Late-night host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jimmy-kimmel">Jimmy Kimmel</a> said he’s looking at America in a new light after a recent visit to Japan.
The 56-year-old said his trip abroad made him realize that the U.S. is unsanitary compared to the land of the rising sun.
“After traveling to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/japan">Japan</a>, I realize that this place, this USA we’re always chanting about, is a filthy and disgusting country,” he said during his monologue on Monday night’s episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”
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Kimmel went on to describe how he used to believe that while the U.S. had “areas for improvement,” it was mostly ahead in terms of cleanliness compared to most of the rest of the world.
“I go to Europe, and there are dirt holes where plumbing is supposed to be. I hold my breath, and I go, ‘I’m glad I’m not one of these people,’ and then I go back home,” he continued. Kimmel went on to praise the cleanliness of the bathrooms in Japan.
“The bathrooms in Tokyo and Kyoto are cleaner than our operating rooms here. Everywhere you go the bathrooms are clean, they don’t smell bad, they have those toilets that wash you from the inside out,” he marveled. Kimmel also joked that even truck stop restrooms were “cleaner than Jennifer Garner’s teeth — the cleanest. Beautiful.”
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“And it’s not just the bathrooms,” the host added. “People carry their own trash. There are no garbage cans,” Kimmel said, mentioning the 1995 terrorist incident when a man put poisonous sarin gas in trash cans. This resulted in the country removing public trash receptacles and Japanese citizens adapting to dispose of their own garbage.
“They’re like OK, no more trash cans, everybody clean up after yourselves. And guess what — they clean up after themselves! They bring their garbage to their houses,” he added.
“It’s like the whole country is Disneyland, and we’re living at Six Flags,” Kimmel said. “I’ve been home 36 hours, I have never felt dirtier. We are like hogs compared to the Japanese. I can’t imagine what they must think of us. ‘Oh, the garbage people. Yes, the Americans. Garbage.&#8217;”

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Jimmy Kimmel Calls USA ‘Filthy And Disgusting’ After Traveling To Japan: ‘We Are Like Hogs Compared To The Japanese’

Jimmy Kimmel Calls USA 'Filthy And Disgusting' After Traveling To Japan: 'We Are Like Hogs Compared To The Japanese'

