Jimmy Kimmel is so stunning and brave, speaking truth to power about gun control and health care. Because he’s so stunning and brave and all.
Oh, wait:
Jimmy Kimmel is making next year's Oscars a Harvey Weinstein-free zone https://t.co/9T6R61Fzy8 pic.twitter.com/NsSvdFQDsV
— Mashable (@mashable) October 30, 2017
In a recent interview with Vulture, America’s Moral Conscience defended his reticence to go after flaming target Harvey Weinstein:
I guess now I’m supposed to comment on everything that happens? And by the way, it’s not just from the right. Now I see it from the left, “Aren’t you going to say anything about fill-in-the-blank?” That’s not what I do, and if I did, believe me, you’d get bored in a hurry. The Harvey Weinstein thing makes no sense: This perception that the right has spread around that I’ve not made any jokes about it is false.
Demonstrably.
Yeah, although facts don’t seem to be of interest to anyone. Secondly, we do the show Monday through Thursday. I didn’t see the Weinstein story break till shortly before the show started on a Thursday night, and then we had a rerun on Friday, so that’s why it wasn’t mentioned in our monologue. We would’ve had to go back and rewrite the whole show, and we’re not going to do that for someone who was then not even known to 90 percent of the country. I have no interest in protecting Harvey Weinstein. I couldn’t care less about Harvey Weinstein. Hopefully, he will get what he deserves and we’ll all move on with our lives.
Is Weinstein someone you’re going to have to address at the Oscars next year? He’ll be the elephant in the room as a result of not being in the room.
I probably will. It’s not really a laughing matter. There’ll be a lot of people in that room who maybe have been through experiences with him, and that’s not something I want them to relive on the night they get their Oscar.
Harvey Weinstein won’t be the elephant in the room; he’ll be the freakin’ blue whale. Yet Jimmy Kimmel wants to avert his eyes in order spare feelings or whatever. If Kimmel has “no interest in protecting Harvey Weinstein,” why doesn’t he put on his Moral Conscience hat and call Weinstein out? Protect the integrity of Weinstein’s victims and shame the victimizer. This shouldn’t be difficult.
When he’s not condescending to his moral inferiors, Jimmy Kimmel tells jokes for a living. But you’d be hard-pressed to find a bigger joke than Jimmy Kimmel himself.
Who'd have thought that "America's conscience" would be so gutless?
— Burn It All Down (@TimHaas70) October 30, 2017
Show of hands?
https://twitter.com/SlickFrog83/status/925040975348752386
Too busy talking about Trump or something.
— NeoN: Automataster (@neontaster) October 30, 2017
https://twitter.com/EF517_V2/status/925042824416022528
The voice of the country suddenly goes hoarse.
— Scary Dinosaur (@AC_Tater) October 30, 2017
If you ignore it, it's like it never happened! Stunning and brave. https://t.co/C79BWMcYGQ
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) October 30, 2017
America's moral conscience wouldn't want to ruin Hollywood's celebration by mentioning the scandals plaguing their industry. https://t.co/1YkKIO44S4
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) October 30, 2017
No worries, he just means the Weinstein jokes, Hollywood can still molest, grope, rape.
— Wittorical (@Wittorical) October 30, 2017
"How can those hillbillies say I'm afraid to make jokes about Weinstein? Also, no more jokes about Weinstein."
— ?It's?Almost ⛄️Christmas? (@jtLOL) October 30, 2017
Hi, I'm a dickless coward. Please watch me host a ritualistic Hollywood circle jerk: https://t.co/O0B4m5c1EP
— Physics Geek (@physicsgeek) October 30, 2017
He doesn't eat bread anymore, but he still knows which side it's buttered on. https://t.co/mHCC2SLtuC
— ?It's?Almost ⛄️Christmas? (@jtLOL) October 30, 2017
Sounds about right.
On the other hand, maybe we’re being too hard on Jimmy:
Makes sense. It'd make it a lot harder to talk about Hollywood's bravery and moral superiority to the unwashed masses if he brought it up.
— Just Some Guy (@jeremylatzke) October 30, 2017
https://twitter.com/PartymanRandy/status/925047337231310848
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Update:
He did WHAT? Jimmy Kimmel SHATTERS hypocrisy meter AGAIN
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