Jimmy Kimmel will be paid $15,000 to host the Oscars

Jimmy Kimmel will be paid $15,000 to host the Oscars

by Joseph Anthony
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TV presenter Jimmy Kimmel will be paid $15,000 to host the Academy Awards ceremony in February

The 49-year-old TV presenter has been chosen to host the Academy Awards ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, on February 26, and has joked that heโ€™s being paid a relative pittance for the honour.

He quipped: โ€œI think itโ€™s illegal to pay nothing.โ€

Jimmy subsequently admitted to being unsure whether he was supposed to disclose how much he was being paid, but he also blamed the slip-up on the event organisers.

The funnyman told the โ€˜Kevin & Beanโ€™ morning show: โ€œIโ€™m not sure I was supposed to reveal this. But nobody told me not to. I consider this their fault.โ€

Jimmy joked that he was only chosen to present the glitzy ceremony because the Academyโ€™s preferred hosts were not available.

He said, tongue in cheek: โ€œThey asked like 14 people and they all said no and then there was me. I absolutely was surprised.โ€

Jimmy has been modest about securing the coveted role ever since it was first announced, telling the audience at his chat show, โ€˜Jimmy Kimmel Live!โ€™, that he was only chosen because his studio on Hollywood Boulevard is close to the Dolby Theatre.

He quipped in an opening monologue: โ€œThe producers and the Academy went through a long list of names, and in the end, they decided that โ€“ since I am already right across the street from where they do the show โ€“ I was the closest person to host.โ€

Jimmy is poised to follow in the footsteps of stand-up comedian Chris Rock, who hosted the iconic awards ceremony earlier this year.

The 51-year-old star used his opening monologue to address concerns about a lack of racial diversity in Hollywood, and closed the ceremony by making reference to the Black Lives Matter movement.

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