{"id":2222441,"date":"2026-01-05T05:33:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T05:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2222441"},"modified":"2026-01-05T05:33:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T05:33:26","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-pokes-fun-at-future-of-late-night-donald-trump-in-critics-choice-acceptance-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jimmy-kimmel-pokes-fun-at-future-of-late-night-donald-trump-in-critics-choice-acceptance-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel Pokes Fun at Future of Late Night, Donald Trump in Critics Choice Acceptance Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0453994\/\">Jimmy Kimmel<\/a> said he was surprised to win best talk series at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards, but he still came equipped with a number of sharp barbs and a comically long written acceptance speech, which he unrolled onstage.<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel quipped that he would have preferred a \u201cFIFA peace prize,\u201d referring to the award President <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0874339\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> received at the, now renamed, Kennedy Center during the World Cup draw last month.<\/p>\n<p>After that, Kimmel unrolled a comedically long written acceptance speech as he said he \u201creally didn\u2019t expect this,\u201d and thanked the critics, calling out three specific reviewers by name, including <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0397373\/\">Jeffrey Howard<\/a> from Kclv-tv in Las Vegas, whom Kimmel, a Sin City native, said he went to high school with.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to thank \u201cour friends at Disney,\u201d naming CEO <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm2250609\/\">Bob Iger<\/a>, entertainment co-chairman <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm17726093\/\">Dana Walden<\/a> and even <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0999574\/\">OpenAI<\/a> boss <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm10310272\/\">Sam Altman<\/a>, who, Kimmel said, \u201cwho now owns my voice and face.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jimmy Kimmel said he was surprised to win best talk series at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards, but he still came equipped with a number of sharp barbs and a comically long written acceptance speech, which he unrolled onstage. 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