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The Academy Awards were last night, and the awards show was less of a failure than usual; it was more entertaining than usual.
Sure, it was still roughly nine hours long, but it had its moments.
First, “Oppenheimer” did really well. The film walked away with Best Picture, Christopher Nolan properly won best director, Cillian Murphy came away with Best Actor, and Robert Downey Jr. walked away with Best Supporting Actor.
My second main concern was seeing the film “Barbie” fail. I got my wish. It did not do well. It won one award, Best Original Song, which is the only Oscar that “Barbie” should have been up for in the first place.
The highlight of the Oscars award evening was John Mulaney, who was genuinely funny. He should definitely host the Oscars next year.
With all that said, the Oscars show is still a trash fire filled with trash human beings.
That is the message for today. Hollywood is a place filled with people who do not share your values. They do not like your values. They are very beautiful and very glamorous people — and they have very, very small moral brains. Their small moral brains are not capable of understanding the world around them.
They live in this little artistic bubble, the Bohemian grove of Los Angeles, in which everyone is tolerant of everyone else&#8217;s excesses and in which everyone thinks exactly the way they do. 
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Here’s the way Hollywood thinks of itself: If everyone would think like Hollywood does, they, too, would have massively dysfunctional marriages, drug problems, and screwed-up children. Then everything would be better.
They are the expositor of higher morality to you, the tiny little peons, the humdrum little people. There was a lot of that last night.
Jimmy Kimmel should never host the Oscars again. He is not good at hosting the Oscars because he&#8217;s an unpleasant human being.
But the real lack of morality at the Oscars arose because Hollywood has decided to root for Hamas.
Granted, that is not a great shock.
Since October 7, I have been repeatedly making the point that for the West, it really is not about what&#8217;s happening between Israel and Hamas. The real conflict happening in the West is a conflict over our own moral value system. If we cannot see the distinction between Israel and Hamas, if hundreds of thousands of young people are marching in the streets in support of an actual, honest to God, genocidal terror group — who rapes women, murders babies, and throws gay people off of buildings on the routine and wants to maintain control of the Gaza Strip — and those young people and other people in the West are rooting for them, that says something about the vacuum at the heart of the West.
If a moral conflict exists over that particular conflict, then that demonstrates a lackluster moral center in the West, which will lead to the dissolution of the West as a whole. Any civilization that cannot tell the difference between Israel and Hamas is a civilization that is doomed to decline and disrepair.
Naturally, Hollywood is on the side of Hamas, with a bunch of moral idiots who were wearing Gaza cease-fire pins. It’s important to understand that when they call for a cease-fire, what they really mean is that they want to leave Hamas in place in the Gaza Strip.
Hamas is currently holding 134 hostages; we don&#8217;t know how many are alive and how many are dead. They are holding women, elderly, and babies in captivity. They have raped an enormous number of these women.
When these people want a cease-fire and they try to put pressure on Israel, they&#8217;re neglecting the point that Hamas has rejected every cease-fire proposal that takes them out of power.
There were a bunch of dolts wearing cease-fire pins at the Oscars, Billie Eilish and Mark Ruffalo among them. Of course, Ruffalo is just a full-on anti-Semite at this point. He has been anti-Israel and anti-Semitic for years and years.
But the greatest exemplar of a person with no moral character and no moral spine at the Oscars, a simply anti-moral person, was Jonathan Glazer, the director of a movie called “Zone of Interest.”
“Zone of Interest” is an excellent film about the Hess family. Rudolf Hess was the head of the Auschwitz concentration camp. The movie is about the Hess family living at Auschwitz in a house; the entire movie is just the family at the house. In the movie, the Holocaust doesn&#8217;t exist — except we know the Holocaust exists in the background. There is a smokestack and people randomly screaming in the background; shots are heard far away. The movie is quite good because it demonstrates how easy it is for people to ignore a Holocaust that&#8217;s happening — as long as they benefit from it and get to enjoy their lives.
The entire movie is about the banality of evil. But then Glazer won an Oscar and got a chance to speak.
And here’s the thing: Jonathan Glazer is the villain in his own movie, and he doesn&#8217;t even know it.
Here’s what Glazer said in his Oscars <a href="https://www.vulture.com/article/oscars-2024-jonathan-glazer-speech-full-transcript.html">speech</a>:
<blockquote>Thank you to the Academy for this honor and to our partners A24, Film4, Access, and Polish Film Institute; to the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum for their trust and guidance; to my producers, actors, and collaborators. All our choices were made to reflect and confront us in the present — not to say, “Look what they did then,” rather, “Look what we do now.” Our film shows where dehumanization leads, at its worst. It shaped all of our past and present. Right now we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation, which has led to conflict for so many innocent people. Whether the victims of October the 7 in Israel or the ongoing attack on Gaza, all the victims of this dehumanization, how do we resist? Aleksandra Bystroń-Kołodziejczyk, the girl who glows in the film, as she did in life, chose to. I dedicate this to her memory and her resistance. Thank you. </blockquote>
Glazer is moral trash. He is so because when he says he wants to refute his own Jewishness and the Jewishness of the people who are standing with him and the use of the Holocaust in order to defend what Israel is doing right now, he&#8217;s the villain in his own film.
This is what happens on the Left. Dara Horn wrote a book called “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/People-Love-Dead-Jews-Reports/dp/B09CFYVY3F/ref=sr_1_1?crid=VMA8FUA9FWO6&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.FicNOkN5MWzacGW4ivPqUsuPN5LpC3SIrR1tKRjtzDZ19bMdHiZIJjK4N57eZ4yGe8lsl-LJIKHrzjnRhyuGBfZun8TLB5DpMuu-1ig3TOVFdK7euaYwbZGqpqxzlUN9batiOqOuHCdjGUVXQF1Do7-KiAAqRms9nD8Vidh3wZDT5dAQE3-YpxzXmNgiqAlyNIKRhB2Cu5fF-7Q_a68CV49F9pEdg6VHdkLdFHtYm9M.eJhthHlJNX3-EOPYmWXpmOkq6ECXYA_qIOWzkwFk6W4&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=People+Love+Dead+Jews+dara+horn&amp;qid=1710186918&amp;sprefix=people+love+dead+jews+dara+horn%2Caps%2C107&amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">People Love Dead Jews</a>.” Excellent book, uncomfortable title. She begins the book by telling the story of the house occupied by Anne Frank while the Nazis were looking for Jews in Amsterdam.
There&#8217;s a museum there now. A few years ago there was a major controversy at the Anne Frank house. The major controversy was that there was a young Orthodox Jewish child who was at the front door as a greeter wearing his kippah — and people were uncomfortable with him wearing his kippah. So, the Anne Frank house told the Jewish boy to cover up his kippah. They told him to wear a baseball cap. 
Dara Horn’s point is that people love dead Jews, meaning the best Jews are the ones who are silent and dead, while the ones who are living and actually standing up for their own capacity to live, the ones who actually defend themselves, those are the Jews who make people like Jonathan Glazer very uncomfortable.
The entirety of “Zone of Interest” is about the absence of Jews. Not a Jew appears in the movie. The Jews are silent. Apparently, the best Jews, according to Glazer, are the ones who are nameless, faceless, and dead. Those are the ones who are really good because they&#8217;re victims.
Those are the ones whose bodies he can rifle through for an Oscar while simultaneously ignoring the Jews who are getting slaughtered in the Gaza envelope, or the Jewish men who are being wounded or killed in the Gaza Strip. He gets to sit there and morally preen; he gets to live in his house amidst the chaos, ignoring the live Jews, the ones who are actually screaming right now.
He can ignore those ones in favor of the dead Jews. That&#8217;s what he&#8217;s doing.
When people use their Jewishness as a cover to rip on Israel&#8217;s capacity to defend itself, they are virtually always people who don&#8217;t know anything about Judaism. They are born Jewish but have very little Jewish practice. They spend zero time in the Jewish community, but then pull out their “as a Jew” card in order for them to demonstrate their fealty to Left-wing principles or anti-Israel principles.
Whenever people say, “As a Jew,” you should ask them, “How often do you go to synagogue? How much do you care about your Judaism? How much does any of that mean to you?”
People like Glazer are part of this broad moral trash pantheon in Hollywood, the system that believes the West itself is bad, the West itself is the problem.
You don&#8217;t see Glazer talking about the evils of Hamas or the evils of the Assad government in Syria. You see Glazer talking about Israel. Why? Because he gets to rifle through the bodies, and he gets to look good while being the villain in his own film.
Hollywood is completely disconnected from reality, but they do have an impact on how people view morality.
And that is why Hollywood remains a dangerous place for the creation of culture.
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jimmy-kimmel">Jimmy Kimmel</a> used part of his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/oscars">Oscars</a> monologue to make wisecracks about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/robert-downey-jr">Robert Downey Jr.&#8217;s</a> substance abuse issues 20 years ago.
The late-night host set it up by joking that “Oppenheimer” director Christopher Nolan didn’t have an internet connection so his “porn addiction” would not distract him while working. 
&#8220;Congratulations to [Cillian Murphy&#8217;s] costar Robert Downey Jr. This is the highest point of Robert Downey Jr.&#8217;s career,&#8221; Kimmel said. He paused and said, &#8220;Well, one of the highest points.&#8221;
The 58-year-old actor smiled at first and tapped his nose as the audience laughed along. The actor’s “Oppenheimer” costar, Emily Blunt, reached across to grab Downey Jr.&#8217;s shoulders in a show of support as he kept a tight smile on his face.
Kimmel responded to the nose-tap gesture, saying, &#8220;Was that too on the nose, or was that a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/drugs">drug</a> motion you made?&#8221;
RDJ then made a circling motion indicating the host should &#8220;wrap it up&#8221; and mouthed, &#8220;Keep it going,&#8221; as the camera stayed focused on him for several more seconds.
Kimmel followed that with another joke. &#8220;Look at this guy, he&#8217;s so handsome, so talented. He&#8217;s won every award there is to win. Is that an acceptance speech in your pocket or do you just have a very rectangular penis?&#8221; he quipped.
&#8220;Not even 20 years ago, things weren&#8217;t going that great for Robert. He played the villain and, correct me if I have this wrong, in a movie where Tim Allen turns into a dog?&#8221; At this point, Downey Jr. looks annoyed.
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&#8220;If you ever decide to remake that film, I have just the guy to play Tim Allen,&#8221; the Oscars host continued as the camera panned to the dog Messi from “Anatomy of a Fall.”
&#8220;Messi has an overdose scene, if you&#8217;ve seen it, you know it is incredible,&#8221; Kimmel said.
Downey Jr. won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for “Oppenheimer.” This was his first Academy Award win and third nomination. The actor previously spent time in jail in 1999 on drug-related charges and had several infamous public mishaps during the height of his addiction struggles. RDJ has been sober since 2003.

