--- description: Jimmy Kimmel gently roasted Meryl Streep at the 2017 Oscars, introducing her as "the highly overrated Meryl Streep, everyone." title: Watch Jimmy Kimmel Roast 'the Highly Overrated' Meryl Streep image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt298e08c57a51a763/6988bc042dce017fdb9ec6b9/streep.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [awards](/tag/awards/) ## awards Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Jimmy Kimmel Roasted 'the Highly Overrated' Meryl Streep at the Oscars  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Feb 27, 2017 2:04 AM CUT  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Feb 27, 2017 2:04 AM CUT At Sunday night’s [Oscars ceremony](http://time.com/4680083/oscars-2017-winners-list/ "undefined"), host [Jimmy Kimmel](http://time.com/4652500/oscars-2017-jimmy-kimmel-predictions/ "undefined") participated in the age-old tradition of lovingly mocking Hollywood treasure Meryl Streep for being such a Hollywood treasure. But the speech carried extra weight this year: Kimmel’s roast unsubtly referenced President Trump’s tweet, after Streep’s [political Golden Globes speech](http://time.com/4628378/golden-globes-2017-donald-trump-meryl-streep/ "undefined"), that the actor is “overrated.” “Meryl Streep has phoned it in for more than 50 films over her lackluster career,” [Kimmel](http://time.com/4683230/oscars-2017-jimmy-kimmel-matt-damon-feud/ "undefined") joked, before asking the Best Actress nominee to stand up so the audience could “join me in giving Meryl Streep a totally undeserved round of applause.” He capped off the gag by asking her if she was wearing a dress from Ivanka Trump’s line, and Streep, as she always does, smiled graciously and basked humbly in the feeling of unanimous adulation. > [](https://twitter.com/THR/status/836030313356615681) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4683283/oscars-2017-jimmy-kimmel-meryl-streep/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4683283/oscars-2017-jimmy-kimmel-meryl-streep/"},"headline":"Jimmy Kimmel Roasted 'the Highly Overrated' Meryl Streep at the Oscars","datePublished":"2017-02-27T02:04:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:56:52.862Z","description":"Jimmy Kimmel gently roasted Meryl Streep at the 2017 Oscars, introducing her as \"the highly overrated Meryl Streep, everyone.\"","url":"https://time.com/4683283/oscars-2017-jimmy-kimmel-meryl-streep/","keywords":["awards","meryl streep","Oscars 2017"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt298e08c57a51a763/6988bc042dce017fdb9ec6b9/streep.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliza Berman","jobTitle":"Berman is a senior editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt298e08c57a51a763/6988bc042dce017fdb9ec6b9/streep.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"89th Academy Awards - Oscars Awards Show","caption":"Meryl Streep reacts at the Oscars, on Feb. 26, 2017 in Hollywood, Calif.","creditText":"Lucy Nicholson—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/awards/","name":"awards"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4683283/oscars-2017-jimmy-kimmel-meryl-streep/","name":"Jimmy Kimmel Roasted 'the Highly Overrated' Meryl Streep at the Oscars"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"Jimmy Kimmel gently roasted Meryl Streep at the 2017 Oscars, introducing her as \"the highly overrated Meryl Streep, everyone.\"","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fKodeUO6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-06-23T15:00:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4683283/oscars-2017-jimmy-kimmel-meryl-streep/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4683283/oscars-2017-jimmy-kimmel-meryl-streep/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```