took to Fact Social to say Kimmel “nonetheless hasn’t recovered from his horrendous efficiency and massive rankings drop as host of the Academy Awards.” The twice-impeached former president additionally mentioned Kimmel “suffered from TDS, generally often called Trump Derangement Syndrome.” Trump additionally confused Kimmel for a second Al Pacino went viral for the anti-climatic announcement of the winner for Greatest Image on the Oscars.
Earlier within the day, Kimmel shot again at Trump and mentioned, “In equity to our former President, many steady geniuses confuse me with Al Pacino.”
Watch Colbert defending Kimmel within the video under.