Overview
- Presenting the documentary awards, Jimmy Kimmel said, "Let's just leave it at North Korea and CBS" in a free-speech joke that drew applause at the Dolby Theatre.
- He mocked the Amazon MGM documentary Melania as "walking around the White House trying on shoes" and quipped that the president would be angry it wasn’t nominated.
- White House communications director Steven Cheung blasted Kimmel on X the next day, calling him a "classless hack" in an official response.
- Kimmel’s CBS line alluded to recent controversies at the network, including the cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s show and pulled segments that drew scrutiny.
- The Academy announced All the Empty Rooms as Best Documentary Short and Mr Nobody Against Putin as Best Documentary Feature.