Joy Behar was so delighted with Oscar host Jimmy Kimmel‘s instant-classic Trump slam – “Isn’t it past your jail time” – during Sunday’s awards show that she immediately dashed off a congratulatory email…to Jimmy Fallon.
On The View today, co-host Behar said, “I thought that Jimmy Kimmel’s joke about ‘Isn’t it past your jail time’ was so spot-on and the fact that Trump was on his Truth Social or whatever writing all this stuff…Well, I know Jimmy, so I decided I’d write him an email to congratulate him on taking on this fascist with a joke, because comedians rule. “But I sent it to Jimmy Fallon.” For the record, Fallon didn’t respond.
While View moderator Whoopi Goldberg commiserated – “I don’t think there’s anybody sitting at this table who has never sent the wrong email to the wrong person” – Behar seemed unassuaged. “I’m so technologically stupid it’s a wonder I didn’t send it to Jimmy Carter,” she said.
Kimmel’s “Isn’t it past your jail time” quip Sunday night followed the Oscar host’s live, on-air reading of Donald Trump’s Truth Social instant-review of the host and ceremony.
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