Jimmy Kimmel Reveals His Previous Oscars Hosting Salary

Jimmy Kimmel welcomed Wanda Sykes on his talk show this week to speak about her Academy Awards hosting gig.

If you don’t know, Wanda will be co-hosting with Amy Schumer and Regina Hall this coming Sunday (March 27).

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Wanda spoke about becoming one of the hosts. She commented, “out of all the jobs that I have, this one is actually gonna cost me money.”

Jimmy then asked how much money she’s making for the gig.

Wanda responded, “Like scale, probably,” to which Jimmy responded, “It’s less than that.”

If you don’t know, Jimmy previously hosted the show in 2017 and 2018.

Jimmy then revealed when he was host, ABC paid him $15,000.