Al Pacino wasn’t the only one who went off script during Sunday night’s Academy Awards. According to Jimmy Kimmel, he was discouraged from reading Donald Trump’s social media posts about his monologue live on-air, a bit that became a highlight from the awards show.
Kimmel said the show was running short so he was told he could add a bit. He opted to read Trump’s post from the stage.
“They’re like, ‘You’ve got a little bit of time’ and I was like, ‘I’m reading the Trump tweet,’ and they’re like, ‘No, no, don’t read that,’” Kimmel said during an interview with Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos that aired Monday morning.