Jimmy Kimmel slammed for 'harassing' Malala Yousafzai at Oscars
‘One of the worst things I’ve ever seen’ Jimmy Kimmel branded a ‘national disgrace for ‘harassing’ Taliban shooting survivor Malala Yousafzai at 2023 Oscars with awkward question and ‘Cocaine Bear’ stunt
- Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala was a teenage education activist when she was shot in the face by the Pakistani Taliban in 2012
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Jimmy Kimmel was branded a ‘national disgrace’ after fans claimed he ‘harassed’ Taliban shooting survivor Malala Yousafzai during a bizarre Oscars 2023 segment.
The host, 55, left the Nobel Peace Prize winner, 25, visibly uncomfortable as he approached her during a break in proceedings and asked her an awkward question about Harry Styles and Chris Pine’s ‘spit-gate’ drama.
The presenter read out a question from a fan named Joanne, saying: ‘She asked, your work on human rights and education for women and children is an inspiration–as the youngest Nobel prize winner in history, do you think Harry Styles spit on Chris Pine?’
Malala looked unsure and then responded: ‘I only talk about peace.’
A breezy Kimmel retorted: ‘You know what, that’s why you’re Malala and nobody else is. That’s a great answer, Malala. The winner is malala-land, everybody.’
Oh dear: Jimmy Kimmel was branded a ‘national disgrace’ after fans claimed he ‘harassed’ Taliban shooting survivor Malala Yousafzai during a bizarre Oscars 2023 segment
Awkward: The host, 55, left the Nobel Peace Prize winner, 25, visibly uncomfortable as he approached her during a break in proceedings and asked her an awkward question about Harry Styles and Chris Pine’s ‘spit-gate drama’
The evening then took a further awkward turn as an attendee dressed as a real-life ‘Cocaine Bear’ from the movie crawled down the aisle and began to pester Malala.
Kimmel called out: ‘Cocaine bear, leave Malala alone!’ as the activist looked on with worry.
Malala was a teenage education activist when the Pakistani Taliban hunted her down. They stopped her school bus and shot her in the face in 2012.
She survived and two years later won the Nobel Peace Prize. She is known for human rights advocacy, and campaigns for the education of women and children in Pakistan.
Fans quickly took to social media to slam Kimmel’s ‘disrespectful’ behaviour, with one writing: ‘I love @jimmykimmel but his interaction with Malala was one of the worst and most painful things I’ve seen on TV in so many years.’
Another wrote: ‘Watching the #Oscars from home, I was absolutely horrified with the interaction between @jimmykimmel and @Malala Jimmy, you were incredibly disrespectful.
One fan typed: ‘jimmy kimmel is a national disgrace. this woman deserves better’ while a second wrote: ‘why did jimmy kimmel and the cocaine bear just harass malala oh my god leave her alone.’
Another wrote: ‘I hope Jimmy Kimmel pays for making Malala answer that question. She deserves better than that!’
Oscar winners 2023: AT A GLANCE
Best Picture: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Actress: Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Actor: Brendan Fraser – The Whale
Best Supporting Actress: Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Supporting Actor: Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Director: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Writing (Original Screenplay): Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay): Sarah Polley – Women Talking
Best Animated Feature Film: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Best International Feature Film: All Quiet on the Western Front
Best Documentary Feature: Navalny
Best Film Editing: Paul Rogers – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Music (Original Song): “Naatu Naatu” from RRR
Best Sound: Top Gun: Maverick
Best Visual Effects: Avatar: The Way of Water
Fantastic four: Ke Huy Quan, Michelle Yeoh, Brendan Fraser, and Jamie Lee Curtis (pictured left to right) won acting Oscars
Ill-timed: The evening then took a further awkward turn as an attendee dressed as a real-life ‘Cocaine Bear’ from the movie crawled down the aisle and began to pester Malala
Malala looked unsure and then responded: ‘I only talk about peace’ as Kimmel spoke to her
Slammed: Fans quickly took to social media to slam Kimmel’s ‘disrespectful’ behaviour, with one writing: ‘I love @jimmykimmel but his interaction with Malala was one of the worst and most painful things I’ve seen on TV in so many years’
Dignified: Malala tweeted ‘treat people with kindness’ in response to a video of the chat
One fan wrote: ‘Malala looked so uncomfortable when jimmy kimmel was harassing her with his comedy’ while another penned: ‘Malala has a nobel peace prize and they have her dealing with cocaine bear and jimmy kimmel.’
