Oscars 2023: Jimmy Kimmel’s BEST Monologue Jokes

Jimmy Kimmel is mounting the grounds consecutive on Jenny the donkey's alleged quality astatine the 2023 Oscars.

While hosting the 95th Academy Awards on March 12, the comedian brought out an carnal that he said was the lovable creature from The Banshees of Inisherin. 

"That was our affectional enactment donkey past night," Jimmy joked connected the March 13 episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!. "Everybody was ace excited to spot her, but past that stirred up immoderate controversy."

Indeed, aggregate quality outlets soon started calling Jimmy's bluff and noted the miniature donkey wasn't the celebrated Jenny aft all. And now, Jimmy is clearing things up.

"It's true. It wasn't Jenny," helium continued connected the late-night show. "It wasn't adjacent a pistillate donkey. The donkey's sanction is Dominic. It was a antheral donkey. We didn't deliberation it was a bully thought to alert a donkey implicit from Ireland, truthful we hired an L.A. donkey. Maybe you noticed similar the articulator fillers and the implants."

Of course, determination was nary fooling The Banshees of Inisherin writer and director Martin McDonagh.

"It wasn't Jenny," the filmmaker, whose movie was nominated successful 9 categories, said backstage astatine the ceremony, per the Los Angeles Times. "We ne'er would person allowed that to happen."

So wherever is the existent Jenny? "Martin fell truthful successful emotion with her that helium ne'er wanted her to enactment again," Fircroft Animal Actors' Rita Moloney, who scouted Jenny for the film, told Vulture in October. "He asked if she could conscionable bash this movie, and past retire. Now she's conscionable a blessed donkey moving with different miniature donkeys. I lone saw her astir 3 weeks agone down successful County Carlow, and she's looking fine, fit, and healthy. She's conscionable surviving the dream."