Jimmy Kimmel upset some Oscars viewers this year with his jokes stereotyping the Irish as people who like to fight
’s dry, sarcastic wit enough to keep their clowning to Twitter. That is, all 19.9 million people except for two viewers who both took offense to Kimmel’s jokes about Irish people and the stereotype that they like to fight and decided to ask to speak with the manager.
“Five Irish actors are nominated tonight, which means the chances of a fight just went way up,” Kimmel joked at one point in the broadcast, quipping about Will Smith and Chris Rock’s 2022 onstage altercation. But that was just too much for two people who took it upon themselves to complain to the FCC.
“I am personally insulted by him saying this because I am Irish American, among other ethnicities, and do not just fight anyone, especially men,” one disgruntled viewer from Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania wrote. “Not only was I insulted if the writers wrote this line but also the fact that Jimmy Kimmel did not take the opportunity to adlib and correct the line with his own comment .
Another viewer who might not be eligible to complain to the FCC because they live in Canada was equally offended. “[His] comments about Irish people were offensive as well as joking about the death of an actor and I felt that this was distateful [] for his family,” the person wrote. “There were many other comments as well that discriminated.
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