Malala herself tweeted: ‘Treat people with kindness’ in response to the video.
She attended the ceremony in support of her nominated documentary, Stranger At The Gate.
Everything Everywhere All At Once nearly won everything, everywhere as the film led the pack with seven wins at The Oscars 2023 as it earned top honor Best Picture with individual recognitions for Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Jamie Lee Curtis while Brendan Fraser completed his incredible career comeback with a Best Actor win.
The American absurdist action comedy-drama film was the biggest winner of the night at the event featuring a star-studded red carpet as it earned Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Editing, and Best Original screenplay at the gala event held at Dolby Theater in Hollywood.
At the end of the night Daniel Kwan was joined by his co-director Daniel Scheinert – AKA The Daniels – as they thanked the entire cast and crew: ‘We’ve said enough tonight. Thank you so much to everyone here. You have all inspired me. One of the things that I realized growing up is that one of the best things we can do for each other is shelter each other from the chaos of this crazy world.
The king: Brendan Fraser completed his incredible career comeback as he took home top honor Best Actor for The Whale at The Oscars on Sunday
Epic: Ke Huy Quan completed his incredible career comeback while Jamie Lee Curtis got emotional while talking about her legendary actor parents as they earned Best Supporting Actor and Actress, respectively, for Everything Everywhere All At Once
Dynamic duo: Quan portrays Waymond Wang in Everything Everywhere All At Once, who is the husband of Michelle Yeoh’s (pictured right) leading character Evelyn Quan Wang whose benevolence comes off as naïveté
Incredible: Everything Everywhere All At Once nearly won everything, everywhere as the film led the pack with seven wins at The Oscars 2023 as it earned top honor Best Picture with individual recognitions for Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Jamie Lee Curtis
‘Thank you to the storytellers here who did that for me. The world is changing rapidly and I fear our stories aren’t keeping at pace and I sometimes it’s a little scary knowing that movies move at the rate of years and the world on the internet is moving at the rate of miliseconds, but I have great faith in our stories.
‘These stories have changed my life and they have done that for generations. Have a great night, guys, thank Thank you, everyone, have a great night. Thank you for watching!’
The film beat out quite the field including: All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way of Water, The Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis, The Fabelmans, TÁR, Top Gun: Maverick, Triangle of Sadness, and Women Talking.
The film is centered around a middle-aged Chinese immigrant named Evelyn Wang (played by Yeoh; center) who is swept up into an insane adventure in which she alone can save existence by exploring other universes and connecting with the lives she could have led.
Michelle Yeoh finally had her Oscars moment as she earned Best Actress for the film and accepted the honor with one of the most inspiring speeches of the night.
Ke Huy Quan completed his incredible career comeback while Jamie Lee Curtis got emotional while talking about her legendary actor parents as they earned Best Supporting Actor and Actress, respectively, for Everything Everywhere All At Once at The Oscars on Sunday.
Things got even more uncomfortable for Yousafzai when presenters brought out the real-life “Cocaine Bear,” someone in a bear suit from Elizabeth Banks’ film, and as it paraded down the aisles, it strangely pestered the activist.
Kimmel had to tell the bear leave to Yousafzai alone.
“Cocaine bear, leave Malala alone!” he said, as she looked uncomfortable in her seat.
