Tag Archives: Jimmy Kimmel

The Daily Beast reports: As Jimmy Kimmel explained during his late-night monologue on Monday, he woke up to dozens of text messages over the weekend about a report in Rolling Stone that said while Donald Trump was president he tried to pressure Disney to rein in the host’s jokes at his expense. “In other words, President Karen demanded to speak …

Rolling Stone reports: The then-president, according to two former Trump administration officials, was so upset by Jimmy Kimmel’s comedic jabs that he directed his White House staff to call up one of Disney’s top executives in Washington, D.C., to complain and demand action. (ABC, on which Jimmy Kimmel Live! has long aired, is owned by Disney.) In at least two …

The Hill reports: “Can’t you issue an executive order?” Jimmy Kimmel asked the president during Biden’s appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. “Trump passed those out like Halloween candy,” Kimmel added. “I have issued executive orders within the power of the presidency to be able to deal with everything having to do with guns, gun ownership, whether or not you have …

Mediaite reports: Jimmy Kimmel called out Donald Trump Jr. for boasting that items on his website were “Designed and embroidered in the USA” when they were actually made in China. “The hypocrisy, they don’t even try to hide it anymore,” Kimmel said on Thursday night. The host then pulled up an image of an “FJB,” a.k.a “F*ck Joe Biden,” hat …

“I have the weirdest life. I really do. Once again, I find myself in the middle of a brouhaha, as I appear to have run afoul of probably the worst woman in American politics. “Marjorie Taylor Greene, the congressperson from the 14th District of Georgia, is unhappy. She’s specifically unhappy with me. She called the police and reported this. “Not …

The Insider reports: On Wednesday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia tweeted that she reported comedian Jimmy Kimmel to the Capitol police, appearing to call one of the host’s jokes about her a “threat of violence.” On Tuesday, Kimmel had cracked the joke while on his show “Jimmy Kimmel Live”. The host mocked Greene for calling three GOP senators — …

Mediaite reports: Jimmy Kimmel mocked Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) following reports that police were called to a Montana airport after the senator became “frustrated” for missing his flight. “Apparently, he missed his flight and demanded to speak to the manager of the airport about a dozen times, to the point where they had to call in security.” The host went …

Mediaite reports: Jimmy Kimmel went after Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) for skipping President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address because he didn’t want to take the required Covid-19 test ahead of the speech. Explaining himself to HuffPost reporter Igor Bobic, Rubio claimed that he simply did not have time to take a test ahead of the speech, adding that …

“The only reason you’re somewhat safe now is that other people got the shot. You’re the person who heads for the bathroom when the check comes at the restaurant. You’re the lady who takes home the centerpieces from a wedding you weren’t invited to. You’re the guy who brings five napkins to a potluck dinner. That’s you. You don’t think …

The Hollywood Reporter reports: The controversial executive, who has been banned from Twitter and is currently being sued for pushing wild conspiracy theories and disinformation that the 2020 election was rigged, began his interview with host Jimmy Kimmel talking about the coronavirus and whether or not Lindell had been vaccinated, to which he confirmed that he hasn’t. The late-night host …

The Hill reports: My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell will appear on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” next week, the late night host announced on the show Wednesday. “Hey Siri, set a reminder,” Kimmel quipped, “Next Wednesday night, we will be visited in studio by the My Pillow man himself, Mike Lindell.” After announcing the interview, Kimmel played a clip of Lindell talking …

ABC News reports: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday night on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” that President Donald Trump actually wants to be impeached because he believes the Republican-controlled Senate would bail him out. “I think the president wants us to impeach him,” the California Democrat told Jimmy Kimmel. “He knows it’s not a good idea to be impeached, but the …

Politico reports: President Trump ramped up his criticism of late-night talk show hosts early Thursday, lauding the late NBC “Tonight Show” host Johnny Carson and declaring Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon will be unemployed after he finishes a second term. Trump often lashes out at the late-night programs. At a campaign rally last June, he mocked each late-night …

The Week reports: Kimmel said he had no idea why they allowed cameras in to capture the Kanye-Trump Oval Office sit-down, “because not only was this a crazy conversation for this White House, this is the kind of conversation that would typically be held between people wearing hospital bracelets.” He played part of West’s monologue, annotated with Trump thought bubbles. …

Mashable reports: “What we do here in Hollywood when we have a bad idea? We make a major motion picture out of it,” Kimmel joked, before playing the trailer. The film focuses on a family driving through a city, when the parents begin to receive alerts for what they assume are Trump’s tweets coming to their cell phones. But after …

From the Hollywood Reporter: Stormy Daniels had a decidedly less coy appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Tuesday night than previously. Daniels said she met with Trump in a hotel room where he answered the door in silky pajamas. “I’m pretty sure I thought he was channeling Hugh Hefner,” said Daniels. “Significantly less sexy.” Of the detail that Daniels spanked Trump …

Newsweek reports: Jimmy Kimmel took aim at Donald Trump Jr. on Thursday night, branding him a “dull-witted human canker sore,” after the president’s son tweeted “a number of idiotic comments” during Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony. “I agree, you’re not a psychology professor,” Kimmel said on Jimmy Kimmel Live. “You are a dull-witted human canker sore who shoots baby hippos out …

NBC News reports: Rapper Kanye West isn’t known for holding his tongue, but at one point in a meandering interview on TV’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” Thursday, one question brought silence. Kimmel, a near nightly critic of President Donald Trump, hammered the performer over his support for Trump, whom West once described in a tweet as “my brother.” Kimmel asked, “I …

“Well, I guess that settles it. There you go. If you’re wondering whether or not Vladimir Putin has an incriminating video of Donald Trump, we now know beyond a treasonable doubt he does. This wasn’t a good day for Donald Trump. We haven’t seen an American so owned by a Russian since Rocky IV. Putin’s just having fun with this …

The Week reports: On Monday’s Kimmel Live, Jimmy Kimmel hosted a “Make America Grate Again Spelling Bee,” inviting on three spelling bee champions from the Los Angeles area, one each from fourth, fifth, and sixth grade. “You’re all familiar with spelling bees, but this is not an ordinary spelling bee,” Kimmel told the young contestants. “This spelling bee is presidential, …