Jimmy Kimmel gets Italian citizenship to 'escape Trump'

Daily Mail​

4 days ago

Jimmy Kimmel has revealed he has obtained Italian citizenship as a backup plan to escape Donald Trump's presidency, after Trump said he was next to be canceled. The 57-year-old late-night host made the revelation while appearing on the Sarah Silverman Podcast earlier this week. He said: 'I did get Italian citizenship, I do have that. What's going on is as bad as you thought it was gonna be. 'It's so much worse, it's just unbelievable — I feel like it's probably even worse than he would like it to be.'
The news from Kimmel comes after Trump said on Wednesday that he and his fellow late-night host Jimmy Fallon were next to be canceled. The commander-in-chief was asked about rumors that Howard Stern is to part ways with Sirius XM, before giving his two cents on both Jimmy Fallon and Kimmel. Inside the Oval Office, he said: 'Fallon has no talent. Kimmel has no talent. They're next. They're going to be going, I hear they're going to be going.'
During the same podcast appearance, Kimmel also slammed what he called the 'loud' left for woke cancel culture. The comedian added: 'It's not the party. It's not the majority. It's the loud voices that scare people from saying what they believe and make you think twice about a joke. 'You know, a lot of their points are valid, but a lot of them are also just repulsive, in that they repel people. 'They go like, "Oh, you're no fun. I don't want to be around you." And I think if you had to boil it down to one thing, that's kind of what it is.'
Kimmel and Silverman discussed how Trump supporters who expressed their regret for casting their vote for the president have faced backlash from the left online. Silverman noted the hate that famed podcaster Joe Rogan received after criticizing the president's second term. 'Now you see like these clips of Rogan saying, "Why is he doing this? He shouldn't be deporting people," and people go, "F*ck you, you support him, whatever."'
'I don't buy into that. I don't believe the "f*** you, you supported him",' Kimmel added. 'If you wanna change your mind, that's so hard to do. If you want to admit you were wrong, that's hard and so rare to do, you are welcome,' he said. His remarks come after he found an unlikely ally in Fox News host Greg Gutfeld, who lauded him with glowing praise for not being afraid of the left's cancel culture.
Gutfeld, who appeared on Fallon's show Thursday night, joked that the pairing was 'the biggest crossover since the Harlem Globetrotters visited "The Golden Girls."' The Fox host dubbed Fallon 'a great, genuine guy who wants to make people laugh instead of putting them to bed angrier than "The View at a salad bar."' But it was his praise of Fallon's late-night show that grabbed everyone's attention, as he applauded Fallon's ability to break from the typical liberal late-night mold.
'Unlike the other guys, Jimmy doesn't reside in a liberal echo chamber,' Gutfeld said. The industry has been left grappling with uncertainty after Colbert announced last month that his show was being brought to an end next year. CBS said the move to axe Colbert was due to low viewership and a decline in profits, but critics believe the network crumbled under pressure from President Trump.