:Jimmy Kimmel

Kimmel was born in Brooklyn, New York City, and grew up in the neighborhood of Mill Basin.{{cite episode |title = Interview with Chris Rock |series = Jimmy Kimmel Live |network=ABC |airdate=June 24, 2010}} He is the eldest of the three children of Joan (née Iacono) and James John Kimmel, who worked at American Express and was an IBM executive.{{cite web |last = Lipton |first = Michael A. |url = https://people.com/archive/kimmel-vision-vol-59-no-10/ |title = Kimmel Vision |work = People |date = March 17, 2003 |access-date = July 19, 2010 |archive-date = April 7, 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160407044635/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20139546,00.html |url-status = live }}{{cite news |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/21/arts/television/21rhod.html |work = The New York Times |title = Distilling the Fun From Dysfunctional |first = Joe |last = Rhodes |date = October 21, 2007 |access-date = May 6, 2010 |archive-date = November 23, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181123003245/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/21/arts/television/21rhod.html |url-status = live }}{{cite episode |title = Interview with Matthew Fox |series = Jimmy Kimmel Live |network = ABC |airdate = July 29, 2010}}

He was raised Catholic and as a child, was an altar boy.{{cite news |url = http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKN1447436020080715 |title = Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman end 5-year romance |work = Reuters |date = July 15, 2008 |access-date = May 20, 2010 |last = Nielsen |archive-date = November 29, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201129085649/https://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKN1447436020080715 |url-status = dead }}{{cite news |url = https://tv.yahoo.com/jimmy-kimmel/contributor/585360/bio |title = Jimmy Kimmel Biography |publisher = Yahoo! TV |quote = Jimmy Kimmel, was born on November 13, 1967, in Brooklyn, NY to devoutly Catholic parents who made sure that Kimmel served as an altar boy, ... |access-date = May 20, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101013014508/http://tv.yahoo.com/jimmy-kimmel/contributor/585360/bio |archive-date = October 13, 2010 |df = mdy-all }} Kimmel's mother is of Italian descent; her grandparents migrated to the United States from Ischia, Naples after the 1883 earthquake.{{cite web|url=http://napoli.repubblica.it/cronaca/2015/06/23/news/ischia_l_appello_di_jimmy_kimmel_cerco_i_miei_parenti_-117523888/|title=Ischia, l'appello di Jimmy Kimmel: "Cerco i miei parenti"|work=Napoli - Repubblica.it|language=it|date=June 23, 2015|access-date=August 24, 2018|archive-date=August 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824205924/http://napoli.repubblica.it/cronaca/2015/06/23/news/ischia_l_appello_di_jimmy_kimmel_cerco_i_miei_parenti_-117523888/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ildispariquotidiano.it/it/jimmy-kimmel-gq-e-ischia/|title=Jimmy Kimmel, GQ e Ischia|work=Il Dispari Quotidiano|language=it|date=January 2018|access-date=August 24, 2018|archive-date=August 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825022431/http://www.ildispariquotidiano.it/it/jimmy-kimmel-gq-e-ischia/|url-status=live}} Two of his paternal great-great-grandparents were German immigrants. His family's surname was {{lang |de |Kümmel}} ({{gloss |caraway}} in German) several generations back.Stated on Finding Your Roots, January 26, 2016, PBS{{cite web |url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I5Y_lO4M8Q |title = Catherine Bell on Jimmy Kimmel |publisher = YouTube |date = September 9, 2007 |access-date = July 19, 2010 |archive-date = March 10, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220310202253/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I5Y_lO4M8Q |url-status = live }}{{cite web |url = http://www.sitiincontri.it/ |title = extraconiugali |access-date = May 5, 2014 |archive-date = February 13, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190213033041/http://www.sitiincontri.it/ |url-status = live }}{{YouTube|q41tYW5Gfds|Ancestry.com on Jimmy Kimmel Live}} According to a DNA test, Kimmel is also of partial Albanian descent.{{cite web|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IlpZrCE4LGA|publisher=Youtube|title=Dua Lipa on Pregnancy Rumors, Grammy Nominations & Being Superstitious|date=January 19, 2021|access-date=August 18, 2022|archive-date=August 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807212907/https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IlpZrCE4LGA|url-status=live}} He obtained Italian citizenship in 2025.{{Cite web |title=Jimmy Kimmel, 'Best wishes Italian Republic, proud to be part of it' {{!}} ANSA.it |url=https://www.ansa.it/amp/english/news/news_from_embassies/2025/06/02/jimmy-kimmel-best-wishes-italian-republic-proud-to-be-part-of-it_5c0fb0e1-5e71-4dca-a501-467d200347c6.html |access-date=2025-06-02 |website=www.ansa.it}}

