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 teed up a clip of Fox News’s Jesse Watters by claiming it is duty to tell jokes about President Trump, “Now, I have been poking fun at POTUS over the past few nights, trying to fulfill my duties as a late-night comedian. It has gotten a lot of reactions from a lot of people on both sides of the aisle. But today I'm really starting to feel like my pal, Jimmy Kimmel, because my monologues caught the attention of the gang over at Fox News.”
In the clip, Watters was shown declaring, “Happy TDS Tuesday. Primetime's second-favorite day of the week. We're raising awareness for one of the most infectious mind viruses sweeping the nation: Trump Derangement Syndrome. [jump cut] Next up to bat: Jelly Roll. They should put a warning label on Ozempic: ‘Side effects could increase risk of TDS, if you notice signs like irritability, depression, trouble sleeping, please see a doctor.’”
Jimmy Kimmel guest host Jelly Roll went after his critics again last night, "Now, I have been poking fun at POTUS over the past few nights, trying to fulfill my duties as a late-night comedian. It's gotten a lot of reactions from a lot of people on both sides of the aisle. But… pic.twitter.com/dYg9aKJdAA
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Jelly Roll didn’t play it, but the part from Monday’s show that Watters labeled TDS was, “Well, Mr. President. From one fat pig to another, take it from me that physical fitness is very important, and trust me, you’ll be happy to see your penis again.”
As for Jelly Roll’s reaction to Watters, he retorted, “Okay, first of all, Jesse. I'll have you know, Ozempic is the only drug I haven't tried. I know it sounds unbelievable, but I lost weight the old-fashioned way. Cocaine! No, seriously, I got in shape before the GLP-1 craze started, and I'm kind of proud of the fact that I did it through diet and exercise. But I also kind of feel like a dude who bought the last horse and buggy day before they started selling cars.”
Getting back to Trump, he added, “By the way, I can't believe out of all the jokes I've told the past few nights, one that really seemed to make people mad about what I said about the president is when I said he was overweight. I thought fat-on-fat crime was okay! I mean, we can debate whether this president is mentally fit. But I think we can all agree he is certainly not physically fit.”
For liberals, Jimmy Kimmel is a free speech hero, and this summer has seen his guest hosts try to win some of that glory for themselves by portraying themselves as victims or attacking their critics whenever they point out that they said something dumb. If Jelly Roll finds it odd, we are talking about the fat jokes we can also talk about the accusation he made that Trump is racist.
Here is a transcript for the August 26 show:
ABC Jimmy Kimmel Live!
8/26/2025
11:38 PM ET
JELLY ROLL: Now, I have been poking fun at POTUS over the past few nights, trying to fulfill my duties as a late-night comedian. It has gotten a lot of reactions from a lot of people on both sides of the aisle. But today I'm really starting to feel like my pal, Jimmy Kimmel, because my monologues caught the attention of the gang over at Fox News.
JESSE WATTERS: Happy TDS Tuesday. Primetime's second-favorite day of the week. We're raising awareness for one of the most infectious mind viruses sweeping the nation: Trump Derangement Syndrome. [jump cut] Next up to bat: Jelly Roll. They should put a warning label on Ozempic: “Side effects could increase risk of TDS, if you notice signs like irritability, depression, trouble sleeping, please see a doctor.”
JELLY ROLL: Okay, first of all, Jesse. I'll have you know, Ozempic is the only drug I haven't tried. I know it sounds unbelievable, but I lost weight the old-fashioned way. Cocaine! No, seriously, I got in shape before the GLP-1 craze started, and I'm kind of proud of the fact that I did it through diet and exercise. But I also kind of feel like a dude who bought the last horse and buggy day before they started selling cars.
By the way, I can't believe out of all the jokes I've told the past few nights, one that really seemed to make people mad about what I said about the president is when I said he was overweight. I thought fat-on-fat crime was okay! I mean, we can debate whether this president is mentally fit. But I think we can all agree he is certainly not physically fit.
