Jimmy Kimmel has been hosting a late-night talk show on ABC for twenty years, but long before Kimmel became the poster boy for the far left, he was already making a name for himself. Shockingly, Kimmel was an actual comedy writer and performer before taking a deep dive into politics. He first gained notoriety starring alongside Adam Carolla on “The Man Show,” which was geared to appeal to blue-collar, middle-class men.
Carolla, who is an outspoken conservative, and Kimmel hosted the hilarious show that featured beer drinking, locker room humor, and girls on trampolines. However, in 2003, Kimmel left The Man Show and used the springboard to land his own show on ABC, “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” The show immediately gained success behind Kimmel and the show’s often unscripted, unpredictable nature.
The show hasn’t actually aired live since 2004 due to its unpredictable nature and some well-placed f-bombs by certain guests. As the network pulled back on Kimmel’s antics, the show started its slow degradation into leftist propaganda, where it has permanently resided since sometime around 2015, which coincides with former President Donald Trump and his victorious trek to the White House in 2016.
Kimmel subsequently has spent time since 2015 insulting conservatives, ranting about Trump, castigating people who weren’t willing to get an experimental vaccine, and generally appearing to become more unhinged by the day. Now, at 56 years old, Kimmel is hinting that his current contract may be his last.
Kimmel recently said in an interview: “I think this is my final contract. I hate to even say it, because everyone’s laughing at me now — each time I think that, and then it turns out to be not the case. I still have a little more than two years left on my contract and that seems pretty good. That seems like enough.”
Two more years could very likely place Kimmel squarely in a second Trump Administration, and that could break the bombastic host mentally as it already has so many on the left. Kimmel is currently preparing to host yet another Academy Awards show. It will be his fourth time hosting the lowly-rated show, and he also thinks it might be his last. He continued: “I did not think I would ever do it again. I did two of them, and they went well — something crazy happened at one of them with a story I’ll have for the rest of my life. I know how much work goes into them, so I thought, ‘Yeah, I don’t necessarily want to do this ever again.’”
Kimmel also reports that he isn’t interested in stand-up or movies after leaving the talk show. He continued: “I love to cook, I love to draw, I imagine myself learning to do sculptures. I know that when I die, if I’m fortunate enough to die on my own terms in my own bed, I’m going to think, ‘Oh, I was never able to get to this, and I was never able to get to that.’ I just know it about myself.”
It’s sad to think what Jimmy Kimmel might have been if not for losing his way during the Trump presidency. His previous work and “every man” persona made him extremely popular with the middle-class, beer-drinking set that the Man Show catered to, but considering his liberal elite behavior of recent years, his broad appeal as an entertainer may be over.
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