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Jimmy Kimmel Jokes About Robert Downey Jr.’s Past Drug Addiction During Oscars

Jimmy Kimmel Jokes About Robert Downey Jr.'s Past Drug Addiction During Oscars

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&#8216;Oppenheimer&#8217; movie scored big at the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday, taking home seven Oscars from the Dolby Theater in Hollywood.
Jimmy Kimmel hosted the annual awards show, and the Christopher Nolan-directed film took home seven out of 13 nominations. Those included Best Picture of the Year, which beat out the likes of Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Poor Things.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/oppenheimer-review-the-amazing-christopher-nolan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8216;Oppenheimer&#8217;</a> also won Best Director, Cinematography, Film Editing, and Best Music (Original Score). Cillian Murphy won Best Actor for his performance in the thriller/mystery, and Robert Downey Jr. won Best Supporting Actor.
During his acceptance speech, <a href="https://x.com/ABC/status/1767008486167056837?s=20">Murphy</a> said making the film was the &#8220;wildest, most exhilarating, most creatively satisfying journey&#8221; he&#8217;s had &#8220;over the last twenty years.&#8221;
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&#8220;Every single crew member, every single cast member on OPPENHEIMER, you guys carried me through,&#8221; he added. &#8220;All my fellow nominees, I remain in awe of you guys. Truly.&#8221;
Murphy thanked his &#8220;incredible team&#8221; and then his wife, Yvonne McGuinness, who he said is his &#8220;partner in life.&#8221; He also thanked their two boys, Malachy and Aran.
&#8220;So, you know, we made a film &#8212; we made a film about the man who created the atomic bomb,&#8221; Murphy continued. &#8220;And for better or for worse, we&#8217;re all living in Oppenheimer&#8217;s world. So I would really like to dedicate this to the peacemakers everywhere.&#8221;
Yorgos Lanthimos-directed &#8220;Poor Things,&#8221; a film about a sex-crazed woman with a child’s brain, took home the next highest number of honors, bringing home four out of 11 nominations. Those included Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, along with<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/emma-stones-new-movie-about-sex-crazed-woman-with-a-childs-brain-generates-oscar-buzz"> Emma Stone</a> taking home the Oscar for Best Actress,
&#8220;The other night I was panicking &#8212; as you can kind of see, it happens a lot &#8212; that maybe something like this could happen,&#8221; Stone <a href="https://x.com/THR/status/1767012706651910513?s=20">said</a> during her acceptance speech. &#8220;And Yorgos said to me, &#8216;Please take yourself out of it.&#8217; And he was right, because it&#8217;s not about me. It&#8217;s about a team that came together to make something greater than the sum of its parts.&#8221;
&#8220;And that is the best part about making movies,&#8221; she added. &#8220;It&#8217;s all of us together. And I am so deeply honored to share this with every cast member, with every crew member, with every single person who poured their love and their care and their brilliance into the making of this film.&#8221;
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She closed out her acceptance speech by thanking her family, her husband, and their 3-year-old daughter, who she said &#8220;has turned our lives technicolor.&#8221;
&#8220;The Holdovers&#8221; star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-holdovers-star-davine-joy-randolph-praises-god-in-oscars-acceptance-speech" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Da’Vine Randolph</a> praised God during her acceptance speech when she received the award for Best Supporting Actress, her first Oscar and first nomination.
Greta Gerwig&#8217;s &#8220;Barbie&#8221; received eight nominations, including Best Picture, Costume Design, and Production Design. However, the film only won one award for Best Original Song: &#8220;What Was I Made For?&#8221; by Billie Eilish and brother Finneas O’Connell.
One of the highlights of the night had to be when &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/barbie-banned-in-kuwait-and-lebanon-could-be-next-as-govt-official-says-it-promotes-homosexuality" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Barbie</a>&#8221; star Ryan Gosling took the stage to perform &#8220;<a href="https://x.com/DEADLINE/status/1767002189770227823?s=20">I’m Just Ken</a>.&#8221; It is fair to say it brought the house down and led to the star getting a standing ovation.
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jimmy-kimmel">Jimmy Kimmel</a> suggested that he&#8217;s ready to walk away from his late-night hosting duties after twenty years at the helm of his ABC talk show.
In an interview with the <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2024-02-20/jimmy-kimmel-talks-about-his-fourth-go-at-oscar-hosting">Los Angeles Times</a> published on Wednesday, the 56-year-old host of &#8220;Jimmy Kimmel Live!&#8221; said that his current contract might be his last.
&#8220;I think this is my final contract,&#8221; Kimmel told the outlet. &#8220;I hate to even say it, because everyone&#8217;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.&#8221;
Kimmel is currently getting ready to host the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jimmy-kimmel-will-return-to-host-2024-oscars">Academy Awards</a> on March 10. It will be the fourth time he&#8217;s been in charge of hosting duties at the annual awards ceremony after hosting in 2017, 2018, and 2023, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jimmy-kimmel-will-return-to-host-2024-oscars">reported</a>.
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&#8220;I did not think I would ever do it again,&#8221; Kimmel said. &#8220;I did two of them, and they went well — something crazy happened at one of them with a story I&#8217;ll have for the rest of my life. I know how much work goes into them, so I thought, &#8216;Yeah, I don&#8217;t necessarily want to do this ever again.'&#8221;
&#8220;If you think about it, I did everything I could to avoid being the sole guy,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I love being involved in other people&#8217;s projects. I never had an urge to be the center of attention, and I still don&#8217;t. It&#8217;s not in my DNA. &#8220;
Academy CEO and President Bill Kramer previously said of Kimmel’s return, &#8220;We are thrilled about Jimmy returning to host and Molly [McNearney] returning as executive producer for the Oscars. They share our love of movies and our commitment to producing a dynamic and entertaining show for our global audience. We are deeply grateful to Jimmy, Molly and their teams for their incredible creativity and partnership and for going on this ride with us again.&#8221;
As far as what could possibly be next for the talk show host/comedian, Kimmel said he&#8217;s got a lot of hobbies that keep him busy, but made it clear that won&#8217;t include doing stand-up after he stops doing the talk show, the outlet noted.
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&#8220;I love to cook, I love to draw, I imagine myself learning to do sculptures,&#8221; Kimmel quipped. &#8220;I know that when I die, if I&#8217;m fortunate enough to die on my own terms in my own bed, I&#8217;m going to think, &#8216;Oh, I was never able to get to this, and I was never able to get to that.&#8217; I just know it about myself.&#8221;