The family moved to Las Vegas when he was nine years old. He graduated from Ed W. Clark High School{{cite news |last1 = Santiago |first1 = Brianna |title = 13 celebrities you didn't know graduated from L.V. high schools |url = http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/jun/19/12-celebrities-you-didnt-know-graduated-las-vegas-/ |access-date = June 19, 2015 |newspaper = Las Vegas Sun |date = June 19, 2015 |archive-date = December 3, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181203104139/https://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/jun/19/12-celebrities-you-didnt-know-graduated-las-vegas-/ |url-status = live }} and attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, for one year before transferring to Arizona State University. He received an honorary degree from UNLV in 2013.{{cite news | url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/education/dr-kimmel-leaves-them-laughing-unlv-graduation | title=Dr. Kimmel leaves them laughing at UNLV graduation | work=Las Vegas Review-Journal | date=May 19, 2013 | access-date=October 10, 2016 | author=Amaro, Yesenia | archive-date=October 11, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011143223/http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/education/dr-kimmel-leaves-them-laughing-unlv-graduation | url-status=live }}

Kimmel's uncle, Frank Potenza ("Uncle Frank"), appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! as a regular from 2003 until his death in 2011.{{cite news |first = Bill |last = Carter |title = Frank Potenza, Foil for Kimmel, Is Dead at 77 |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/26/arts/television/frank-potenza-foil-for-nephew-jimmy-kimmel-dies-at-77.html |work = The New York Times |date = August 26, 2011 |access-date = September 1, 2011 |archive-date = November 22, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181122015300/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/26/arts/television/frank-potenza-foil-for-nephew-jimmy-kimmel-dies-at-77.html |url-status = live }} His cousin Sal Iacono performed Kimmel's former co-hosting duties during the last season of Win Ben Stein's Money and then became a writer and sketch performer on Jimmy Kimmel Live!{{cite web|title=10th Annual Jimmy Kimmel Live Belly Flop Competition|website = YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMEEdFz0d7Q| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211029/JMEEdFz0d7Q| archive-date=October 29, 2021|access-date=July 27, 2016|language=en|format=YouTube Video|date=July 20, 2016}}{{cbignore}} His Aunt Chippy (Concetta Potenza) is also a featured part of the show. His brother Jonathan works on the show as a director. His sister, Jill, is a comedian.

Inspired by David Letterman's start in radio, Kimmel began working in radio while in high school. He was the host of a Sunday night interview show on UNLV's college station, KUNV.{{cite news |last1=Gray |first1=Tim |title=Jimmy Kimmel on His First Hollywood Job and How He Got Into TV |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/awards/emmy-host-jimmy-kimmel-1201859652/ |access-date=March 24, 2020 |work=Variety |date=September 16, 2016 |language=en |archive-date=March 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324092623/https://variety.com/2016/tv/awards/emmy-host-jimmy-kimmel-1201859652/ |url-status=live }} While attending Arizona State University, he became a popular caller to the KZZP-FM afternoon show 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 Show at KZOK-FM in Seattle, Washington. Over the next 10 months, the hosts performed several stunts on air, including one that led to an $8,000 loss in advertising.{{cite news |last1=Boss |first1=Kit |title=Sonic Boom: Kzok-Am Turns Up The Volume {{!}} The Seattle Times |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19900201&slug=1053812 |access-date=March 24, 2020 |work=The Seattle Times |date=February 1, 1990 |archive-date=December 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205025018/https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19900201&slug=1053812 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Garrett |first1=Shawn |title=Jimmy Kimmel Comes To Seattle and Complains About Being Fired in 1990 |url=https://kzok.iheart.com/content/2019-03-27-jimmy-kimmel-comes-to-seattle-and-complains-about-being-fired-in-1990/ |access-date=March 24, 2020 |work=KZOK-FM |date=March 27, 2019 |language=en |archive-date=March 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324092624/https://kzok.iheart.com/content/2019-03-27-jimmy-kimmel-comes-to-seattle-and-complains-about-being-fired-in-1990/ |url-status=live }}

