At the 2013 Golden Globes , cohost Tina Fey poked fun at attendee Taylor Swift ’s see life history . She said , " You know what , Taylor Swift ? You abide away from Michael J. Fox ’s son . " In response , Taylor quote , " There ’s a special place in infernal region for women who do n’t help other women . "
Unfortunately, every awards show host can’t beTrevor Noah. It seems like, increasingly lately, hosts have failed to be funny or entertaining and just ended up crossing the line.
Here are 17 times awards show hosts made rude orinappropriate jokes:
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1.Jimmy Kimmelopened the 2024Academy Awardswith an eating disorder joke.
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2.In his 2024 Oscars opening monologue,Jimmy Kimmelpoked fun at Best Supporting Actor winner Robert Downey Jr.’s history with drug addiction.
At first, Robert played along, but when Jimmy brought up his past again, the levity seemingly disappeared from his face.
Here’s the full opening monologue, with this part starting at the 4:25 mark:
3.Also during the 2024 Oscars,Jimmy Kimmelfollowed up a Best Picture nominees montage with a joke about the sex scenes inPoor Things. He said, “Those were all the parts ofPoor Thingsthat we’re allowed to show on TV.”
In response,Poor Thingslead actorEmma Stoneseeminglycalled him a “prick.”
Emma Stone call Jimmy Kimmel a ' prick ' after he insinuate that Poor Things was only about sex …. #Oscars#Oscars2024pic.twitter.com / OXE2vEHx2e
4.At the 2024 Golden Globes,Jo Koyreferenced criticism of the NFL showing Taylor Swift in attendance at her boyfriend Travis Kelce’s games. He said, “The big difference between the Golden Globes and the NFL? At the Golden Globes, we have fewer camera shots of Taylor Swift.”
The camera then cut to Taylor, who didn’t seem amused.
In response to criticism of his prank , Jo toldGMA3 : What You Need to Know , " I think [ a joke that fall flat ] was when the Taylor one was just a little flat … It was a weird joke , I gauge … It was more on the NFL … I was adjudicate to make fun of the NFL using cutaway and how the Globes did n’t have to do that . So it was more of a jab toward the NFL . But it just did n’t add up out that way . "
5.Jo Koy alsopoked funat theBarbiemovie, comparing it toOppenheimer.
Barbiedirector Greta Gerwig and actors Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling didn’t seem impressed.
OnBBC Radio , Greta said , " Well , he ’s not haywire . She ’s the first bird that was sight - produced with breast , so he was right on . I think that so much of the project of the movie was unlikely because it is about a plastic doll . The brainstorm that [ Barbie ’s creator ] Ruth Handler had when she was keep an eye on her daughter play with baby dolls is she realized , ' My girl does n’t need to pretend to be a female parent . She wants to dissemble to be a big fair sex . ' "
Here’s the full clip, with this part starting at the 2:37 mark:
6.At the 2024 Critics' Choice Awards, Chelsea Handlerjokedabout Barry Keoghan’s nude scene inSaltburn.
Then, the camera cut to Barry, who looked away.
Here’s the full video, with this part starting at the 8:40 mark:
7.At the 2023 Golden Globes, Jerrod Carmichaeljokedabout Whitney Houston’s 2012 death, saying, “So, we are here, live, from the hotel that killed Whitney Houston, the Beverly Hilton.”
He was called out by the late singer’s estate, who toldTMZ, “The Whitney Houston Estate is disappointed in the joke and felt it was in poor taste.”
8.At the 2014 Oscars, Ellen DeGeneresmade funof attendee Liza Minnelli, calling her an “impersonator” and “sir.”
Here’s the full clip:
Liza toldTMZ , " I think [ Ellen ] reckon it would be funny . But she never stop after she say it and said , ' my friend , Liza Minnelli . ' I think it went a little astray on her , and I do n’t intend she meant any trauma at all , and she ’s a marvellous lady . "
9.During the 2022 Oscars, Chris Rock poked fun at attendeeJada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head.