Jimmy Kimmel Suggests He’s Ready To Leave Late Night TV Show

Former Rep. George <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/george-santos">Santos</a> (R-NY) has filed a lawsuit against Jimmy Kimmel accusing the ABC late-night talk show host of tricking him into making videos that made him the subject of ridicule on national television.
In a suit filed Saturday in U.S. district court for the southern district of New York, Santos accuses ABC, Walt Disney Co., and Kimmel, of copyright infringement, fraudulent inducement, breach of contract, and unjust enrichment, <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/18/santos-sues-jimmy-kimmel-for-tricking-him-into-making-videos-to-ridicule-him-00142059">POLITICO</a> reported.
In the suit, Santos alleged Kimmel misrepresented himself in order to get Santos to create videos on the Cameo app &#8220;capitalizing on and ridiculing&#8221; his &#8220;gregarious personality.&#8221; Cameo connects famous people with fans who can request personalized video messages.
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The ex-rep claimed he received at least 14 &#8220;fake requests&#8221; from Kimmel&#8217;s show under &#8220;phony names&#8221; used to deceive Santos. 
Unbeknownst to Santos, the videos started being broadcast in December on &#8220;Jimmy Kimmel Live!&#8221; in a segment called &#8220;Will Santos Say It?,&#8221; the suit said.
One such clip included Santos congratulating a fake winner of a beef-eating contest, calling the purported feat of consuming six pounds of loose ground beef in less than 30 minutes &#8220;amazing and impressive.&#8221; 
Santos&#8217; attorney, Robert Fantone, admitted in an email to POLITICO that the fake requests were funny, but were still a &#8220;clear violation of copyright law.&#8221;
In the suit, the ex-rep is seeking damages totaling $750,000 for the five special Cameo videos he made that ended up being broadcast on Kimmel&#8217;s late-night show and were also played on various social media platforms.
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Santos was expelled from Congress in December after a House ethics report accused him of criminal activity. He faces 23 federal charges related to allegations of fraud, misusing campaign funds, and lying about his personal finances on House disclosure reports. He pleaded not guilty to all charges. The House Ethics Committee released a <a href="https://ethics.house.gov/sites/ethics.house.gov/files/documents/Committee%20Report_53.pdf">report</a> in November that was heavily critical of the then-congressman&#8217;s conduct, saying that a &#8220;review of the allegations and charges&#8221; showed &#8220;overwhelming evidence of his misconduct.&#8221;
Zach Jewell contributed to this piece.

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George Santos Sues Jimmy Kimmel For Tricking Him Into Making Videos

Santos Sues Jimmy Kimmel For Tricking Him Into Making Videos 

Election

George Santos

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Singer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/katy-perry">Katy Perry</a> shocked the audience of “Jimmy Kimmel Live” Monday night when she revealed that this will be her last season serving as a judge on “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/american-idol">American Idol</a>.”
The late-night host set up the announcement by asking Perry how much longer she planned to host the popular reality competition singing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">show</a>. 
“Well, you know, this fall, this September, I’m going to be doing this huge music festival in Brazil called Rock in Rio. It’s really exciting,” the 39-year-old singer replied, per <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/02/13/entertainment/katy-perry-quits-american-idol-after-7-seasons-i-need-to-feel-that-pulse-of-my-own-beat/">The New York Post</a>. “It’s a big deal for people all over the world, especially my Brazilian fans.”
“So I think this will probably be my last season for ‘Idol,’” she added, which prompted a gasp from the audience. 
Perry continued, “I love &#8216;Idol&#8217; so much. It’s connected me with the heart of America. But I need to feel that pulse of my own beat.” 
The “Dark Horse” singer has been one of the panelist judges on “Idol” since the show was revived in 2018. She judges alongside Lionel Richie and country artist Luke Bryan.
When Kimmel asked how her co-stars reacted to the news, Perry indicated they didn’t know yet. “Well, they’ll find out tonight,” she joked.
The top-selling musical artist confirmed the announcement later with an Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C3RjSxjLNyt/?img_index=3">post</a>. 
“Let’s play two truths and a lie: 1. I beat @usher at Monopoly Deal. 2. I’m headlining Rock in Rio this September. 3. This is my last season on @americanidol,” she wrote in the image caption. 
Perry’s time on “Idol” hasn’t been without controversy. The “Hot n Cold” singer faced backlash for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mom-shaming-is-super-lame-young-mother-mocked-by-katy-perry-fires-back">comments</a> she made to contestants, including last March when she reacted strongly to a young mother who told the singer she had three children by the age of 25.
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“If Katy lays on the table, I think I’m going to pass out,” contestant Sara Beth Liebe said, to which Perry replied, “Honey, you been laying on the table too much.”
Liebe later commented on the exchange, saying she found it “embarrassing” and “hurtful” to have had that happen on television. 
“Katy Perry made a joke that wasn’t super kind,” the contestant said. “I think that mom-shaming is super lame and I think that it’s hard enough to be a mom and it’s hard enough to be a woman,” Liebe added.

