Hayley Joel Osment, who parodied JD Vance, called him “the funniest thing you'll see all day”

Hayley Joel Osment has been praised for parodying Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance, with some people claiming the actor should win an Emmy.

Osment, who recently revealed that he maintained a close friendship with Bruce Willis after filming was completed The sixth senseplayed Vance in a sketch for Jimmy Kimmel Live.

The boys And What we do in the shadows The now 36-year-old actor mimicked the Ohio senator's infamous trip to a bakery in Georgia, where he awkwardly attempted small talk while ordering donuts, which he later admitted was “terrible.”

In the Wednesday edition of Jimmy Kimmel Livethe moment was revived when Kimmel explained that the skit was a new advertising campaign for Vance in which he “makes his donut shopping a top priority.”

“Hello. I'm Ohio Senator JD Vance,” Osment begins. “The mainstream media? They want you to think I'm weird. They call me 'creepy', 'disgusting', 'awkward' and that I give people something called “ick.” They want you to think I can’t order a plain donut.

The scene then exaggerates Vance's interaction with the store clerk. After Osment tells her to “hold back the pickles” when ordering his donuts, he smashes the glass on the counter to grab one of the treats.

He then tries to talk to other customers in the store by asking a man, “How long have you been Black?” and is then told by a pregnant woman and her son, “Please get away from us.”

Osment's version of Vance has since gone viral on X/Twitter, where it has been viewed more than 10 million times. Viewers were full of praise for the actor, with one person writing: “Haley Joel Osment should win an Emmy for his portrayal of JD Vance trying to buy a donut.”

Another said: “Haley Joel Osment as JD Vance is the funniest thing you'll see all day.”

A third person asked, “Can Haley Joel Osment please do one of these every day?” Because this is outstanding trolling.”

This came after Vance was mocked for his largely measured and prepared performance at Tuesday's vice presidential debate with Tim Walz.

One line of contention that people enjoyed was when Vance championed his and Donald Trump's desire to “bring back American manufacturing” and “do more of our own stuff” while attacking Biden and Harris, who he said were “our “The production base would have been shipped to China”.

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Vance, who has ties to Silicon Valley, likes to position himself as some kind of job creator, but his promises have been ridiculed, particularly by film fans.

Comedian Samantha Ruddy wrote on