Jimmy Kimmel

Kimmel Hires Drag Queen To Speculate About Cruz's Nipples To Children
ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel reignited his long-running feud with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz on Thursday as he hired Trixie Mattel of RuPaul’s Drag Race to read portions of Cruz’s new book, Unwoke: How to Defeat Cultural Marxism in America, to children and to speculate about the senator’s nipples.

Obama Aides Tell Kimmel GOP 'Doesn't Care If We Live Or Die'
ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel welcomed the cast of Pod Save America to his Tuesday show where the trio of former Obama aides urged the audience to devote themselves to progressive causes, Democratic Party activism, and to buy their new book Democracy or Else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps which won’t release for another seven months. Speechwriter Jon Lovett admitted he wasn’t thrilled…

Silverman, Kimmel Mock Johnson For Using Porn Accountability Software
Sarah Silverman returned to Comedy Central for round two of temp hosting The Daily Show on Monday and spent the majority of the program attacking Speaker Mike Johnson, including for putting porn accountability software on his and his son’s phones. Meanwhile, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel did the same, labeling it “strange.”

Late Night Smears Johnson An 'Anti-Gay, Anti-Choice' 'D*ck'
The late night comedians welcomed Mike Johnson to the Speakership on their Wednesday shows by not just by noting his generic name, but also labeling him “anti-gay, anti-choice, pro-conspiracy” “dick” who Republicans selected to “bore everyone into forgetting how extreme he is.”

Late Night Loves Trump and Santos Jokes, But Not Biden and Menendez
In the first three weeks after the writers’ strike, the late night joke tellers picked right back up where they left off: telling Trump jokes at the expense of almost everything else, including comedy gold mines in Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez’s corruption scandal and Rep. Jamaal Bowman pulling a Congressional fire alarm, a NewsBusters study has found. At the same time, jokes about Republican…

Kimmel Compares Trump, Cruz to STDs, Speculates About Cruz's Sex Life
ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel returned to attacking his old nemesis, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, on Thursday’s show as he compared Cruz and former President Trump to STDs while also speculating on the former’s sex life.

Kimmel Mocks Scalise For Not Embracing Gun Control After Getting Shot
During his opening monologue on Wednesday, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel took time to recap the House GOP’s decision to nominate Rep. Steve Scalise to be Speaker of the House. As part of these developments, Kimmel profiled Scalise whom he attacked for not embracing gun control despite almost being assassinated.

Kimmel, Schwarzenegger Promote Leftism To Justify Remaining in GOP
For his first post-Writers’ Strike guest, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel welcomed Arnold Schwarzenegger to discuss his favorite topic: Donald Trump’s weight. Schwarzenegger would also insist that he is still a Republican by offering up left-wing causes such as climate activism and “universal health care” as reasons why.

'Almost Crossed The Picket Line,' Comedy Hosts Cheer Trump Indictments
The men of late night returned from the writers’ strike on Monday and other than CBS’s Stephen Colbert no longer censoring Donald Trump’s name, not much changed as the hosts were eager to get back to their Trump jokes.

O'Brien: Trump And Liberal Reaction To Him 'Hurt Comedy'
As the late night comedy shows remain on strike, former late night host Conan O’Brien joined Kara Swisher of New York Magazine on her podcast to discuss the future of the format. During their long discussion, O’Brien argued that Trump and the angry reaction to him from current comedy hosts “hurt comedy.”

Kimmel Mourns Not Being on Air to Mock Trump's Weight, Indictments
The late night comedy shows may be on strike which means they’ve had to go four months without offering up their hot takes on the news which they sought the remedy on the Thursday’s edition of their Strike Force Five podcast. When asked which news story he regrets not being able to cover, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel naturally chose Donald Trump.

Good Riddance: 95% of Late Night ‘Comedy’ Show Guests Are Liberals
With the Writers Guild of America going on strike, it is likely that America has seen the last of the first half of 2023’s late night comedy shows. Whether America wants them to return is another question as 95 percent of their guests were liberal, a NewsBusters study has documented.

Late Night Responds To Carlson, Lemon With 16x As Many Carlson Jokes
The Monday news media news surrounding Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon provided the late night comedy shows a golden opportunity to show they aren’t just liberal partisans. However, they would fail this test as individual jokes about Carlson outnumbered jokes about Lemon 32-to-2 with five additional jokes about both men.