The 97th Academy Awards aren’t around the corner just yet, but the hype around this coveted award ceremony has begun already. If you haven’t heard a lot of buzz around the Oscars 2025, you probably will soon enough because right now, there’s some trouble in paradise after late-night host Jimmy Kimmel turned down the job of hosting these prestigious awards.
Kimmel is one of the best hosts, not only in the USA, but all across the world, and everyone would have loved to see him host the Oscars 2025, but alas, that will not be the case, and in this article, we will tell you exactly why.
Meanwhile, we would recommend marking your calendars for March 3, 2025!
Jimmy Kimmel Claims it Was “Just Too Much”
Jimmy Kimmel, an American television host and comedian, recently made an appearance on Politickin’ with Gavin Newsom, Marshawn Lynch, and Doug Hendrickson.
This podcast is an unexpected and unique collaboration between the Governor of California, a former NFL player, and an NFL agent. Unique podcast calls for unique guests, and on August 12, 2024, they released an episode titled, “A Jimmy Kimmel Tell All,” which lasted for 66 minutes!
In this podcast, Kimmel spoke a little bit about the Oscars, because he has hosted this award ceremony four times in his life already, and why he turned down hosting it a fourth time. Kimmel claimed that he “didn’t want to deal with that this year,” when talking about the hosting gig.
The late night host also added,
“It was just too much last year. You wind up pushing everything off till after the Oscars, and then you have to do everything you promised to do after the Oscars, after the Oscars.”
In the podcast, it was also made clear that Kimmel is only taking a “little break” from the Oscars, which means he might return another year!
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Who Will Host Oscars 2025?
As of now, Oscars 2025 is still searching for its host, and one thing is for sure, it will not be Jimmy Kimmel. Kimmel previously hosted the Oscars in 2017, 2018, 2023 and 2024. Other than Kimmel, Steve Martin, Whoopi Goldberg, and Billy Crystal have also hosted the Oscars multiple times, and could possibly return in 2025.
Lately, Hugh Jackman has been all the hype following his role in Deadpool & Wolverine, and he has also previously hosted Oscars, so we would place our bets on Jackman if we had to!
Conclusion
The host for Oscars 2025 is a question mark at the moment, but there’s still time for the decision to be made. Until then, let us know in the comments who you would want to see host the 97th Academy Awards!