Oscars 2023: Full list of 95th Academy Awards winners
Best Picture
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once – WINNER
The Fabelmans
TÁR
Top Gun: Maverick
Triangle of Sadness
Women Talking
Winning EVERYTHING: Everything Everywhere All At Once earned seven including coveted Best Picture
Best Director
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once – WINNERS
Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans
Todd Field – TÁR
Ruben Östlund – Triangle of Sadness
Best Actor
Austin Butler – Elvis
Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser – The Whale – WINNER
Paul Mescal -Aftersun
Bill Nighy – Living
Comeback king: Brendan Fraser won Best Actor for his performance in The Whale
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett – TÁR
Ana de Armas – Blonde
Andrea Riseborough -To Leslie
Michelle Williams – The Fabelmans
Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once – WINNER
Best Supporting Actor
Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway
Judd Hirsch – The Fabelmans
Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once – WINNER
Best Supporting Actress
Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau – The Whale
Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin
Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All at Once – WINNER
Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, and Ian Stokell – All Quiet on the Western Front
Rian Johnson – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Kazuo Ishiguro – Living
Screenplay by Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, and Christopher McQuarrie, story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks – Top Gun: Maverick
Sarah Polley – Women Talking – WINNER
Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once – WINNER
Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner – The Fabelmans
Todd Field – TÁR
Ruben Östlund – Triangle of Sadness
Best Animated Feature Film
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio -WINNER
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish
The Sea Beast
Turning Red
Quite the imagination: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio won Best Animated Feature Film
Best International Feature Film
All Quiet on the Western Front – WINNER
Argentina, 1985
Close
EO
The Quiet Girl
Best Documentary Feature
All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
A House Made of Splinters
Navalny – WINNER
Best Film Editing
Mikkel E.G. Nielsen, The Banshees of Inisherin
Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond, Elvis
Paul Rogers, Everything Everywhere All at Once – WINNER
Monika Willi, TÁR
Eddie Hamilton, Top Gun: Maverick
Best Cinematography
James Friend – All Quiet on the Western Front – WINNER
Darius Khondji – Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Mandy Walker – Elvis
Roger Deakins – Empire of Light
Florian Hoffmeister – TÁR
Best Costume Design
Mary Zophres – Babylon
Ruth E. Carter – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – WINNER
Catherine Martin – Elvis
Shirley Kurata – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Jenny Beavan – Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Iconic: Ruth E. Carter won Best Costume Design for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Heike Merker and Linda Eisenhamerová – All Quiet on the Western Front
Naomi Donne, Mike Marino, and Mike Fontaine – The Batman
Camille Friend and Joel Harlow – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Mark Coulier, Jason Baird, and Aldo Signoretti – Elvis
Adrien Morot, Judy Chin, and Anne Marie Bradley – The Whale – WINNER
Best Production Design
Christian M. Goldbeck and Ernestine Hipper – All Quiet on the Western Front – WINNER
Dylan Cole, Ben Procter, and Vanessa Cole – Avatar: The Way of Water
Florencia Martin and Anthony Carlino – Babylon
Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy, and Bev Dunn – Elvis
Rick Carter and Karen O’Hara – The Fabelmans
Best Music (Original Song)
“Applause” from Tell It Like a Woman, music and lyrics by Dianne Warren
“Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick, music and lyrics by Lady Gaga and BloodPop
“Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, music and lyrics by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, and Ludwig Goransson
“Naatu Naatu” from RRR, music by M.M. Keeravaani, lyrics by Chandrabose – WINNER
“This Is a Life” from Everything Everywhere All at Once, music by Ryan Lott, David Byrne, and Mitski, lyrics by Ryan Lott
Dynamic duo: M.M. Keeravaani (left) and Chandrabose won Best Music (Original Song) for Naatu Naatu from RRR
Best Music (Original Score)
Volker Bertelmann – All Quiet on the Western Front – WINNER
Justin Hurwitz – Babylon
Carter Burwell – The Banshees of Inisherin
Son Lux – Everything Everywhere All at Once
John Williams – The Fabelmans
Best Sound
Viktor Prášil, Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler, Lars Ginzel, and Stefan Korte – All Quiet on the Western Front
Julian Howarth, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Dick Bernstein, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, and Michael Hedges – Avatar: The Way of Water
Stuart Wilson, William Files, Douglas Murray, and Andy Nelson – The Batman
David Lee, Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson, and Michael Keller – Elvis
Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon, and Mark Taylor – Top Gun: Maverick – WINNER
Flying: The Tom Cruise led sequel Top Gun: Maverick won the Academy Award for Best Sound on Sunday during a ceremony which the 60-year-old leading man skipped
Best Visual Effects
Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus Frank, and Kamil Jafar – All Quiet on the Western Front
Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett – Avatar: The Way of Water – WINNER
Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands, and Dominic Tuohy – The Batman
Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White, and Dan Sudick – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Ryan Tudhope, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson, and Scott R. Fisher – Top Gun: Maverick
Best Animated Short Film
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse – WINNER
The Flying Sailor
Ice Merchants
My Year of Dicks
An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake, and I Think I Believe It
Best Live Action Short Film
An Irish Goodbye – WINNER
Ivalu
Le Pupille
Night Ride
The Red Suitcase
Best Documentary Short
The Elephant Whisperers – WINNER
Haulout
How Do You Measure a Year?
The Martha Mitchell Effect
Stranger at the Gate
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