Trump rails against Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel as comedian reacts to Truth Social posts live on air: Latest

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Donald Trump lashed out at Jimmy Kimmel for his “boring and “disjointed” performance at the Oscars and called him the “worst host” ever on Sunday night – prompting the comedian to hit back live on air.

Kimmel read out Mr Trump’s Truth Social post live from the Oscars stage just before the last award of the night was presented for best picture.

“Has there EVER been a WORSE HOST than Jimmy Kimmel at The Oscars,” Mr Trump wrote. “His opening was that of a less than average person trying too hard to be something which he is not, and never can be.”

In response, Kimmel then thanked Mr Trump for watching and joked: “Isn’t it past your jail time?

It comes as Mr Trump and Joe Biden held dueling rallies in Georgia on Saturday. During Mr Trump’s rally, the former president claimed that author E Jean Carroll – who has already won a defamation trial against him – made “false accusations” about him.

Donald Trump said author E Jean Carroll made “false accusations” about him, and continued to insist he did not know her, at his rally in Georgia on Saturday.

A jury determined that Mr Trump sexually assaulted Ms Carroll in the 1990’s, and ruled that he defamed her after she went public with her story.

Mr Trump further insinuated that her lawsuits were directed and funded by Democrats trying to bring him down.

Joe Biden walked back his use of the term “illegal” when describing an undocumented migrant and doubled-down on his belief that the Supreme Court was wrong in its 2022 abortion access ruling during a recent interview.

Mr Biden sat down with MSNBC’s “The Sunday Show” for a rare, wide-ranging interview just days after he gave the State of the Union