Katy Perry

Katy Perry Shocks ‘Kimmel’ Audience With ‘American Idol’ News

Katy Perry Shocks 'Kimmel' Audience With 'American Idol' News

American Idol

Reality TV

Sports host Pat McAfee’s future at ESPN seems to be on everyone&#8217;s mind after the former NFL player’s weekly guest, Jets QB Aaron Rodgers, suggested late-night host Jimmy Kimmel could be on the client list of convicted sex offender <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jeffrey-epstein">Jeffrey Epstein</a>.
Kimmel obviously hit back and McAfee apologized, then claimed an ESPN executive was “attempting to sabotage” his show. Rodgers responded by claiming he didn’t say Kimmel was a pedophile, after which McAfee announced on his show on January 10 that “‘Aaron Rodgers’ Tuesday Season 4 is done” and he personally was “happy about it.”
So, what happens now for the man <a href="https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2023/08/the-pat-mcafee-show-on-espn-platforms-launches-sept-7-part-of-espns-personality-packed-programming-lineup/">ESPN</a> has called “one of the most successful voices in sport media” after he joined the network in September of 2023?
Burke Magnus, president of content at ESPN, has been a vocal supporter of McAfee and said at launch of his show, “We can’t wait for Pat and his team to bring a fresh new energy to ESPN’s weekday lineup, led by some of the most prominent, creative and authentic voices in sports.”
“The Pat McAfee Show will redefine what success looks like across multiple ESPN platforms and will bring a new, contemporary audience to our afternoon time block,” he added. “It’s a perfect fit.”
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For those unfamiliar with McAfee, he is a former NFL punter who was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in 2009. He played in the league for 9 seasons and was named All-Pro in 2014, and a Pro Bowler in 2014 and 2016. He was nominated to the NFL Hall of fame in 2022 after retiring from the league in 2016, according to ESPN.
Everyday, fans of the show are treated to a slew of former and current football stars, including co-host former NFL linebacker A.J. Hawk, NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers (Tuesdays), former NFL defensive end J.J. Watt (Wednesdays) and now-retired Alabama football head coach Nick Saban (Thursdays), just to name a few.
In addition to hosting his show, McAfee provides college football analysis on ESPN’s College GameDay and other ESPN college football telecasts.
An ESPN <a href="https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2024/01/the-pat-mcafee-show-sees-steady-growth-in-december-garnering-886000-average-viewers-per-episode-across-live-channels/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a> dated Jan. 5 highlights the massive success his show has had since coming over to the sports network, bringing in “1.7 million total reach per show across all platforms in month of December – up 21% from September.” It has also had an average in December of 886,000 viewers per episode during the live airings across all platforms.
“It’s been a wild ride this season with ESPN,” McAfee said in the release. “We’ve had the phenomenal opportunity to do what we love on a scale that we’ve never done before. Day to day it certainly feels like a lot of folks are watching our program, but I genuinely try not to focus on numbers too much because you’re only as good as your last show.”
“So many cool moments happened this year because of our relationship with ESPN,” the sports host said.
Mike Foss, ESPN&#8217;s senior vice president of studio and digital production, said, “Pat and the boys have grown their audience every month since joining ESPN and have been an incredible addition. The first three months have been a tremendous success across every platform regardless of how you add it up.”
So with McAfee bringing millions to the network, it is not surprising that they would want to hold on to him despite the turmoil caused by Rodgers regarding Kimmel. 
“There’s a lot of people, including Jimmy Kimmel, really hoping that [client list] doesn’t come out,&#8221; Rodgers said on the show. &#8220;I’ll tell you what, if that list comes out, I definitely will be popping some sort of bottle.”
In response, late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel threatened to sue the Jets QB, writing on<a href="https://x.com/jimmykimmel/status/1742324477323833546?s=20"> X</a>, in part, “Your reckless words put my family in danger. Keep it up and we will debate the facts further in court.”
The late-night host later mocked Rodgers on “<a href="https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/jimmy-kimmel-aaron-rodgers-karen-jeffrey-epstein-list-1235865944/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jimmy Kimmel Live!</a>” and said Rodgers is allowed to have his own opinion, but added a caveat: “Saying someone is a pedophile is not an opinion, nor is it trash talk,” because “the truth still matters.”
The following day McAfee apologized for Rodgers’ comments and suggested Rodgers &#8220;was just trying to talk s***,&#8221; <a href="https://theathletic.com/5175873/2024/01/03/mcafee-apology-rodgers-kimmel-comments/?source=pulsenewsletter&amp;campaign=8649714" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Athletic</a> noted.
“We obviously don’t like the fact that we are associated with anything negative, ever…So we apologize for being a part of it,” he added. “Can’t wait to hear what Aaron has to say about it. Hopefully, those two will just be able to settle this, not court-wise. But be able to chit-chat and move along.”
Days later, McAfee appeared to make the drama bigger and claimed that top ESPN executive, Norby Williamson, was “attempting to sabotage” his show. He also accused the executive of leaking information that “sets a narrative of what our show is.”
Williamson oversees NFL and college football, along with “SportsCenter,” audio, the SEC Network, <a href="https://theathletic.com/mlb/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MLB</a>, <a href="https://theathletic.com/nhl/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NHL</a>, combat, golf, tennis and investigative journalism, <a href="https://theathletic.com/5183717/2024/01/09/pat-mcafee-espn-aaron-rodgers/?access_token=13904269" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Athletic</a> noted. As previously noted, Magnus — who is Williamson’s supervisor — is a huge supporter of McAfee.
McAfee addressed the issue and said, “There was some comments about a particular person at ESPN that I made only on the YouTube and ESPN+ show. That wasn’t even on linear TV. I didn’t know anybody was going to hear it because it was just on digital.”
The sports host said after his comments made headlines, he was “super bummed out” Magnus “was made to look bad because of what I did and how I did it.”
“I would like everybody to know — we love Burke Magnus,” the NFL player said. “And also love Jimmy Pitaro. Love [Disney CEO] Bob Iger.”
“But there’s quite a transition era here between the old and the new,” he added. “And the old don’t like what the newbies do.” He added that he wasn’t “trying to get fired” as some speculated. 
“There’s certainly people that we don’t like and they do not like us,” McAfee continued. “That’s how it’s going to be and I don’t take back anything I said about said person. But the overall storyline about us and ESPN, I think people need to remember, is that we’re strong, baby. And we all understand what the future looks like, there’s just some old hags that potentially don’t.”
ESPN then released a statement that the matter would be handled “internally,&#8221; <a href="https://deadline.com/2024/01/espn-pat-mcafee-claims-executive-sabotage-show-1235696926/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deadline</a> noted. On Tuesday Jan 10. on <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/aaron-rodgers-says-never-called-195934374.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">McAfee&#8217;s show</a>, Rodgers responded to Kimmel and said he didn’t think Kimmel was a pedophile.
“I totally understand how serious an allegation of pedophilia would be,” Rodgers said. “So for him to be upset about that, I get it.”
“I’m not stupid enough, even though you think I’m an idiot and you’ve made a lot of comments about my intelligence, but I’m not stupid enough to accuse you of that with absolutely zero concrete evidence,” he added. “That’s ridiculous.”
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During <a href="https://x.com/dhookstead/status/1745143238803996977?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">McAfee’s Show</a> the next day he announced that Rodgers wouldn&#8217;t be coming on the show every Tuesday anymore, and that he was happy about the break. 
“There could be a lot of people that are happy with that,” the former NFL player said. “Myself included, to be honest with you. The way it ended, it got real loud, real loud. I’m happy that is not going to be my mentions going forward, which is great news.”
McAfee also said he was ready to move on from this situation.
“Aaron Rodgers is a Hall of Famer,” the sports host said. “He’s a four-time MVP. He’s a massive piece of the NFL story whenever you go back and tell it. He will be a huge part of it. We are very lucky to get a chance to chat with him and learn from him. Some of his thoughts and opinions do piss off a lot of people. I’m pumped that that is no longer every single Wednesday of my life, which it has been for the last few weeks.”
“On Friday I obviously threw us into the fire as well,” he added. “I forever stand by that. Everything else, though, just can’t do that and not what we want to be known for.”
But just a few days after he made headlines with the announcement that Rodgers was done on the show, the quarterback was back on the show, an apparent message to those who assumed he had canceled Rodgers. He invited <a href="https://twitter.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1745511911158882691?s=20">the Jets QB</a> on the show to talk about Bill Belichick retiring from the New England Patriots after 24 years, given Rodgers was the last person to talk to him on the field after the regular season finale.
They talked about Belichick&#8217;s NFL history and <a href="https://twitter.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1745517525889171770?s=20">McAfee</a> made it clear he had not “turned his back on Aaron Rodgers,&#8221; explaining that the break from his friend&#8217;s appearances on the show was because “Rodgers has an offseason too.”
So, what happens next is anyone’s guess. It appears that both sides are standing down for now, as <a href="https://theathletic.com/5183717/2024/01/09/pat-mcafee-espn-aaron-rodgers/?access_token=13904269">The Athletic</a> noted.

