Jimmy Kimmel, ‘Cocaine Bear’ make Malala Yousafzai uncomfortable at 2023 Oscars

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2023 Academy Awards.Kimmel approached Yousafzai, 25, during the telecast to ask her very pressing question from a fan named Joanne.“She asked, your work on human rights and education for women and children is an inspiration–as the youngest nobel prize winner in history, do you think Harry Styles spit on Chris Pine?” Kimmel asked her.The question was referring to the rumors of a fight between the two actors on the set of “Don’t Worry Darling.”In response, Yousafzai, who seemed uneasy, said, “I only talk about peace.”Things got even more uncomfortable for Yousafzai when presenters brought out the real-life “Cocaine Bear,” someone in a bear suit from Elizabeth Banks’ film, and as it paraded down the aisles, it strangely pestered the activist.

Kimmel had to tell the bear leave to Yousafzai alone. “Cocaine bear, leave Malala alone!” he said, as she looked uncomfortable in her seat.Jimmy Kimmel asks Malala Yousafzai a viewer question: “As the youngest Nobel Prize winner in history, I was wondering, do you think Harry Styles spit on Chris Pine?”“I only talk about peace.” #Oscars#Oscars95https://t.co/WIrxh3VWwo pic.twitter.com/ZeeOvympBtShe responded to the moment on Twitter, re-tweeting the clip from ABC, and writing in the caption, “Treat people with kindness ✌️.”On Twitter, many were angered by the moment and the question that was asked of the activist, who was shot at age 15 in 2012 for her opposition to the Taliban’s restrictions on female education when she lived in Pakistan.She was the youngest person to be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 when she was only 17 years old.“I actually thought Jimmy was about to ask Malala Yousafzai a serious question and then he asked her a stupid one!” one viewer tweeted. “What a stupid.