Jimmy Kimmel makes dig about fighting Irish during opening speech at Oscars

Jimmy Kimmel kicked off the ceremony for the 96th Oscars, taking up hosting duties for the third time and within his opening speech has poked fun at both Ireland and Will Smith.

The award show opened with a montage of films from 2022, as well as the host cut into a Tom Cruise scene.

In his opening speech, Kimmel congratulated the first-time nominees at the award show, including Brendan Fraser.