In 1990, Kimmel and Voss were fired by KZOK and were fired again a year later at WRBQ-FM in Tampa. Kimmel went on to host his own show at KCMJ in Palm Springs, California, where he recruited as his intern Carson Daly, who had been a family friend since his childhood.{{cite news |title=Carson Daly Was Jimmy Kimmel's Intern |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c635eXPA2OQ | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211029/c635eXPA2OQ| archive-date=October 29, 2021|access-date=March 24, 2020 |work=Late Night with Seth Meyers |date=February 26, 2020}}{{cbignore}} After a morning stint at KRQQ in Tucson, Arizona, Kimmel landed at KROQ-FM in Los Angeles. He spent five years as "Jimmy The Sports Guy" for the Kevin and Bean morning show. During that time he met and befriended the comedian Adam Carolla.{{cite book |last = Carolla |first = Adam |title = In 50 Years We'll All Be Chicks |year = 2010 |publisher = Crown Archetype |isbn=978-0-307-71737-5}}

Kimmel initially did not want to do television; he began writing for Fox announcers and promotions and was quickly recruited to do the on-air promotions himself. He declined several offers for television shows from producer Michael Davies, being uninterested in the projects, until he was offered a place as the comedic counterpart to Ben Stein on the game show Win Ben Stein's Money, which began airing on Comedy Central in 1997. His quick wit and "everyman" personality were counterpoints to Stein's monotonous vocal style and faux-patrician demeanor. The combination earned the pair an Emmy award for Best Game Show Host.

In 1999, during his time on Win Ben Stein's Money, Kimmel co-hosted (with Adam Carolla) and co-produced (with Daniel Kellison), Comedy Central's The Man Show. Kimmel left Win Ben Stein's Money in 2001 and was replaced by comedian Nancy Pimental, who was eventually replaced by Kimmel's cousin Sal Iacono. The Man Show{{'}}s success allowed Kimmel, Carolla, and Kellison to create and produce, under the banner Jackhole Productions, Crank Yankers for Comedy Central (on which Kimmel plays the characters "Elmer Higgins", "Terrence Catheter", "The Nudge", "Karl Malone" and himself) and later The Andy Milonakis Show for MTV2. Kimmel also produced and co-wrote the feature film Windy City Heat, Festival Prize winner of the Comedia Award for Best Film at the 2004 Montreal Comedy Festival.

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In January 2003, Kimmel permanently left The Man Show to host his own late-night talk show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, on ABC. In April 2007, Stuffmagazine.com named Kimmel the "biggest badass on TV." Kimmel said it was an honor but clearly a mistake.

Despite its name, the show has not actually aired live since 2004, when censors were unable to properly bleep censor a barrage of swearing from actor Thomas Jane.{{cite magazine |url = https://www.vulture.com/2012/10/jimmy-kimmel-live-gets-new-time-slot.html |title = Jimmy Kimmel Takes On Brooklyn And Two New Rivals |last = Yuan |first = Jada |magazine = Vulture |date = October 21, 2012 |access-date = April 17, 2020 |archive-date = December 29, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191229224704/https://www.vulture.com/2012/10/jimmy-kimmel-live-gets-new-time-slot.html |url-status = live }}

During the 2004 NBA Finals in Detroit, Kimmel appeared on ABC's halftime show to make an on-air plug for his show. He suggested that if the Detroit Pistons defeated the Los Angeles Lakers, "they're gonna burn the city of Detroit down ... and it's not worth it." Officials with Detroit's ABC affiliate, WXYZ-TV, immediately announced that that night's show would not air on the station. Hours later, ABC officials pulled that night's show from the entire network. Kimmel later apologized.{{cite magazine |first = Gary |last = Susman |title = ABC yanks Jimmy Kimmel Live over Detroit slur |url = https://ew.com/article/2004/06/11/abc-yanks-jimmy-kimmel-live-over-detroit-slur/ |magazine = Entertainment Weekly |date = June 11, 2004 |access-date = November 6, 2019 |archive-date = November 6, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191106052725/https://ew.com/article/2004/06/11/abc-yanks-jimmy-kimmel-live-over-detroit-slur/ |url-status = live }}

