We’ve written before at HuffPost UK about how much “seat fillers” ― people who take the seats of temporarily-absent Oscars guests who’ve got up to pee or socialise ― get paid.
And while those people earn exactly zero dollars and naught point nil cents for the role, the same cannot be said of hosting the event.
Jimmy Kimmel, the host of the 2024 Oscars, shared the exact fee for his 2017 and 2018 hosting gig on his show Jimmy Kimmel Live! when chatting with former Oscars host, Wanda Sykes.
He revealed at the time that his pay was $15,000 for the task, which is honestly less than I’d thought.
It’s still 15k!
That’s true ― but as he pointed out in conversation with Wanda, “It sounds like a lot for one night but it’s months of…
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