NewsBusters Podcast: Jelly Roll's Tawdry Turn Into Kimmel 'Humor'
Jason DeFord -- the country music singer known as "Jelly Roll" -- guest-hosted Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show this week. He acted upset when people protested the hostile jokes about President Trump, and claimed they should have voted for Kamala Harris is they wanted Harris jokes. That ignores the entire late-night pattern of ritual Trump loathing.
Jelly Roll Continues Attacking Critics: 'Starting To Feel Like' Kimmel
One theme of ABC’s 2026 Jimmy Kimmel Live! summer guest hosts is their desire to portray themselves as some sort of victim whenever someone criticizes them. On Wednesday, Jelly Roll continued his week of going after his critics by claiming, “I'm really starting to feel like my pal, Jimmy Kimmel.”
Jelly Roll: 'Should've Voted For' Harris If You Don't Like Trump Jokes
On Monday, Jimmy Kimmel Live! guest host Jelly Roll called President Trump a racist and told several fat jokes, which naturally led to him being criticized on the internet. On Tuesday, he returned to the ABC show to attack those critics and say if you wanted “jokes about Kamala Harris, you should've voted for her.”
Kimmels, Again, Recall Telling Their Kids Trump Got Them Suspended
ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel and wife/writer/producer Molly McNearney sat down with Armchair Expert podcast hosts Dax Shepard and Monica Padman on Monday. As per tradition, the Kimmel’s used a podcast forum to recall telling their children that Kimmel’s September 2025 suspension was President Trump’s fault, while both also suggested they have a moral imperative to keep going and not retire quite yet as…
Jelly Roll on Trump's Car Race: 'Normally He Only Likes His Own Race'
Singer/rapper Jelly Roll kicked of his week of guest hosting ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! by making sure he would get in the show’s obligatory attacks on President Trump. Reacting to the weekend’s IndyCar race in D.C., Jelly Roll professed that it was odd that Trump was enjoying the race “because normally he only likes his own race.”
POLL RESULTS: Worst Media Quote of the Week Winner!
The results of the Worst Media Quote of the Week are in and the winner is…Joe Scarborough!
Rosie O'Donnell Sings To Trump: 'Why Not Resign'
Rosie O’Donnell closed out her week guest hosting ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Thursday by singing President Trump a song and demanding that he resign. Elsewhere in her monologue, O’Donnell also hyped the idea that she has a non-binary-identifying kid who claims to be neither a girl nor a boy.
POLL: What Was the Worst Media Quote of the Week?
POLL: What Was the Worst Media Quote of the Week?
Rosie O'Donnell Claims Trump Brought Back Fascism
Rosie O’Donnell kicked off her second night of guest hosting ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday, much like she did on Monday, with Kimmel-esque nicknames for President Trump coupled with accusations of fascism while not appreciating the irony of being able to host a show in such an allegedly fascist environment.
Rosie O'Donnell Claims 'Mango Mussolini' Forced Her to Flee to Ireland
Rosie O’Donnell kicked off her week of guest hosting ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! with, even by her standards, a tremendous amount of self-unawareness. In the lead-up to Monday’s show, O’Donnell was clearly relishing in the opportunity to make fun of President Trump, but in her monologue, she claimed that “Mango Mussolini” forced her to flee to Ireland because Trump “hates” her.
Anderson: Who To Believe 'Authoritarian Psychopaths Or The Iranians?'
Anthony Anderson closed out his week of guest hosting ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Thursday by doing his best Kimmel impersonation when talking about the situation with the Strait of Hormuz. According to Anderson, it is difficult to know who to believe, “The authoritarian psychopaths or the Iranians?”
Anderson Hints Trump Only Saved Attractive Aides During Turkey Escape
Jimmy Kimmel Live! guest host Anthony Anderson attacked President Trump on ABC for the second night in a row on Wednesday over his Secret Service-orchestrated escape from Turkey after July’s NATO summit. This time, the bright blue-suited Anderson and sidekick Guillermo Rodriguez falsely suggested that Trump decided to save “the hot one” and leave all of his other aides to their fate on the…
Anderson Anticipates Trump Being in Hell, Calls Turkey Escape 'Dumb'
On Tuesday it was revealed that the Secret Service snuck President Trump out of Turkey using an airport catering truck and a smaller military plane due to Iranian missile threats against the normal Air Force One. Later that night on ABC, Jimmy Kimmel Live! guest host Anthony Anderson called the operation “dumb.”
