Oscars 2024: Jimmy Kimmel makes VERY awkward quip about Robert Downey Jr’s drug use leaving actor fuming and drags out naked John Cena for cringe-worthy skit in desperate attempts for laughs

Jimmy Kimmel roasted Robert Downey Jr’s manhood and moment drug significance in his bombshell opening monologue at the 2024 Oscars on Sunday.

The host, 56, returning for the fourth day, left the A-listers grinning and cringing in equivalent measure as he took to the level.

Downey Jr. 58, who’s nominated for Very best Supporting Actor for Oppenheimer was once stony-faced as Kimmel made a crass shaggy dog story originally of the rite – relating to the reformed coke addict’s moment addictions.

He stated: ‘And Robert Downey Jr., one of the vital absolute best issues of his profession. However Robert has been’ – as RDJ pointed at his face, well-known Kimmel so as to add: ‘Used to be that too at the nostril or a drug movement you made?

‘However have a look at him, he’s so good-looking, so proficient, he’s received each award there may be to win. Is that an acceptance pronunciation on your region or do you simply have an excessively oblong penis?’

The shaggy dog story fell flat as RDJ regarded somber past staring on the digital camera past lovers slammed Kimmel for his ‘base of the barrel’ jokes about substance abuse.

Downey Jr. had in the past spent day in the back of bars in 1999 next an extended length of substance abuse which stifled his profession.

Jimmy Kimmel roasted panned Madame Internet, Barbie’s Oscars snubs and Robert Downey Jr’s manhood in his bombshell opening monologue on on the 2024 Oscars on Sunday

Downey Jr. 58, who’s nominated for Very best Supporting Actor for Oppenheimer was once stony-faced as Kimmel made a crass shaggy dog story originally of the rite

John Cena seemed bare onstage to give Very best Dress design in a draw back life

He added: ‘twenty years in the past, Robert performed the villain, and right kind me if I’ve this flawed, in a film the place Tim Allen turns right into a canine, proper? And if you happen to ever come to a decision to remake that movie, I’ve simply the man to play games Tim Allen. 

The actor’s felony troubles started in 1996 when he was once forbidden for dashing and government discovered of heroin, cocaine and an unloaded .357 caliber Magnum. A time after, he skipped a court-ordered drug check and spent just about 4 months within the Los Angeles County prison.

Following this, he later skipped some other drug check and was once sentenced to 3 years of jail in 1999. All through this day, Downey Jr. served 15 months in atmosphere jail in Corcoran, California.

A couple of months next his reduce, he was once arrested on Thanksgiving weekend for alleged cocaine and Valium ownership and being beneath the affect of gear.

The valium fee was once sooner or later decreased to a misdemeanor, he pleaded negative match to the too much fees and have shyed away from extra prison day.

In 2001, he was once discovered strolling naked bottom round Culver Town, Los Angeles, and was once arrested on dubiousness of being beneath the affect of gear.

Following time of substance abuse, arrests, rehabs and relapse, Downey made a complete fix and has since long past on to reach world reputation.

Downey after received the Very best Supporting Actor Oscar for Oppenheimer. 

Every other cringeworthy life noticed a unadorned John Cena dragged onstage through Kimmel in a skit marking the fiftieth yearly of the long-lasting Oscars streaker.

He stated: ‘And Robert Downey Jr., one of the vital absolute best issues of his profession. However Robert has been’ – as RDJ pointed at his face, well-known Kimmel so as to add: ‘Used to be that too at the nostril or a drug movement you made?’

‘However have a look at him, he’s so good-looking, so proficient, he’s received each award there may be to win. Is that an acceptance pronunciation on your region or do you simply have an excessively oblong penis?’ 

