Eagle-eyed Banshees of Inisherin followers may need puzzled if the donkey Jimmy Kimmel introduced onstage throughout the 2023 Oscars was certainly Jenny, the miniature donkey, from the Academy Award-nominated Searchlight movie.
Whereas a Searchlight supply confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter Sunday night time that the animal was not the fan-favorite creature from the Banshees of Inisherin, the id of Kimmel’s emotional help animal initially remained unknown.
On Monday’s Jimmy Kimmel Reside!, the host confirmed that the animal “wasn’t Jenny.”
“It wasn’t even a feminine donkey,” he added. “The donkey’s identify is Dominic. It was a male donkey.”
Past that, Kimmel revealed that his animal wasn’t even from Eire, the place Banshees was filmed and Jenny is alleged to be spending her early retirement. As a substitute, he was an area donkey.
“We didn’t assume it was a good suggestion to fly a donkey over from Eire, so we employed an L.A. donkey,” Kimmel mentioned, earlier than joking of the Hollywood animal. “Perhaps you seen the lip fillers and the implants.”
And he apologized for deceptive the viewers.
“To anyone who’s upset that they didn’t get to see the bonafide donkey, we’re very sorry,” Kimmel mentioned. “I need to apologize on behalf of the Academy. It’ll by no means occur once more, I promise you.”
Certainly, the actual Jenny’s whereabouts, as THR just lately found, are “a carefully guarded secret.” After filming wrapped on Banshees, Martin McDonagh’s darkish comedy starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, which was nominated for, however misplaced, 9 Oscars, producers paid for Jenny to have an early retirement, with McDonagh telling THR, “We simply didn’t need her to be doing any shit movies.”
But, as THR was unsuccessful in efforts to trace her down, it appears Jenny is now being saved out of the highlight
“We simply need her to take pleasure in her retirement in peace,” an exec beforehand advised THR.
One other animal thriller across the 2023 Oscars concerned questioning who was within the go well with of the Cocaine Bear who introduced with Elizabeth Banks.
On Monday’s Jimmy Kimmel Reside!, the host recapped some Twitter guesses: Gary Oldman, Jessica Chastain and Timothée Chalamet.
It was “none of these folks,” he mentioned.
“It was a star, that’s appropriate,” Kimmel mentioned, amid a drumroll.
He then mentioned, “That superstar was DJ Jazzy Jeff,” sharing what seemed like a Photoshopped picture of Will Smith’s musical companion in a bear go well with backstage.
He continued, because the viewers laughed, “And that’s not a lie. That’s completely true and I would love everybody to report that.”
A rep for Jimmy Kimmel Reside! has not but responded to THR‘s request for touch upon who was contained in the bear go well with.