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Will Pat McAfee Make It To His One-Year Anniversary On ESPN Given Recent Rollercoaster Ride?

Aaron Rodgers

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Readers Pass

Sports

What’s the hardest job in Hollywood?
You might think it’s handling PR chores for Jonathan Majors or Ezra Miller. Good guess, but wrong. 
Try hosting a major awards show telecast.
The greats made it look easy in days gone by. Think Bob Hope, Johnny Carson, Billy Crystal and Steve Martin. They entertained millions, kept the material clean and enhanced the aura of the shows in question and their comic brands.
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And, best of all? No one complained the next day about a joke that “punched down” or targeted a protected group or class.
Now? It’s the cruelest job in Tinsel Town, a gig with more fine print than a bank loan.
Jo Koy learned this lesson the hard way.
The affable comic, known for humorously recreating his mother’s life lessons on stage, is a serious stand-up draw. He routinely plays arenas, not clubs, and last year headlined his first feature comedy, “Easter Sunday.”
He was an unconventional choice to host the recent Golden Globes telecast given he lacked the name recognition of more established stars, but he was hardly a poor selection on paper.
On stage was a different matter.
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Koy only had two-plus weeks to prepare for the gig, but he didn’t use that time wisely. His best jokes proved mediocre, he worked blue in amateurish fashion and, worst of all, threw his writing team under the bus mid-monologue when he knew he was bombing.
“You want a perfect monologue? Yo, shut up. I wrote some of these, and those are the ones you’re gonna laugh at.”
That’s the kind of flop-sweat moment that’s hard to forgive and forget, especially for his writing team.
And, naturally, critics skewered Koy’s handiwork. The monologue also triggered Swiftie Nation, which howled over an innocent Koy quip about the NFL’s wall-to-wall coverage of Taylor Swift’s sudden interest in the Kansas City Chiefs.
The joke didn’t even target Swift, but the fact that it was Swift-adjacent was more than enough.
Koy’s troubles are hardly the only reason awards show gigs are so, to use the woke Left’s terminology, “problematic.” That helps explain why Chris Rock, Ali Wong and the “Smartless” podcast trio – Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes – <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/12/11/entertainment/golden-globes-2024-host-chris-rock-more-decline-offer/">turned the Globes hosting gig down previous to Koy.</a>
Wong may be a rising star thanks to her stand-up chops and sturdy work in the Netflix series “Beef,” but she wisely stood down.
Rock, one of the best stand-up comics around, wants no part of the gig even though he handled the task twice already (the 2005 and 2016 Oscars). That was then, before Cancel Culture made every gag a potential woke landmine.
Rock also declined the chance to host the 2023 Oscars, roughly a year after Will Smith slapped him on stage for telling a joke about the actor’s wife.
It&#8217;s become the new Hollywood badge of honor – turning down the chance to host an awards gala.
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Dwayne Johnson similarly <a href="https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/why-dwayne-the-rock-johnson-turned-down-oscars-2019-host-offer/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declined the 2019 Oscars</a> ceremony gig, citing a prior engagement. Right. And he hasn’t publicly campaigned for the gig since.
Comic superstar Kevin Hart famously <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/02/kevin-hart-oscar-controversy-looking-back" target="_blank" rel="noopener">landed the Oscar-hosting gig</a> and lost it in record time in 2018 after crude, decade-old gay jokes “resurfaced.” The Oscars even went host-free for three straight years (2019-2021) following HartGate, an acknowledgment of how tricky the gig suddenly is.
How many comedians could survive the woke vetting?
There’s another reason comedians would rather bomb at a Hell’s Kitchen bar than play to an awards show crowd. Said crowd keeps getting smaller. Snagging an Emmy or Oscar-hosting gig once meant performing before a massive TV audience. That could turn a comedian into a superstar overnight.
Show ratings are generally on the decline, alas. Even the Globes, which enjoyed a strong uptick from the 2023 edition, is still far below recent years. The <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/bradadgate/2024/01/08/audience-for-a-revamped-golden-globes-on-cbs-grew-50-to-94-million/?sh=24d1c61e3417" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2020 edition drew a hearty 18.4 million viewers</a>, the final year before COVID-19 and scandals rocked the organization.
And then there’s the expectations that go with the job.
That includes using the bully pulpit to advance progressive causes. For veteran hosts like Jimmy Kimmel, that’s a no-brainer. It’s what he does each night on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” Others may not feel as comfortable going in that direction.
It could explain why Johnson is steering clear of any awards show stage. He has political aspirations and doesn’t want to trigger half the country.
Koy’s monologue, while a touch woke, avoided politics entirely. He might have gotten a softer landing had he lobbed a few barbs at Donald Trump or other GOP favorites.
Maybe.
He would have gotten a bigger rhetorical beating if he took some swings at President Joe Biden, though.
The only steady hosts these days come from late-night TV. Both Jimmy Kimmel and Trevor Noah keep getting tapped for the gigs, from the Oscars to the Grammys. They’re both aggressively liberal, which appeases the industry’s tastemakers along with media critics.
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Each lives in the belly of the Hollywood beast, so they understand how far they can push their quips.
The industry doesn’t care if they gain or lose viewers. Ratings matter less than The Hollywood-approved messaging. Why else hire deeply divisive comedians who chase Red State audiences away?
Plus, if ratings truly mattered, Ricky Gervais would host the Oscars and Dave Chappelle would tackle the Emmy and Grammy awards. The industry would rather play to a smaller crowd than give the public what it wants.
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Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic and editor of <a href="http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News’ Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://twitter.com/HollywoodInToto?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@HollywoodInToto</a>.
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Golden Globes