Kimmel usually ends his show with "My apologies to Matt Damon, we ran out of time." When Matt Damon did actually appear on the show to be interviewed, he walked in and sat down only to be told just a few seconds later by Kimmel, "Unfortunately, we are totally out of time," followed by "my apologies to Matt Damon." Damon appeared angry but both performers have since indicated that their faux-feud is a joke.Butler, Bethonie, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/02/27/the-long-hilarious-history-of-jimmy-kimmel-and-matt-damon-pretending-to-hate-each-other/ The long, hilarious history of Jimmy Kimmel and Matt Damon pretending to hate each other] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180416140322/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/02/27/the-long-hilarious-history-of-jimmy-kimmel-and-matt-damon-pretending-to-hate-each-other/ |date=April 16, 2018 }}, The Washington Post, February 27, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2018.

In February 2008, Kimmel showed a mock music video with a panoply of stars called "I'm Fucking Ben Affleck",{{cite news |url = https://people.com/celebrity/so-long-sarah-jimmy-kimmel-is-well-dating-ben-affleck/ |title = So Long, Sarah! Jimmy Kimmel Is, Well, 'Dating' Ben Affleck |first = Stephen M. |last = Silverman |work = People |date = February 25, 2008 |access-date = November 6, 2019 |archive-date = November 6, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191106052727/https://people.com/celebrity/so-long-sarah-jimmy-kimmel-is-well-dating-ben-affleck/ |url-status = live }} as "revenge" after his then-girlfriend Sarah Silverman and Damon recorded a similar video titled "I'm Fucking Matt Damon". Silverman's video originally aired on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and became an "instant YouTube sensation".{{cite news |url = https://people.com/celebrity/behind-matt-damons-raunchy-payback-to-jimmy-kimmel/ |title = Behind Matt Damon's Raunchy Payback to Jimmy Kimmel |first = Julie |last = Jordan |work = People |date = February 2, 2008 |access-date = November 6, 2019 |archive-date = November 6, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191106052730/https://people.com/celebrity/behind-matt-damons-raunchy-payback-to-jimmy-kimmel/ |url-status = live }} Kimmel's "revenge" video featured himself, Ben Affleck, and a large lineup of stars, particularly in scenes spoofing the 1985 "We Are the World" video: Brad Pitt, Don Cheadle, Cameron Diaz, Robin Williams, Harrison Ford, Dominic Monaghan, Benji Madden and Joel Madden from Good Charlotte, Lance Bass, Macy Gray, Josh Groban, Huey Lewis, Perry Farrell, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Pete Wentz, Meat Loaf, Rebecca Romijn, Christina Applegate, Dom Joly, Mike Shinoda, Lauren Conrad, and Joan Jett, among others.

After this, Kimmel's sidekick, Guillermo, appeared in a spoof of The Bourne Ultimatum, which starred Damon. He was then chased down by Damon, who was cursing about Kimmel being behind all this. Guillermo also stopped Damon on the red carpet one time and, before he could finish the interview, said, "Sorry, we are out of time." The most recent encounter was titled "The Handsome Men's Club" which featured Kimmel, along with the "Handsome Men", who were: Matthew McConaughey, Rob Lowe, Lenny Kravitz, Patrick Dempsey, Sting, Keith Urban, John Krasinski, Ethan Hawke, Josh Hartnett, Tony Romo, Ted Danson, Taye Diggs, Gilles Marini, and Ben Affleck speaking about being handsome and all the jobs that come with it. At the end of the skit, Kimmel has a door slammed in his face by Damon, who says they have run out of time and laughs sinisterly. Jennifer Garner also makes a surprise appearance. As a tradition, celebrities voted off Dancing with the Stars appear on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, causing Kimmel to describe himself as "the three-headed dog the stars must pass on their way to No-Dancing Hell."