The shaggy dog story fell flat as RDJ regarded somber past staring on the digital camera along spouse Susan

Reformed cocaine addict Downey is pictured right here in his mug shot taken on the California Segment of Corrections to start out his 3 time witchery in the back of bars

Enthusiasts slammed Kimmel for his ‘miserable’ jokes about RDJ

Kimmel stated ‘On the forty sixth Academy Awards in 1974, David iven was once introducing Elizabeth Taylor when a nude guy, a streaker, ran around the level, which — are you able to believe if a nude guy ran around the level lately? I

‘I stated, are you able to believe if — a nude guy ran around the level lately? Wouldn’t that be mad?

Cena behind the scenes later stated: ‘Psst! Psst, Jimmy! Come right here.

Kimmel stated: ‘I will be able to’t come there — do the object! Forgiveness me for a 2d. What’s happening? You’re intended to run around the level’ as Cena stated: ‘Yeah, I — modified my thoughts. I don’t wish to do the streaker bit.’

‘I simply don’t really feel proper about it. It’s an magnificent tournament, you understand, you must really feel embarassment presently for suggesting one of these tasteless…

Kimmel stated: ‘You strive against bare, why now not?’ as Cena stated: ‘I don’t strive against bare, I strive against in jorts.’

Cena stated: ‘Costumes — they’re so notable. Perhaps probably the most notable factor there may be. I — I will be able to’t obvious the envelope. Can any one aid me?

Cena confirmed off his sculpted body as he walked onstage nude

He after donned some Grecian-inspired gowns 

Cena bared all onstage as he introduced Dress Design 

Cena didn’t wish to pop out all the way through the cheeky skit

Kimmel additionally took a swipe at field place of work bomb Madame Internet starring Dakota Johnson as he stated: ‘The display, as you understand, is forming an month early this time, however don’t fear, it is going to nonetheless finish very, very overdue. In truth, we’re already 5 mins over and I’m really not joking. 

‘I’m now not getting to lie, it’s getting to be an extended night time, next what was once an extended time. It was once a parched time, nevertheless it was once additionally a superior time for motion pictures, even supposing the whole lot forbidden. The society on this room come what may controlled to get a hold of such a lot of skillful movies and noteworthy performances, this night time is filled with monumental skill, and untold doable. 

‘However so was once Madame Internet, however who is aware of. Are we off to a bumpy get started in this can be a significant moment. That is one thing you dreamed about as a child. And now, right here we’re, all dressed up, celebrating the most efficient of the most efficient, starting with the largest film of the time, Barbie. 

Transferring the point of interest to Barbie’s noteceable snubs within the Very best Actress and director section for Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig, he stated: ‘Barbie was once a monster strike. What a factor. What an success to pull a plastic doll no person even preferred anymore, I heartless, my spouse, ahead of this film, you might had a greater probability getting my spouse to shop for my daughter a collect of Marlboro Reds than a Barbie doll. 

‘Now Barbie is a feminist icon, due to Greta Gerwig, who many believed deserved to nominated for perfect director this night.

‘Keep on a 2d. I do know you’re clapping, however you’re those who didn’t vote for her, through the best way. Don’t office such as you had not anything to do with this. And I don’t wish to release out Margot Robbie, Margot put this vast strike in combination. She did. 

‘Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling are right here this night. Glance, youngsters, it’s Barbie and Ken sitting alike each and every alternative. Ryan, Margot, I would like you to understand that even though neither one in every of you wins an Oscar this night, you each already received one thing a lot more notable — the genetic lottery. 

‘Ryan, you might be so scorching. Let’s walk tenting in combination and now not inform our better halves. And later we have now the alternative primary field place of work winner this time, 

Somewhere else within the monologue Kimmel ripped Christopher Nolan for his fascinating solution to making motion pictures, announcing: ‘Oppenheimer, directed through the superior Christopher Nolan. Additionally an excessively horny guy. 

‘And this can be a very — this can be a attention-grabbing individual. Christopher Nolan doesn’t have a smartphone, he doesn’t significance electronic mail. And he writes his scripts on a pc with out a web connection, which is a formidable approach of claiming, I will be able to now not permit my porn habit to get in the best way of my paintings. 

