Comic and late-night host Jimmy Kimmel sharply criticized President Donald Trump throughout Jimmy Kimmel Dwell on Tuesday, marking the fifth anniversary of the Jan 6, 2021 US Capitol rebellion. Kimmel focused a commemorative White Home internet web page and social media posts that he stated glorify the rioters and misrepresent the occasions of that day.
Kimmel reminded viewers of the violent and lethal riot, which Trump inspired by riling up his supporters in an try and overturn the 2020 election. He described Trump’s actions as “egocentric, disgraceful, tyrannical, and harmful” and stated it was “essential that we don’t overlook” the assault. Kimmel condemned the administration’s portrayal of the occasions as peaceable, warning that this was a transparent try at “revisionist historical past.”
The host additionally highlighted the position of former Vice President Mike Pence, who he praised for selecting “the Structure over his working mate” by certifying the election outcomes regardless of stress from Trump. Kimmel contrasted Pence’s conduct with Trump’s, noting that the president “loved [the riot] from the consolation of his workplace for hours on tv” earlier than reluctantly calling it off.
Kimmel’s monologue displays ongoing debates over accountability and historic narrative, because the Trump administration continues to border Jan 6 in ways in which critics argue downplay its severity. The anniversary of the rebellion stays a flashpoint for nationwide dialogue about democracy, management, and the rule of legislation.
Earlier than internet hosting Jimmy Kimmel Dwell!, Kimmel was the co-host of Comedy Central’s The Man Present and Win Ben Stein’s Cash. Kimmel has additionally produced a number of TV reveals, together with Crank Yankers, Sports activities Present with Norm Macdonald, and The Andy Milonakis Present. In 2018, Time named him as one of many 100 most influential folks on the earth. Kimmel has the longest tenure of any present late-night tv host in the USA. At 23 seasons, his tenure internet hosting a single late-night comedy-variety present is second solely to Johnny Carson, who hosted The Tonight Present Starring Johnny Carson for 30 seasons. After Kimmel commented on the assassination of Charlie Kirk in his monologue on September 17, 2025, ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel Dwell! for every week.
Kimmel was born in Brooklyn, New York Metropolis, and grew up within the neighborhood of Mill Basin. He’s the eldest of the three youngsters of Joan (née Iacono) and James John Kimmel, who labored at American Categorical and was an IBM government.
He was raised Catholic and was an altar boy as a toddler. Kimmel’s mom is of Italian descent; her grandparents migrated to the USA from Ischia, Naples, after the 1883 earthquake. Two of his paternal great-great-grandparents had been German immigrants. His household’s surname was Kümmel (‘caraway’ in German) a number of generations again. He obtained Italian citizenship in 2025.
He attended P.S. 236 elementary college earlier than the household moved to Las Vegas when he was 9 years outdated, the place he befriended his neighbor Cleto Escobedo III, who would go on to be the bandleader on Jimmy Kimmel Dwell! He graduated from Ed W. Clark Excessive College and attended the College of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), for one 12 months earlier than his household moved to Arizona. He attended Arizona State College for the 1985-86 tutorial 12 months and left with out graduating. He acquired an honorary diploma from UNLV in 2013.
Kimmel’s uncle, Frank Potenza (“Uncle Frank”), appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Dwell! as an everyday from 2003 till he died in 2011. His cousin Sal Iacono carried out Kimmel’s former co-hosting duties over the past season of Win Ben Stein’s Cash after which turned a author and sketch performer on Jimmy Kimmel Dwell! His Aunt Chippy (Concetta Potenza) can be a featured a part of the present.[citation needed] His brother Jonathan works on the present as a director. His sister, Jill, is a comic.
Impressed by David Letterman’s begin in radio, Kimmel started working in radio whereas in highschool. He was the host of a Sunday evening interview present on UNLV’s faculty station, KUNV. Whereas attending Arizona State College, he turned a preferred caller to the KZZP-FM afternoon present hosted by radio personalities Mike Elliott and Kent Voss in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1989, Kimmel landed his first paying job alongside Voss as morning drive co-host of The Me and Him Present at KZOK-FM in Seattle, Washington. Over the following 10 months, the hosts carried out a number of stunts on air, together with one which led to the lack of an $8,000 promoting contract with the Seattle Mariners.
In 1990, Kimmel and Voss had been fired by KZOK and had been fired once more a 12 months later at WRBQ-FM in Tampa. Kimmel went on to host his personal present at KCMJ in Palm Springs, California, the place he recruited as his intern Carson Daly, who had been a household pal since his childhood. After a morning stint at KRQQ in Tucson, Arizona, Kimmel landed at KROQ-FM in Los Angeles. He spent 5 years as “Jimmy The Sports activities Man” for the Kevin and Bean morning present. Throughout that point, he met and befriended the comic Adam Carolla.