In October 2013, a new segment of the show, "Kids Table", showcased five- and six-year-olds discussing the U.S. government shutdown and U.S. debts. When one of the children suggested "killing all the people in China" as a way of resolving the U.S. debt, Kimmel responded that that was "an interesting idea" and soon jokingly asked a followup: "Should we allow the Chinese to live?"{{cite magazine |url = https://ew.com/article/2013/10/28/jimmy-kimmel-live-china-joke-apology/ |title = ABC apology for 'Kimmel' segment |date = October 28, 2013 |magazine = Entertainment Weekly |access-date = November 6, 2019 |archive-date = November 6, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191106052725/https://ew.com/article/2013/10/28/jimmy-kimmel-live-china-joke-apology/ |url-status = live }} The incident triggered discussions and protests on the internet, even from Mainland China. In an October 25 letter to a group called the 80-20 Initiative, which identifies itself as a pan-Asian-American political organization, ABC apologized for the segment, saying "We would never purposefully broadcast anything to upset the Chinese community, Asian community, anyone of Chinese descent or any community at large."{{cite magazine |url = https://entertainment.time.com/2013/10/28/kids-say-the-most-divisive-things-asian-americans-protest-jimmy-kimmel/ |title = Asian Americans Protest Jimmy Kimmel |last = Steinmetz |first = Katy |date = October 28, 2013 |magazine = Time |access-date = February 26, 2014 |archive-date = February 27, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140227223615/http://entertainment.time.com/2013/10/28/kids-say-the-most-divisive-things-asian-americans-protest-jimmy-kimmel/ |url-status = live }} More than a hundred people took to the streets in San Francisco on October 28 to protest the show and demand "a more elaborate apology" and that Kimmel be fired. On that day's broadcast, Kimmel addressed the controversy personally, saying: "I thought it was obvious that I didn't agree with that statement, but apparently it wasn't ... So I just wanted to say, I'm sorry, I apologize."{{cite web |url = https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/10/29/abc-apologizes-for-kill-everyone-in-china-line-on-jimmy-kimmel-live |title = ABC Apologizes for "Kill Everyone in China" Line on Jimmy Kimmel Live |last = Little |first = Lyneka |date = October 29, 2013 |work = The Wall Street Journal |access-date = February 26, 2014 |archive-date = February 21, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140221074347/http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/10/29/abc-apologizes-for-kill-everyone-in-china-line-on-jimmy-kimmel-live/ |url-status = live }} Despite the apologies from ABC and Kimmel, protests continued. A White House petition was created to investigate the incident and reached the 100,000 signatures needed to require a response from the White House.{{cite news |url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/wp/2013/11/08/how-jimmy-kimmels-china-joke-became-an-issue-for-the-white-house |title = How Jimmy Kimmel's China joke became an issue for the White House |date = November 8, 2013 |newspaper = The Washington Post |access-date = February 26, 2014 |archive-date = January 23, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140123090909/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/wp/2013/11/08/how-jimmy-kimmels-china-joke-became-an-issue-for-the-white-house/ |url-status = live }} The Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus denounced the incident and demanded a formal apology from ABC.{{cite web |url = http://capac-chu.house.gov/press-release/capac-issues-letter-racially-insensitive-kids-table-segment-jimmy-kimmel-live |title = CAPAC Issues Letter on Racially Insensitive "Kids' Table" Segment on Jimmy Kimmel Live |date = October 29, 2013 |work = United States House of Representatives |access-date = February 26, 2014 |archive-date = November 5, 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131105050000/http://capac-chu.house.gov/press-release/capac-issues-letter-racially-insensitive-kids-table-segment-jimmy-kimmel-live/ |url-status = live }}

During a November 2022 appearance on Stitcher's Naked Lunch podcast, Kimmel revealed he told ABC executives, soon after the 2016 election of Donald Trump, that if he could not tell Trump jokes, then he would leave the show. It appears the execs once spoke to Kimmel about laying off Trump in order to not alienate Republican viewers. Kimmel said ABC execs were right in their apprehension, as he estimates he lost around half of his audience due to Trump jokes.{{cite news |last=Sharf |first=Zack |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/jimmy-kimmel-threatened-abc-quit-show-block-trump-jokes-1235422576/ |title=Jimmy Kimmel Told ABC He'd Quit if Execs Stopped Him From Making Trump Jokes: 'They Knew I Was Serious' |work=Variety |date=November 3, 2022 |access-date=November 4, 2022 |archive-date=November 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104190629/https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/jimmy-kimmel-threatened-abc-quit-show-block-trump-jokes-1235422576/ |url-status=live }}

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In spring 1996, Kimmel appeared as "Jimmy the Fox Guy" in promos on the Fox Network. His other television work included being the on-air football prognosticator for Fox NFL Sunday for four years. He has had numerous appearances on other talk shows, including Live with Regis and Kelly, The Howard Stern Show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and Late Show with David Letterman.

