Highlights
- Angelina Jolie shut down Jay Leno’s inappropriate jokes about her and her brother on The Tonight Show.
- Jolie handed Leno a paper with his jokes and called him out on the ones that upset her and her family.
- Despite the scandal surrounding their Oscars kiss, Jolie and her brother remained close and supportive of each other.
While the Oscars solidly cemented its place as one of the prestigious and most-anticipated events of the year, it gained quite a reputation for birthing some of the most eye-popping pop-culture moments. Long before Will Smith’s Oscars slap rocked the industry, Angelina Jolie’s infamous Oscars kiss with her brother, James Haven, had tongues wagging. The Salt actress caused quite a sensation in Hollywood with that peculiar show of affection. Jolie and Haven’s kiss was fodder for tabloids and the butt of jokes for comedians.
Jay Leno was one of the comedians who had a field day making some burning jokes about the Oscars kiss. However, Angelina Jolie did not let it slide months later when she appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. The memorable episode quickly turned uncomfortable for the host, as the Maleficent actress doubled down on his inappropriate jokes about her and her brother. Here’s a look back at the moment Jolie coolly read Leno for filth on camera.
What Happened Between Angelina Jolie And Jay Leno On The Tonight Show?
Three months after being presented with the Best Supporting Actress accolade at the 2000 Academy Awards, Angelina Jolie joined Jay Leno on The Tonight Show. In a resurfaced clip, the old-time episode started with Jolie getting comfortable on the plush late-night couch. The movie star looked chic in an all-white outfit, which she rocked with a pair of black boots.
In his usual conversational tone, Leno joked about wearing a Billy Thorton tattoo. For context, the Eternal actress and Thorton had just gotten married at the time. Leno continued by mentioning that there were rumors Jolie and her spouse were angry at him for making some jokes about them.
The TV anchor then asked the Lara Croft star if the rumors were true. As if on cue, Angelina Jolie calmly proceeded to give him a piece of her mind. Jay Leno hosted The Tonight Show for 22 years, and in those decades, he faced several heated moments. One such was when David Letterman verbally slammed him over his drama with Conan O’Brien.
Jolie was a bit laid-back about the exchange. Nonetheless, she displayed the full extent of her disapproval. Per BuzzFeed, the Grammy winner revealed that she checked out the jokes after hearing that they were awful. However, after checking them, the star actress felt they were “too stupid to be angry about.” While the audience erupted in laughter and applause, Jay Leno agreed that the jokes were stupid. However, Angelina Jolie was far from done. She added:
“I’ve been waiting for this. When somebody says stuff about your family, it’s just not OK. And my mom’s just not been OK about the stuff about me and my brother…”
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The Come Away actress pulled out a piece of paper where she wrote some of Jay Leno’s inappropriate jokes and handed it over to him. While asking him to read out the content, Angelina Jolie told the wealthiest late-night host that she highlighted two of the jokes that made her mom “sick.” Leno obliged as he read one of his jokes, which was drawn from the 2000 epic action movie Gladiator.
At this point, he became squirmish but went on to share the next joke. He read out, “Y’know how Billy Bob knew Angelina was attracted to him? Because she said he was like a brother to her,” There was a brief pause before he asked the actress if the jokes were terrible. Jolie replied:
“They’re not terrible. I actually didn’t highlight the ones that were so terrible. I didn’t want my mom to hear them again.”
The Jay Leno’s Garage star tried defending himself by implying that he was not the only one who made jokes about the Oscars kiss, but Angelina Jolie intercepted him. The Original Sin actress sarcastically said, “It’s good of you to jump in with everybody else…” Throughout the exchange, the TV star tried redeeming himself by even mentioning a Matthew Perry accident that happened at the time.
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He referred to the accident as a “stupid car accident” while ironically stating that if it was associated with alcoholism, he would not have made the joke. Jay Leno then asked Angelina Jolie if Billy Thorton was angry at him, but she replied, ‘We’ve got other things we are honestly doing at home than talking about you.”
James Haven’s public profile per Celebrity Net Worth:
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James Haven |
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Birthdate |
May 11, 1973 |
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Profession |
Actor, film producer |
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Acting Career |
1998 – 2013 |
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Net Worth |
$2 million |
Did Angelina Jolie Address The Issue Of Her And Brother’s Oscars Kiss?
Jay Leno’s unacceptable jokes about the Kung Fu Panda actress and her brother were in reference to their shocking kiss during the Vanity Fair after-party in 2000. Jolie won the Best Supporting Actress award for her performance in Girl, Interrupted that night. While delivering her acceptance speech, the then-24-year-old Hollywood star gushed over her brother, James Haven, and the love they shared. She said about him:
“I’m in shock, and I’m so in love with my brother right now. he just held me and said he loved me, and I know he’s so happy for me. And um, thank you for that.”
During the after-party festivities, Angelina Jolie and James Haven posed for photographs. For a split second, the siblings also locked lips. This would go on to change the trajectory of Jolie’s Oscars victory as it made headlines and was considered a scandal in the pop culture space.
In June 2000, Jolie addressed their Oscars kiss in an Entertainment Weekly interview. The A-lister, with scores of high-grossing movies, made it known that while it caused an uproar in the industry, her parents were pleased. Angelina Jolie stated, “My parents really loved that moment, and that’s what will always matter.”
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Several years later, James Haven was questioned about their Oscars kiss in an interview with DailyMail. The Monster’s Ball actor set the records straight as he told the publication:
“I did not give Angie a French kiss. It was something simple and lovely… I congratulated her on the Oscar win and gave her a quick kiss on the lips. It was snapped and became a big thing.”
It is safe to say that despite the uproar amid the siblings’ Oscars drama, the issue did not drive a wedge in their relationship. The pair remained close over the years. James Haven, who is Angelina Jolie’s older brother, was protective of her during her messy divorce from Brad Pitt.
Source: NewsFinale
