ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel attacked critics—specifically Fox News host Laura Ingraham and contributor Raymond Arroyo—on Tuesday who do not think his fart jokes should have led him to winning a Peabody Award. Kimmel had no compelling comeback but did suggest that if they are concerned about undignified behavior, they start with President Trump.
After discussing some of Trump’s recent social media postings, Kimmel declared, “I think Captain Cankle-roo might be upset because our show won a Peabody award on Sunday night. I wasn't going to mention this. Thank you. Because I'm not him, but we won a Peabody on Sunday. And it wasn't a FIFA Peabody. It was a real one.”
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Kimmel then introduced a clip of Ingraham and Arroyo discussing the award by adding, “And while we have received a lot of nice feedback on it, the fact that we got it seems to have upset both the president and his nut-lickers at Fox News.”
In the clip, Arroyo introduced his own clip of Kimmel from June 27, “Jimmy Kimmel accepted, you'll love this, a Peabody Award this weekend. The award's given to those who tell, quote, ‘stories that defend the public interest.’ They granted it to Jimmy Kimmel for moments like this.”
In Arroyo’s clip, Kimmel quipped, “President Donald J. Lowlife had a meeting with his cabinet… They blew so much smoke up his ass, when he farted, it set off the sprinkler system.”
Ingraham reacted by saying, "My kids would write those jokes," while Arroyo similarly lamented, “That's what they give you awards for.”
Kimmel reacted by essentially telling the duo to take their concerns elsewhere, “Sounds like—I don't know. Sounds like a couple of people who never won a Peabody Award, to me. But they're probably right. I mean, jokes like that are undignified. They're not appropriate when discussing, especially, this president of the United States. He's an elegant man who would never stoop so low as to say something crude like that himself.”
What Kimmel didn’t say is that he won the award because the Peabody jurors believe the narrative that Kimmel’s September suspension made him a free speech martyr. So, while Kimmel technically was not honored for telling fart jokes, Arroyo’s concern about the jurors’ inappropriate judgment of what constitutes “stories that defend the public interest” is a valid one. Kimmel’s statement about conservatives responding to left-wing conspiracy theories about Charlie Kirk’s assassin and the left’s unwillingness to acknowledge what Kimmel actually said do not defend the public interest.
Here is a transcript for the June 2 show:
ABC Jimmy Kimmel Live!
6/2/2026
11:45 PM ET
JIMMY KIMMEL: I think Captain Cankle-roo might be upset because our show won a Peabody award on Sunday night. I wasn't going to mention this. Thank you. Because I'm not him, but we won a Peabody on Sunday. And it wasn't a FIFA Peabody. It was a real one. We're honored. This is a prestigious award. And while we have received a lot of nice feedback on it, the fact that we got it seems to have upset both the president and his nut-lickers at Fox News.
RAYMOND ARROYO: Jimmy Kimmel accepted, you'll love this, a Peabody Award this weekend. The award's given to those who tell, quote, “stories that defend the public interest.”
LAURA INGRAHAM: [Laughs]
ARROYO: They granted it to Jimmy Kimmel for moments like this.
KIMMEL [JUNE 27]: President Donald J. Lowlife had a meeting with his cabinet. [jump cut] They blew so much smoke up his ass, when he farted, it set off the sprinkler system.
ARROYO: Oh, my gosh, Laura.
INGRAHAM: That’s my kids' jokes. That’s—my kids would write those jokes.
ARROYO: That's what they give you awards for.
KIMMEL: Sounds like—I don't know. Sounds like a couple of people who never won a Peabody Award, to me. But they're probably right. I mean, jokes like that are undignified. They're not appropriate when discussing, especially, this president of the United States. He's an elegant man who would never stoop so low as to say something crude like that himself.
