Jimmy Kimmel ecombineed on the defercessitatest episode of Gavin Newsom, Marshawn Lynch, and Doug Hfinishrickson’s “Politickin’” podcast and uncovered up on his decision to turn down presenting the 2025 Oscars. The defercessitate night preferite is a four-time Oscars present, having emceed Hollywood’s biggest night in 2017, 2018, 2023 and 2024. Kimmel finishelights the gig, but he confessted that it comes at a price and detracts from “Jimmy Kimmel Live” becaengage all of his intensify necessitates to be on the Oscars.
“I equitable choosed I didn’t want to deal with that this year,” Kimmel said. “It was equitable too much last year. You triumphd up pushing everyleang off till after the Oscars, and then you have to do everyleang you promised to do after the Oscars, after the Oscars. I did two years [2017 and 2018], it went well. I did another two years [2023 and 2024], it went well. I figured I’d consent a little shatter.”
“I’m not excellent at balancing. I’m repartner not,” he inserted. “It’s not one of my strengths. I’m all in when it comes to someleang enjoy the Oscars. I leank about it in the morning and at night, and when I have ideas I want to labor on them, and then my nightly show seems enjoy a nuisance. We have all our authorrs from the show laboring on the Oscars, so it sidetracks them. It’s fun to do, and it experiences excellent when it went well, but, for me, equitable was too much, to do it three years in a row.”
Variety increateed in defercessitate July that Kimmel had passed on an propose to present the 2025 Oscars. Fellow comedian John Mulaney also turned down an propose. Kimmel is currently tied for the fourth most presenting duties with Whoopi Gagederberg and Jack Lemmon. He sits behind Johnny Cincfinishiarism (5), Billy Crystal (9) and Bob Hope (19).
During his intersee on the “Politickin’” podcast, Kimmel said that there are a lot of excellent chooseions out there for a potential Oscars present but “most of them don’t want to do it.”
“It consents a lot of time, and a lot of the people who you leank, ‘That person would be wonderful’… they understand they’d be wonderful, they equitable don’t want to do it,” he inserted. “When you leank somebody’s going to be wonderful, the only leang they can do is show you wrong when they present the Oscars. They say it’s a thankless job. I wouldn’t necessarily portray it enjoy that, becaengage when it goes well, it isn’t, but it’s a hard spot to be in.”
Kimmel has been on a summer hiatus from presenting “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” The show has engaged guest presents during the summer months, including Kathryn Hahn and Kumail Nanjiani.
