Exclusive: How Jimmy Kimmel Pulled Off Surprise Tequila Shots at the Oscars

Here's the tea-quila on Don Julio becoming the first brand integrated into Kimmel's in-show bits

When it comes to viral marketing at the Oscars, Don Julio is taking its shot.

At the 96th Academy Awards Sunday, host Jimmy Kimmel and his right-hand-man, Guillermo Rodriguez, “surprised” Best Actor nominee Colman Domingo with Don Julio margaritas live during the show.

In the bit, which had Kimmel taking a tequila shot on stage, Rodriguez toasted the nominees, calling them by the wrong names and ending with a salute to his “beautiful wife,” a flabbergasted Charlize Theron.

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