Help Wanted: Awards Show Host — Why No One Wants The Worst Gig Around

Chris Rock

Grammys

ESPN sports host Pat McAfee announced on Wednesday that the weekly guest appearance by New York quarterback Aaron Rodgers was &#8220;done&#8221; for the rest of the NFL season.
<a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/aaron-rodgers-out-pat-mcafee-show-1235784620/#recipient_hashed=c4a236882474dc7ac6971f2bc441c58c92e90e854f8e395397c9cd7c538f70cb&amp;recipient_salt=e43afbd379e85fd519ba7694a78f59ae298fad42d1a1cf5286bd63eff76355c7">McAfee</a> made the comments on Wednesday during &#8220;<a href="https://x.com/dhookstead/status/1745143238803996977?s=20">The Pat McAfee Show</a>” when he said &#8220;&#8216;Aaron Rodgers&#8217; Tuesday Season 4 is done&#8221; and said he personally was happy about it.
&#8220;There could be a lot of people that are happy with that,&#8221; McAfee said. &#8220;Myself included, to be honest with you. The way it ended, it got real loud, real loud. I&#8217;m happy that is not going to be my mentions going forward, which is great news.&#8221;
The sports host said he was ready to move on from this situation.
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Pat McAfee says Aaron Rodgers is done appearing on the show for the rest of the NFL season.
Admits people behind the scenes at ESPN have major problems with him, but he&#8217;s continuing to push forward.
Says he will never give up control of his show. <a href="https://t.co/1MKFV5K4JS">pic.twitter.com/1MKFV5K4JS</a>
— David Hookstead (@dhookstead) <a href="https://twitter.com/dhookstead/status/1745143238803996977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 10, 2024</a></blockquote>
&#8220;Aaron Rodgers is a Hall of Famer,&#8221; he added. &#8220;He&#8217;s a four-time MVP. He&#8217;s a massive piece of the NFL story whenever you go back and tell it. He will be a huge part of it. We are very lucky to get a chance to chat with him and learn from him. Some of his thoughts and opinions do piss off a lot of people. I&#8217;m pumped that that is no longer every single Wednesday of my life, which it has been for the last few weeks.&#8221;
&#8220;On Friday I obviously threw us into the fire as well,&#8221; McAfee admitted after he claimed that a top ESPN executive, Norby Williamson, was &#8220;attempting to sabotage&#8221; his show. &#8220;I forever stand by that. Everything else, though, just can&#8217;t do that and not what we want to be known for.&#8221;
It comes after late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel threatened to sue the Jets QB — who suggested that Kimmel could be on the client list of convicted sex offender <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jeffrey-epstein">Jeffrey Epstein</a>. The comments were made during Rodgers&#8217; weekly appearance on McAfee show on January 2, 2024.
&#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of people, including Jimmy Kimmel, really hoping that [client list] doesn&#8217;t come out,&#8221; the NFL star said, adding, &#8220;I&#8217;ll tell you what, if that list comes out, I definitely will be popping some sort of bottle.&#8221;
Kimmel reposted the clip and wrote on <a href="https://x.com/jimmykimmel/status/1742324477323833546?s=20">X</a>, &#8220;Dear Asshole: for the record, I&#8217;ve not met, flown with, visited, or had any contact whatsoever with Epstein, nor will you find my name on any &#8216;list&#8217; other than the clearly-phony nonsense that soft-brained wackos like yourself can&#8217;t seem to distinguish from reality.&#8221;
&#8220;Your reckless words put my family in danger,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Keep it up and we will debate the facts further in court. [Aaron Rodgers].&#8221; 

The late-night host then mocked Rodgers on &#8220;<a href="https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/jimmy-kimmel-aaron-rodgers-karen-jeffrey-epstein-list-1235865944/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jimmy Kimmel Live!</a>&#8221; calling Rodgers &#8220;a hamster-brained man&#8221; and saying that the QB &#8220;is too arrogant to know how ignorant he is.&#8221;
Kimmel said that Rodgers is allowed to have his own opinion, but added a caveat: &#8220;saying someone is a pedophile is not an opinion, nor is it trash talk&#8221; because &#8220;the truth still matters.&#8221; 
On Tuesday&#8217;s <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/aaron-rodgers-says-never-called-195934374.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">McAfee show</a>, Rodgers responded to Kimmel and said he didn&#8217;t think Kimmel was a pedophile.
&#8220;I totally understand how serious an allegation of pedophilia would be,&#8221; Rodgers said. &#8220;So for him to be upset about that, I get it.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m not stupid enough, even though you think I&#8217;m an idiot and you&#8217;ve made a lot of comments about my intelligence, but I&#8217;m not stupid enough to accuse you of that with absolutely zero concrete evidence,&#8221; he added. &#8220;That&#8217;s ridiculous.&#8221;

