Overview
- Kimmel presented the best documentary feature and short awards and joked that some films are just about walking through the White House trying on shoes.
- He said President Donald Trump would be angry that his wife's film was not nominated for an Oscar.
- He added a free‑speech gag by grouping “North Korea and CBS” as places that do not support expression.
- The Brett Ratner–directed film Melania premiered earlier this year and is streaming on Amazon Prime Video, with critics calling it light on substance and focused on image and fashion.
- The Oscars remarks revived discussion of late‑night political satire and followed Kimmel’s brief ABC hiatus last September after comments about the fatal attack on Charlie Kirk.