‘Christopher is joined through his longtime collaborator, Cillian Murphy, who is solely superb.  Attention-grabbing truth about his title, it’s pronounced Cillian, it’s foolish Ann when he’s doing comedy.’

The second one maximum nominated movie of the time is Beggarly Issues. There he’s. No longer handiest is Yorgos nominated for perfect director, his essayist, whose title may be Yorgos, is nominated, too. We have now two Yorgoses in in the home this night. Will they each win? 

‘Yorgos is as excellent as mine. All proper, let’s get 20 seconds for room sound? Emma stone is an Oscar nominee for a 5th day. And Emma, you might be — you might be so unbelievably superior in Beggarly Issues. 

‘Emma performed an grownup girl with the mind of a kid, like the girl who gave the rebuttal to the atmosphere of the union on Thursday night time. And you might be simply wonderful. There have been such a lot of superior motion pictures that held audiences captive this And I heartless that actually. Your motion pictures had been too lengthy this time.

Kimmel additionally took a swipe at field place of work bomb Madame Internet starring Dakota Johnson

He stated: ‘This night time is filled with monumental skill, and untold doable. However so was once Madame Internet, however who is aware of’

‘The common dimension of the supremacy ten motion pictures was once 2 hours and 23 mins. That’s up half-hour from 3 years in the past. After I went to peer Killers of the Flower Moon I had my mail despatched to the theater. 

‘It’s see you later, you have to pressure to Oklahoma and clear up the murders your self. The multitalented Bradley Cooper is right here with us this night, along with his — he’s were given some other perfect image nominee. With Maestro. 

‘You introduced your mother to the display this night? Hello, Mrs. Cooper, how are you? Doing superior? Bradley brings his mom to award presentations. Terminating time on the Oscars and — now not — ok, however and the Tonys and the Soul Teach Awards, et cetera. 

‘It’s very candy, however the query is, how again and again can one deliver his mother as his occasion ahead of he’s in fact relationship his mother? Are you running on a film about Freud presently and now not telling us? 

‘Right here’s some a laugh Oscar trivialities. 48 years in the past, Robert de Niro and Jodie Foster had been nominated for Taxi Motive force and are each nominated once more this night. 1976 was once the time. That’s nice-looking mad. 

Transferring the point of interest to Barbie’s noteceable snubs within the Very best Actress and director section for Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig, he stated: ‘Barbie was once a monster strike. What a factor. What an success to pull a plastic doll no person even preferred anymore 

‘Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling are right here this night. Glance, youngsters, it’s Barbie and Ken sitting alike each and every alternative. Ryan, Margot, I would like you to understand that even though neither one in every of you wins an Oscar this night, you each already received one thing a lot more notable — the genetic lottery’

Nominee Bradley Cooper appeared to be loving the monologue

Blunt attempted to boost her co-star’s spirits within the wake of the roast 

‘In 1976, Jodie foster was once younger enough quantity to be Robert de Niro’s daughter. Now, she’s twenty years too worn to be his female friend. I additionally wish to congratulate Robert’s costar Lily Gladstone, who’s the primary local American ever to be nominated for perfect actress. 

‘Do you know that ahead of she were given this film, she was once in a position to leave performing and pull a role on the section of agriculture monitoring homicide hornets, proper? And now she’s nominated for an Oscar which is so superior for her, however makes me fear that no person is monitoring those homicide hornets. Lily is in skillful corporate. 

‘We have now many first-time nominees, Emily Blunt, Jeffrey Wright, sterling Okay. Brown, The us Ferrera. Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, Da’vine pleasure Randolph, and Sandra Huller. 

