Jimmy Kimmel Takes Heat for Hailey Bieber Joke About 'Nepo Babies' at Oscars 2024

As Jimmy Kimmel is rediscovering, you can't make everybody happy. No one was off limits during the Oscars host's remarks at the ceremony on Sunday (March 10), including Hailey Bieber — and some fans aren't happy.

During his opening monologue, in which he joked with everyone from Robert Downey Jr. to US Sen. Katie Britt, Kimmel name-dropped the model — who is married to Justin Bieber — while referring to the Hollywood collective as “botox heavy, Hailey Bieber smoothie drinking, diabetes prescription abuse, gluten sensitive nepo babies with constantly shaking chihuahuas.”

And while Hailey actually does she has her own smoothie available in Erehwon, and is by definition a so-called nepo baby (her father is actor Stephen Baldwin), many viewers who tuned in to the awards show were not amused.

“The Hailey Bieber hate is so forced and tired at this point,” one person he tweeted during the performance. “Leave that woman alone.”

“He was obviously talking about the 'hailey bieber smoothie' and he wasn't being shady,” she mused. another person. “but that's how it was [badly] articulate and funny.”

Advertising sign reached out to Justin and Hailey Bieber for comment.

Kimmel, however, said just days before the 2024 Oscars that he knew ahead of time that he would likely step on some people's toes. “It's not that easy,” he said CNN of the hospitality concert. “It depends on the person because some people are more sensitive than others. God help you, if I know you. Like, if you've been to my house, you're in trouble on Oscar night.”

During the same interview, Mr Jimmy Kimmel Live! The star also noted that he probably wouldn't make any jokes about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's relationship during the show — a promise he kept until the end of the ceremony.

Aside from jokes about skincare moguls, this year's Oscars included performances from Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Bad Bunny and more, as well as performances from Billie Eilish with Finneas (who won Best Original Song for ” What Was I Made For?”) , Ryan Gosling, Becky G, Jon Batiste and Scott George and The Osage Singers. Among the winners was Emma Stone, who won best actress PoorCillian Murphy, Best Actor 2024 for Oppenheimer and more.

Watch Kimmel's 2024 Oscars monologue above.