{"id":15555,"date":"2025-10-02T20:40:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T20:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=15555"},"modified":"2025-10-02T20:40:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T20:40:22","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-hosted-just-one-right-leaning-guest-in-past-four-years-and-it-came-with-a-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=15555","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel hosted just one right-leaning guest in past four years \u2014 and it came with a condition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Embattled late night funnyman Jimmy Kimmelhosted just one Republican guest on his ratings-challenged talk show over the past four years \u2014 while making sure nearly all his jokes landed at the expense of conservatives, a new study found.<\/p>\n

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Before being \u201cindefinitely\u201d\u00a0yanked off his \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d this week\u00a0after making a false claim that conservative activist Charlie Kirk\u2019s alleged assassin was a MAGA supporter, Kimmel, 57, welcomed 13 left-leaning guests this year \u2014 and no Republicans, media watchdog NewsBusters found.<\/p>\n

The portion of Kimmel\u2019s jokes and gags targeting conservatives surged \u2014 from 88% in 2023 to 97% this year, the group found.<\/p>\n

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Jimmy Kimmel hosted just one Republican guest on his talk show over the past four years.\u00a0ABC via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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He made 1,128 jokes targeted at President Donald Trump in 2025, far more than anyone else.<\/p>\n

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His next two favorite targets: Trump\u2019s former adviser Elon Musk and War Secretary Pete Hegseth, who he slammed 154 and 71 times, respectively.<\/p>\n

By comparison, gaffe-prone former President Joe Biden led all Dems in Kimmel goofs \u2014 but somehow managed to be a punchline only 26 times, the group found.<\/p>\n

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Trump\u2019s former adviser, Elon Musk, and War Secretary Pete Hegseth were some of the main focuses of Kimmel\u2019s jokes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Since returning from summer vacation Sept. 2, Kimmel has spent roughly 90 minutes of monologue time over nine episodes\u00a0railing against Trump,\u00a0a Post review of his monologues found.<\/p>\n

Kimmel, who has hosted the ABC show since 2003, \u201chas become a shill for the left and a persistent source of boring unfunny narratives. People I know who have interacted with him also say he\u2019s a jerkoff,\u201d Trump\u2019s longtime political adviser Roger Stone told The Post.<\/p>\n

\u201cKimmel\u2019s greatest crime was that he wasn\u2019t funny, and that his rhetoric often veered into the hateful . . . He won\u2019t be missed,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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\u201cKimmel\u2019s greatest crime was that he wasn\u2019t funny, and that his rhetoric often veered into the hateful . . . He won\u2019t be missed,\u201d Trump\u2019s longtime political adviser, Roger Stone, told The Post.\u00a0London Entertainment for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kimmel\u2019s lone GOP guest in four years claimed he had to agree to humiliate himself to get air time.<\/p>\n

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, Trump\u2019s longtime pal and a major Republican donor, appeared on JKL in 2023, but only after agreeing to spend the entire interview inside an arcade claw-machine game because he wasn\u2019t vaccinated. Kimmel, however, said he\u00a0insisted Lindell be in the claw machine \u201cbecause it\u2019s hilarious.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOf all the colorful unhinged characters who\u2019ve come to prominence in the political era of Donald Trump, our next guest is probably the most enthusiastic,\u201d Kimmel said on the Jan. 31, 2023 episode.<\/p>\n

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Mike Lindell, Trump\u2019s longtime pal and donor, appeared on the show in 2023, but only after agreeing to spend the entire interview inside a claw machine because he wasn\u2019t vaccinated.\u00a0ABC via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cTo help him conquer his debilitating fear of machines we have installed him inside a claw machine for his interview tonight,\u201d he said, referring to\u00a0Lindell\u2019s claims about voting-machine fraud\u00a0in the 2020 election.<\/p>\n

A former Kimmel staffer tried to defend the program by rattling off prominent GOPers who have been on \u2013 Sens. Ted Cruz, John McCain, Mitt Romney and Bill Cassidy.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh and your king Donald Trump was a guest on Kimmel,\u201d\u00a0said Blaire Erskine, a writer from 2021 to 2024, on X.<\/p>\n

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But\u00a0Trump\u2019s appearance\u00a0was 10 years ago.<\/p>\n

Cassidy, the most recent guest,\u00a0came on in 2017, and was slammed for the GOP\u2019s health care bill.<\/p>\n

Former NYC Council Minority Leader Joe Borelli (R-Staten Island) said the NewsBusters data prove without a doubt Kimmel is a \u201cliberal hack\u201d who was \u201ca lot funnier fat.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cKimmel decided to be a whiny pompous liberal who, as his ratings show, clearly turned off even the most passive viewer who once tuned in as background noise while scrolling Etsy in bed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d\u00a0fell to just 1.1 million viewers\u00a0in August 2025, nearly halved from January\u2019s 1.95 million, and trailing behind all of his late-night peers, monthly Nielsen figures show.\u00a0Jimmy Kimmel Live<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d\u00a0fell to just 1.1 million viewers\u00a0in August 2025, nearly halved from January\u2019s 1.95 million, and trailing behind all of his late-night peers, monthly Nielsen figures show.<\/p>\n

Republican National Committee spokeswoman Kiersten Pels accused Kimmel of building his career \u201cparroting Democrat talking points to a tiny left-wing fanbase.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNow Democrats are more enraged over an out-of-touch, washed-up millionaire losing his ABC gig than they were about the cold-blooded murder of Charlie Kirk,\u201d she said. \u201cThis tells you everything you need to know about the Democrat Party.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Republican National Committee spokeswoman Kiersten Pels accused Kimmel of building his career \u201cparroting Democrat talking points to a tiny left-wing fanbase.\u201d\u00a0ABC via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The political imbalance tracks across all latep-night shows, NewsBusters found.<\/p>\n

From September 2022 through June, the group\u00a0tracked 511 liberal or Democratic guests\u00a0across late-night TV, compared to just 14 conservatives and Republicans. The study looked at shows hosted by Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Fallon and Jon Stewart.<\/p>\n

Two months ago, CBS\u00a0announced it\u2019s canceling Colbert\u2019s \u201cLate Show\u201d in May, citing financial reasons.<\/p>\n

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This table shows guests on late-night shows by political affiliation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Curtis Houck,\u00a0managing editor of NewsBusters, called \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d nothing but \u201cpartisan sneering.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor a man hailed by friends as someone whose kindness and sincerity are allegedly defining features, his so-called comedy is the opposite,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile [Stephen] Colbert was late-night group therapy for liberals, Kimmel was a daily pep rally for liberals and a source of unearned validation for their land of delusion.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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