‘3 international language movies are up for perfect image and two of them famous person Sandra Huller, which is — I heartless — Sandra, two motion pictures, Sandra performs a lady on trial for murdering her husband in Anatomy of a Fall and a Nazi housewife dwelling after to Auschwitz in The Zone of Passion.

‘And past those are bulky areas for American movie-goers, in Sandra’s local Germany, they’re known as rom-coms. For the primary day in additional than 20 years, we’re including a unutilized section to the Oscars. 

‘No longer this night. Going forward, they’ll upload an Oscar for success in casting, which — yeah, you higher — you’d higher applaud for that. And that’s superior information for actors, as a result of no longer handiest can we be capable to observe anyone else win an Oscar for a component you didn’t get, you’ll be capable to observe the one that didn’t assume you had been proper for it win one, too. 

Kimmel stated: ‘Right here’s some a laugh Oscar trivialities. 48 years in the past, Robert de Niro and Jodie Foster had been nominated for Taxi Motive force and are each nominated once more this night. 1976 was once the time. That’s nice-looking mad’

He added: ‘In 1976, Jodie foster was once younger enough quantity to be Robert de Niro’s daughter. Now, she’s twenty years too worn to be his female friend’

‘What a time we’ve had. Understand that child from The Fabelmans. That is what he looks as if now. Excellent to have you ever right here, Steven. Steven, are you nominated this night or are you right here as a result of you’ve season tickets? Steven and his spouse donated a batch of cash to aid actors and writers who had been out of labor after this summer time. 

‘We had been on crash for an extended day. For 5 months, this crew, the society who in fact produce the movies, stated, we will be able to now not settle for a trade in — neatly, now not the administrators, you guys folded right away, however the remains folks stated, we will be able to now not settle for a trade in with out protections towards synthetic judgement, and consequently, actors not have to fret about getting changed through A.I., due to this ancient assurance, actors are actually ready to walk again to worries about being changed through more youthful, extra horny society, and I believe that’s superior. 

‘And writers, may just A.I. Have written Transformers: Stand of the Beasts? Sure, the solution is sure. We realized a batch past we had been out at the wooden series. 

‘The crash raised questions on our business, like, if a film premiers on the grove and there aren’t any actors there to market it, does Mario Lopez produce a pitch? And now that the crash is over, now that Fran Drescher has returned to her volunteer paintings studying loudly to the listening to old, we will be able to be happy with the truth that this lengthy and tough paintings stoppage taught us that this very bizarre the town as ours, at its middle, is a union the town. 

Kimmel was once in his component as he joked in regards to the actors 

Lily Gladstone clapped as she listened to the pronunciation

Emma Stone regarded radiant as she took within the pronunciation 

Oppenheimer nominee Emily Blunt clapped along John Krasinski 

Annette Bening regarded on as she took within the monologue

‘It’s now not only a bunch of closely botoxed, Hailey Bieber smoothie-drinking nepo small children with endlessly shivering assume chihuahuas. Men and women who would die if we needed to contact the take care of of a shovel. 

‘However the explanation why we had been ready to produce a trade in is as a result of the society who rallied beside us. Sooner than we proclaim ourselves, let’s have a really well deserved spherical of applause for the society who paintings in the back of the scenes, the teamsters, the truck drivers, gaffers, grips, that’s proper. 

‘All of the society who refused to go the wooden strains. There they’re. In case you are dressed in sketchers to the Oscars, pull a bow. Come on, guys, pull a bow. Rush a bow. You deserve it. Thanks for status with us. [ Applause ]

‘And likewise, we would like you to understand that — [ applause ] In you’re then negotiation, we will be able to get up with you, too. And likewise, I’m getting to produce positive the display is going truly lengthy this night, so, you get a ton of time beyond regulation. It’s blonde day, everyone!

The 96th Academy Awards honors the most efficient movies of 2023 – with the glittering rite held on the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. 

Essentially the most hotly expected motion pictures of the moment time – Barbie and Oppenheimer – top the nominations. 

