Jimmy Kimmel fesses up over the Oscars donkey ruse: ‘We hired an L.A. donkey’
LA TimesHost Jimmy Kimmel appears onstage with a donkey at the 95th Academy Awards in Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre on March 12. That was Dominic the donkey, and he’s from L.A. “We had a donkey — a live donkey — Jenny the donkey, from ‘The Banshees of Inisherin.’ That was our emotional support donkey last night,” Kimmel said on Monday’s episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” “Everybody was super excited to see her, but then that stirred up some controversy,” he continued. “The L.A. Times said, ‘No that wasn’t really Jenny the donkey from “The Banshees of Inisherin”’; the New York Post said, ‘“Banshees of Inisherin” Jenny the donkey Oscars cameo was a fraud’; and Vulture, ‘Jenny the donkey’s Oscar cameo was all a fraud.’ And I have to say it’s true. I promise.” While hosting this year’s 95th Academy Awards, Jimmy Kimmel walked a donkey wearing a sequined emotional support vest onto the Dolby Theatre stage, claiming it was Jenny, the beloved donkey from “Banshees of Inisherin.” But it was an impostor. “This is Jenny, she’s one of the stars of ‘Banshees of Inisherin,’” Kimmel said on Sunday.
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