Jimmy Kimmel said he threatened to quit his late-night show if he was barred from attacking former President Donald Trump — even though his endless barbs cost him at least half his audience.
Kimmel, 54, admitted during a podcast interview that ABC execs “hinted” that he should not“I just said, ‘If that’s what you want to do, I understand and I don’t begrudge you for it — but I’m not going to do that,'” the host“‘If you want someone else to host the show, then that’s fine, that’s OK with me — I’m just not gonna do it like that,'” Kimmel recalled he said.Jimmy Kimmel said he threatened to quit his late-night show if he was barred from attacking former President Donald Trump.
“I have lost half of my fanbase, maybe more,” he said, suggesting that research had shown that before Trump, he was “the mostKimmel admitted his bias against Trump still motivates him, saying he likes his show because “I want to be on the air when Donald Trump goes to jail.”Still, despite the crushing hit to his ratings, Kimmel said the execs backed down and never pushed back.
“They knew I was serious,” he said, insisting he “couldn’t live with myself” if he held back his anger at the 45th commander-in-chief. Kimmel said he refused to give Trump a pass even though the host “lost half of my fanbase, maybe more.”“I want to be on the air when Donald Trump goes to jail,” he said when asked what enjoyment he still gets from hosting “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”Despite the crushing hit to his ratings, Kimmel said the execs backed down and never pushed back.“That flag doesn’t belong to them,” Kimmel said of his anger at Trump and his supporters.
“That flag doesn’t belong to them. And when I see somebody coming in and ruining it, I’m gonna say something about it. That’s it. It’s as simple as that.”
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