Pat McAfee Says Aaron Rodgers ‘Done’ On Show For Rest Of NFL Season

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jimmy-kimmel">Jimmy Kimmel</a> vehemently denies <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/aaron-rodgers">Aaron Rodgers</a>’ apparent suggestion that he’s on the elusive <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jeffrey-epstein">Jeffrey Epstein</a> client list, even threatening to sue the New York Jets quarterback for his insinuations.
The controversy started when Rodgers, 40, made an appearance on the “Pat McAfee Show” on Tuesday. He was discussing what names might come up on Epstein&#8217;s list of associates, which <a href="https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/jeffrey-epstein-list-delayed-jan-22/">could be released</a> as early as January 22. 
“There’s a lot of people, including Jimmy Kimmel, really hoping that doesn’t come out,” the NFL star said, adding, “I’ll tell you what, if that list comes out, I definitely will be popping some sort of bottle.”
Kimmel responded with an X post. The late-night host assured fans that there was no way that his name was among the 150 rumored to be on the list, claiming Rodgers had endangered his family by suggesting he was. 
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Dear Aasshole: for the record, I’ve not met, flown with, visited, or had any contact whatsoever with Epstein, nor will you find my name on any “list” other than the clearly-phony nonsense that soft-brained wackos like yourself can’t seem to distinguish from reality. Your reckless… <a href="https://t.co/p8eug12uiS">https://t.co/p8eug12uiS</a>
&mdash; Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) <a href="https://twitter.com/jimmykimmel/status/1742324477323833546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 2, 2024</a></blockquote>
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“Dear Aasshole: for the record, I’ve not met, flown with, visited, or had any contact whatsoever with Epstein, nor will you find my name on any ‘list’ other than the clearly-phony nonsense that soft-brained wackos like yourself can’t seem to distinguish from reality. Your reckless words put my family in danger. Keep it up and we will debate the facts further in court,” Kimmel posted.
Last March, Kimmel mocked Rodgers for speculating about the Epstein client list, seeming to indicate that believing there was a list was a conspiracy theory.
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Rodgers said on the “Pat McAfee Show” at the time, “Did you hear about the Epstein client list about to be released? There’s some files that have some names on it that might be getting released pretty soon.”
Kimmel played a clip of that interaction on his show, joking about how “it might be time to revisit the concussion protocol, Aaron,” and calling the football star a “tin-foil hatter.” 
In December, a federal judge ordered that documents containing the names of some of the associates of Epstein must be released in 2024. The documents come from a 2017 civil trial brought by Virginia Giuffre, who said Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell facilitated his sex trafficking of her, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/accountability-is-coming-epstein-associates-to-be-named-after-judge-orders-documents-released">reported</a>. 
New York Judge Loretta Preska gave the individuals on the list 14 days to object to the release of their names.

Rodgers and Kimmel

‘Phony Nonsense’: Jimmy Kimmel Threatens To Sue Aaron Rodgers Over Insinuation He’s On Jeffrey Epstein List

'Phony Nonsense': Jimmy Kimmel Threatens To Sue Aaron Rodgers Over Insinuation He's On Jeffrey Epstein List

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Sexual Abuse

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bill-burr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bill Burr</a> slammed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jimmy-kimmel-admits-he-lost-half-his-audience-for-bashing-trump-and-hes-fine-with-that" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jimmy Kimmel</a> while appearing on his show and said talk show hosts like Kimmel should just &#8220;shut up&#8221; and stop talking about &#8220;narcissist&#8221; former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/yes-donald-trump-should-debate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump.</a>
During the 55-year-old actor/comedian&#8217;s appearance on Tuesday on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWwMGNjqolk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jimmy Kimmel Live!</a>,&#8221; Burr directed the conversation towards the 2024 election and blasted liberals for the numerous indictments of the former president — which he said has only given Trump new political life.
&#8220;You want to see a great case thing on narcissism,&#8221; Burr said. &#8220;Liberals are so f***ing stupid, the way that they handle Trump.&#8221;
Kimmel pressed the comedian and asked what he meant by his comment.
&#8220;You should shut up!&#8221; the comedian replied. &#8220;He&#8217;s [Trump] a narcissist. Neutral energy. Neutral.&#8221;
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Kimmel said, &#8220;You think he&#8217;d go away if we stopped &#8230;&#8221;
&#8220;You know what I think, he&#8217;s a one-hit wonder,&#8221; Burr replied, comparing Trump to the song writer of &#8220;<a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/news/the-man-who-wrote-the-twist-1.351511" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Twist</a>,&#8221; Hank Ballard. &#8220;He [Trump] wrote &#8216;The Twist&#8217; and that was it. He was on the casino circuit.&#8221;
&#8220;And then you idiot liberals wrote him &#8216;Twist Again&#8217; when you indicted him,&#8221; he added. &#8220;And now he&#8217;s a martyr. He&#8217;s coming back, Jimmy. He&#8217;s coming back. It&#8217;s going to be great for comedy. He&#8217;s coming back.&#8221;
The &#8220;Old Dads&#8221; star then lamented the current choices for president between frontrunner Republican presidential candidate Trump and President Joe Biden.
&#8220;I can&#8217;t believe these are honestly going to be our two choices,&#8221; Burr told the host. &#8220;I want somebody in their 40s. Somebody that&#8217;s going to have to live with their decision.&#8221;
&#8220;With any luck, they&#8217;ll both die of natural causes before the election, and maybe you could get somebody that still has something to live for,&#8221; he added.
Biden turned 81 last month and is the oldest sitting president in American history, the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-2024-campaign-oldest-president-young-voters-152d11d3090518a2e5eee63b9a596673" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AP</a> noted. Trump will be 78 when voters go to the polls in November 2024 and would be older than Biden at the end of his four-year term if voters send the 45th president back to the White House.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bill-burr-says-hes-not-for-mob-mentality-refuses-to-apologize-to-someone-upset-about-a-joke-at-a-show-they-didnt-attend" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bill Burr Says He&#8217;s Not For ‘Mob Mentality,&#8217; Refuses &#8216;To Apologize&#8217; To Someone Upset About A Joke At A Show They Didn&#8217;t Attend</a>

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