The Oscars Should Find a New Host in 2018
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Jimmy Kimmel used the opportunity of his Monday monologue to discuss the giant Best Picture Oscar snafu and why the whole thing was even more awkward than it had to be: partly because he, like everyone else, had no idea what they were doing in this situation.
“We were chugging along,” he said, “and out of nowhere it turned into one of those Maury Povich paternity test shows. It was the weirdest TV finale since Lost.” Kimmel showed the clip of Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway opening the envelope—they were presenting to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bonnie and Clyde, which adds a whole other dimension to this thing—and then described how the fuck-up went down after Dunaway accidentally announced the wrong film.