He has appeared on The Late Show five times, most recently in 2010. Kimmel served as roastmaster for the New York Friars' Club Roast of Hugh Hefner and the Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson. He has appeared on ABC's Dancing with the Stars.

In August 2006, ABC announced that Kimmel would be host of their new game show Set for Life.{{cite web |url = http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20060822abc02 |title = Jimmy Kimmel Named Host For ABC's Newst Game Show, "Set For Life", From Endemol USA |publisher = Thefutoncritic.com |date = September 26, 2006 |access-date = July 19, 2010 |archive-date = February 4, 2013 |archive-url = https://archive.today/20130204014753/http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20060822abc02 |url-status = live }} The show debuted on July 20, 2007. On April 6, 2007, Kimmel filled in for Larry King on Larry King Live. That particular broadcast dealt with paparazzi. Kimmel reproached Emily Gould, an editor at Gawker.com, for the site's alleged stalking of celebrities. On July 8, 2007, Kimmel managed the National League in the 2007 Taco Bell All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game in San Francisco. He played in the game in 2004 and 2006 (in Houston and Pittsburgh, respectively). On July 11, 2007, Kimmel, along with basketball player LeBron James, hosted the 2007 ESPY Awards. The show aired on ESPN on July 15, 2007. Kimmel hosted the American Music Awards on ABC five times, in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2008.

Kimmel guest-hosted Live with Regis and Kelly during the week of October 22–26, 2007, commuting every day between New York and Los Angeles. In the process, he broke the Guinness World Record for the longest distance ({{convert|22406|mi|km}}) traveled in one work week.{{cite web |url = http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2007/10/29/2007-10-29_inner_tube_jimmy_kimmel_goes_distance_se.html |title = Inner Tube: Jimmy Kimmel goes distance, sets World Record |work = New York Daily News |date = October 29, 2007 |access-date = June 4, 2010 |archive-date = July 20, 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100720050231/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2007/10/29/2007-10-29_inner_tube_jimmy_kimmel_goes_distance_se.html |url-status = live }} Kimmel himself has questioned the record, suggesting that a world leader or the Pope must actually hold the record.{{cite web|title=Jimmy Kimmel Goes Undercover on Reddit, Twitter & Wikipedia|url=http://video.gq.com/watch/jimmy-kimmel-goes-undercover-on-reddit-twitter-wikipedia|website=GQ Videos|access-date=January 18, 2018|archive-date=January 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118181030/http://video.gq.com/watch/jimmy-kimmel-goes-undercover-on-reddit-twitter-wikipedia|url-status=live}}

Kimmel has performed in several animated films, often voicing dogs. His voice appeared in Garfield: The Movie and Road Trip, and he portrayed Death's Dog in the Family Guy episode "Mr. Saturday Knight"; Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane later presented Kimmel with a figurine of his character on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Kimmel also did voice work for Robot Chicken. Kimmel's cousin Sal Iacono has accepted and won a wrestling match with Santino Marella.

On January 14, 2010, amid the 2010 Tonight Show host and time slot conflict, Kimmel was the special guest of Jay Leno on The Jay Leno Show{{'}}s "10 at 10" segment. Kimmel derided Leno in front of a live studio audience for taking back the 11:35 pm time slot from Conan O'Brien, and repeatedly insulted Leno. He ended the segment with a plea that Leno "leave our shows alone", as Kimmel and O'Brien had "kids" while Leno only had "cars".{{cite web |url = http://www.wwtdd.com/2010/01/jimmy-kimmel-annihilated-jay-leno |title = kimmel > leno. again. |publisher = What Would Tyler Durden Do? |date = January 15, 2010 |access-date = January 2, 2011 |archive-date = December 7, 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101207040249/http://www.wwtdd.com/2010/01/jimmy-kimmel-annihilated-jay-leno/ |url-status = live }}

Kimmel hosted the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards on September 23, 2012, and the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards on September 18, 2016.{{cite news |title = Jimmy Kimmel to host Emmys for the first time |url = http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2012/03/jimmy-kimmel-to-host-emmys-for-the-first-time.html |work = Los Angeles Times |date = March 26, 2012 |access-date = March 26, 2012 |archive-date = March 30, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120330032841/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2012/03/jimmy-kimmel-to-host-emmys-for-the-first-time.html |url-status = live }}{{cite web |url = https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/jimmy-kimmel-2016-emmys-1201724088/ |title = