Jimmy Kimmel Won't Host 2025 Oscars

Jimmy Kimmel has closed the curtains on his Oscar internet hosting. The comedian-turned-late-night-talk-show-host has reportedly declined a suggestion to host the 2024 Academy Awards, and film followers have some ideas about it.

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“Good”Mulaney Followers “Political”Mic Drop Kevin Hart “Choices”“Hilarious”“Solely One Man for the Job”

In response to The Hollywood Reporter, ABC and the Academy requested Kimmel to host the present once more in 2025, however he opted to not take them up on the provide. Subsequent, they’re stated to have reached out to John Mulaney, however he additionally turned them down. Whereas Mulaney has by no means hosted the present prior to now, Kimmel has hosted it 4 occasions, together with the previous two years in a row, so he appeared like a shoo-in.

Scroll all the way down to see what Oscar-watchers are saying within the wake of the shocking information, together with who followers need to see take the stage for internet hosting the massive awards present subsequent 12 months.

“Good”

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ninety fifth Oscars® hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.

– Matt Sayles)

“Good,” one individual commented on X (previously Twitter). “I am unable to stand Kimmel anyway!”

Mulaney Followers

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John Mulaney attends the 2024 Vainness Honest Oscar Social gathering Hosted By Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Middle for the Performing Arts on March 10, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California.

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Another person added that Mulaney “would have been good,” as a result of, of their phrases, “Kimmel stinks.”

“Political”

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The identical X person additionally prompt Ryan Seacrest for the job, as a result of “a minimum of he is aware of the celebs [and] about Hollywood,” and “will not be political.” Additionally they famous that “somebody” might write “a couple of jokes” for Seacrest.

Mic Drop

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“Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Drops mic,” supplied one other individual.

Notably, Fey and Poehler beforehand hosted the Golden Globe Awards collectively.

Kevin Hart

“Kevin Hart can be nice!” one fan exclaimed.

Hart had been tapped to host the 2019 Oscars, however walked away from the job beforehand attributable to backlash over a few of his previous social media posts that resurfaced and induced backlash.

“Choices”

Yet one more individual shared “some choices on who can host the Oscars,” posting photographs of Julia Louis Dreyfus, “Bizarre Al” Yankovic, Steve Martin and Martin Quick, and Timothée Chalamet.

Steve Martin has hosted the Oscar prior to now, and it was reported that he and his Solely Muders within the Constructing co-stars Quick and Selena Gomez have been supplied the chance to host collectively — per /Movie — however scheduling was a problem so it did not occur.

“Hilarious”

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Somebody joked that it “can be hilarious” if Chris Rock hosted the Oscars, presumably as a result of “slap heard ‘around the world” scenario on the 2022 Academy Awards when Will Smith walked up on stage and hit Rock for making a joke about Smith’s spouse, Jada Pinkett.