In response, Jada’s husband, Will Smith, infamously slapped the host.
Here’s the full clip, with this part starting at the 1:05 mark:
10.In his opening monologue at the 2023 Academy Awards, Jimmy Kimmelreferencedthe slap from the previous year and invoked a stereotype about Irish people.
Here’s the full video, with this part starting at the 8:15 mark:
11.However, the Irish jokes didn’t stop there. During a “fan questions” segment, Jimmy Kimmel poked fun at Best Actor nomineeColin Farrell’s accent.
In response, the actorcalled outa recentSaturday Night Livesketch, which portrayed him and costar Brendan Gleeson as unintelligible due to their Irish accents and made jokes about the “drunken Irish” stereotype, despite Colin’soutspokennessabout his past issues with alcohol abuse and his sobriety.
Here’s the full clip, with this part starting at the 0:57 mark:
12.At the 2017 Oscars, Mahershala Ali thanked his wife and their 4-day-old daughter in his Best Supporting Actor speech. Afterwards, Jimmy Kimmeljokedabout the kind of name someone called Mahershala should’ve chosen for his baby. He said, “You can’t name her Amy.”
13.At the 2013 Golden Globes, cohost Tina Feypoked funat attendee Taylor Swift’s dating life. She said, “You know what, Taylor Swift? You stay away from Michael J. Fox’s son.”
Her cohost Amy Poehler added , " Or go for it . "
" No , she require some me - time to learn about herself , " Tina said .
In response, Taylor toldVanity Fair, “You know, Katie Couric is one of my favorite people. Because she said to me she had heard a quote that she loved, that said, ‘There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.'”
She continued , " If you need some enceinte Book of Revelation , since 2010 , I have dated exactly two hoi polloi … [ The ] fact that there are slide shows of a dozen guy wire that I either embrace on a violent rug or encounter for lunch or wrote a song with … it ’s just kind of ridiculous . "
14.At the 2022 Oscars,Amy Schumerreferred to Best Supporting Actress nominee Kirsten Dunst as a “seat filler” and asked her to get up. Then, she fangirled over Kirsten’s husband, Jesse Plemons.
The moment was staged, but it didn’t land well. However, some people took the criticism way too far, sending Amy death threats.
OnThe Howard Stern Show , she said , " I did a bite with Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons . That was entirely orchestrated . We talked beforehand . The antic was that I was pretending I cerebrate she was a tush makeweight . And we all worked that out together . I got death threats . The Secret Service reach out to me . They were so unsound that the Secret Service reached out to me . I was like , ' Oh , I opine you have the wrong number . This is Amy , not Will . ' Not that I want Will to get destruction threats , but the misogynism is unbelievable … They were like , ' Who do you think are you to disesteem Kirsten Dunst like that ? ' The Secret Service , the LAPD — the [ death threats ] were that serious and that many . "
15.In 1995, David Letterman opened the Oscars by making fun of celebs with “unusual” names.
16.After the 2019 BAFTAs, Joanna Lumley wasbrandedthe “worst BAFTAs host” ever. Several of her jokes were reportedly edited out of the YouTube uploads, such as when she toldThe Wifelead actor Glenn Close, “A lot of men here have already moved on to the sequel,The Second Wife.”
She also reportedly toldBlacKkKlansmandirector Spike Lee , " I ’m surprised that it did so well at the Klan film festival . "
17.And finally, at the 2013 Academy Awards, Seth MacFarlaneperformedan entire song and dance number calling out women who’d done nude scenes. He titled it “We Saw Your Boobs.”
The camera cut to a few of the women he mentioned by name.
He also made light of Scarlett Johansson’s nude photo leak.
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At the 2013 Golden Globes, cohost Tina Fey poked fun at attendee Taylor Swift’s dating life. She said, “You know what, Taylor Swift? You stay away from Michael J. Fox’s son.” In response, Taylor quoted, “There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women."
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