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Oscars viewers hit out at ‘eating disorder’ joke within first few minutes of ceremony

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Updated 00:03 11 Mar 2024 GMTPublished 23:16 10 Mar 2024 GMT

Oscars viewers hit out at ‘eating disorder’ joke within first few minutes of ceremony

One joke in and people have already criticised The Oscars

Joe Harker

Joe Harker

Viewers of this year's Oscars have criticised the ceremony for the opening joke from host Jimmy Kimmel.

He started the ceremony with a skit where he pretended to be in the movie Barbie as she sits on a bench and weeps, but some viewers are not happy that one of the first things out of the host's mouth was a joke some think makes light of eating disorders.

After Robbie's Barbie tells him he's beautiful, he quips that he hasn't eaten for three weeks, a joke which didn't go down well with some.

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"Literally the FIRST joke of the Oscars is about having an eating disorder. Like come the f**k on," one wrote of Kimmel's opening joke.

"Not Jimmy Kimmel starting the Oscar’s with a disordered eating joke," another tweeted of their distaste at the first joke of this year's Oscars.

Plenty weren't impressed by his opening joke.
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Others criticised the performance for replacing a moment in Barbie where someone's beauty is seen with a joke about an eating disorder.

One viewer called the move 'f**king stupid and I hated it', while another sarcastically quipped 'awesome' at the beginning of Kimmel's opening skit.

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Plenty more were just really confused why these jokes were being used to open the show.

With the 96th Academy Awards just beginning, here are the winners so far, along with all the nominations:


Best supporting actress

Emily Blunt - Oppenheimer

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Danielle Brooks - The Color Purple

America Ferrera - Barbie

Jodie Foster - Nyad

Da'Vine Joy Randolph - The Holdovers - WINNER


Best animated short

Letter to a Pig

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Ninety-Five Senses

Our Uniform

Pachyderme

War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko - WINNER


Best animated feature

The Boy and the Heron - WINNER

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Elemental

Nimona

Robot Dreams

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse


Best original screenplay

Anatomy of a Fall - WINNER

The Holdovers

Maestro

May December

Past Lives


Best adapted screenplay

American Fiction - WINNER

Barbie

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

The Zone of Interest


Best documentary short

The ABCs of Book Banning

The Barber of Little Rock

Island In Between

The Last Repair Shop

Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó


Best live action short

The After

Invincible

Knight of Fortune

Red, White and Blue

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar


Best visual effects

The Creator

Godzilla Minus One

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Napoleon


Best cinematography

El Conde

Killers of the Flower Moon

Maestro

Oppenheimer

Poor Things


Best film editing

Anatomy of a Fall

The Holdovers

Killers of the Flower Moon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things


Best sound

The Creator

Maestro

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Oppenheimer

The Zone of Interest


Best production design

Barbie

Killers of the Flower Moon

Napoleon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things


Best make-up and hairstyling

Golda

Maestro

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

Society of the Snow


Best costume design

Barbie

Killers of the Flower Moon

Napoleon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things


Best documentary feature

Bobi Wine: The People's President

The Eternal Memory

Four Daughters

To Kill a Tiger

20 Days in Mariupol


Best international feature

Io Capitano

Perfect Days

Society of the Snow

The Teachers' Lounge

The Zone of Interest


Best original score

American Fiction

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Killers of the Flower Moon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things


Best original song

'The Fire Inside' - Flamin' Hot (Diane Warren)

'I'm Just Ken' - Barbie (Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt)

'It Never Went Away' - American Symphony (Jon Batiste, Dan Wilson)

'Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)' - Killers of the Flower Moon (Scott George)

'What Was I Made For?' - Barbie (Billie Eilish, Finneas O'Connell)


Best director

Anatomy of a Fall - Justine Triet

Killers of the Flower Moon - Martin Scorsese

Oppenheimer - Christopher Nolan

Poor Things - Yorgos Lanthimos

The Zone of Interest - Jonathan Glazer


Best supporting actor

Sterling K Brown - American Fiction

Robert De Niro - Killers of the Flower Moon

Robert Downey Jr - Oppenheimer

Ryan Gosling - Barbie

Mark Ruffalo - Poor Things


Best actor

Bradley Cooper - Maestro

Colman Domingo - Rustin

Paul Giamatti - The Holdovers

Cillian Murphy - Oppenheimer

Jeffrey Wright - American Fiction


Best actress

Annette Bening - Nyad

Lily Gladstone - Killers of the Flower Moon

Sandra Huller - Anatomy of a Fall

Carey Mulligan - Maestro

Emma Stone - Poor Things


Best picture

American Fiction

Anatomy of a Fall

Barbie

The Holdovers

Killers of the Flower Moon

Maestro

Oppenheimer

Past Lives

Poor Things

The Zone of Interest


Featured Image Credit: ABC

Topics: Oscars, TV and Film, Jimmy Kimmel

Joe Harker
Joe Harker

Joe graduated from the University of Salford with a degree in Journalism and worked for Reach before joining the LADbible Group. When not writing he enjoys the nerdier things in life like painting wargaming miniatures and chatting with other nerds on the internet. He's also spent a few years coaching fencing. Contact him via [email protected]

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