Oppenheimer has bagged 13 nods, together with perfect image and perfect actor for Cillian Murphy – who’s favourite to win the foremost section next scooping a BAFTA, a Golden Globe and SAG award for his function as physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer.

The noteceable overall – which additionally comprises perfect supporting actor and actress for Robert Downey Jr. and Emily Blunt, in addition to perfect director for Christopher Nolan – is only one nomination cut of the best-ever file all set through Titanic in 1998.

Terminating time’s alternative wreck strike film – Barbie – was once nominated for 8 awards, but in addition fell sufferer to noteceable snubs from the Academy.

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer was once nominated for perfect director and a bunch of alternative awards

Its famous person Margot Robbie was once now not nominated for perfect actress, past Greta Gerwig was once now not nominated for perfect director.

Every other miracle noticed The us Ferrera nominated for perfect supporting actress over her function in Barbie, with pundits announcing her persona’s impassioned pronunciation on feminism had sealed the trade in. 

Barbie’s alternative nominations come with perfect image, perfect supporting actor for Ryan Gosling and two nods for perfect music – together with Gosling’s famed ‘I’m Simply Ken.’ 

The second one most-nominated film was once Beggarly Issues, a impressive artwork space film starring Emma Stone that has wowed critics however so-far did not all set the field place of work alight.

Stone performs a sex-crazed younger girl, along with her efficiency wowing critics. She in the past received perfect actress in 2017 for her efficiency in L. a. L. a. Land. 

For perfect actor in well-known function Bradley Cooper and Cillian Murphy are all set to duke it out for the award. Colman Domingo, Paul Giamatti and Jeffrey Wright gained nominations as neatly.

Leonardo DiCaprio was once now not known for his performing on Killers Of The Flower Moon.

Lily Gladstone is the primary Local American nominated for perfect actress, for her efficiency in Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon

Yorgos Lanthimos’ Beggarly Issues took house 11 Oscar nominations and Killers of the Flower Moon landed 10.

Annette Bening, Lily Gladstone, Sandra Huller, Carey Mulligan and Emma Stone were nominated for perfect actress in a well-known function.

Gladstone is the first Native American nominated for best actress, for her performance in Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon – and is the favourite within the section due to her wins on the Blonde Globes and SAG Awards,

What Used to be I Made For through Billie Eilish and I’m Simply Ken carried out through Ryan Gosling from Barbie gained their anticipated nominations for perfect actual music. 

Sterling Okay. Brown, Robert De Niro, Robert Downey Jr., Ryan Gosling and Mark Ruffalo gained nominations for perfect actor in a supporting function.

Emily Blunt, Danielle Brooks, America Ferrera, Jodie Foster and Da’Vine Pleasure Randolph gained nominations for perfect actress in a supporting function.

Pleasure already has  Blonde Globe, Bafta, Critics Selection and Display screen Actors Guild awards and is favourite for an Oscar for her efficiency as a bereaved cook dinner in The Holdovers.

Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer had been nominated for perfect directing, snubbing Greta Gerwig’s Barbie. 

Da’Vine Pleasure Randolph was once nominated for perfect actress in a supporting function for her section in The Holdovers

Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo had been each nominated for his or her roles in Beggarly Issues

Bradley Cooper was once nominated for perfect actor, however was once snubbed of a directing nod for Maestro

Gerwig was once nominated for perfect director in 2018 for her solo directorial debut, Woman Fowl. Most effective 3 ladies have received Oscars for perfect director – Kathryn Bigelow, Chloe Zhao and Jane Campion.

Regardless that Nolan is considered the big-budget auteur of his year, he’s by no means received an Academy Award, nor have any of his movies received perfect image. 

Bradley Cooper was once now not nominated for guiding Maestro however he was once known for his performing in that bio film.

American Untruth, Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Oppenheimer, Moment Lives, Beggarly Issues and The Zone of Passion landed perfect image nominations.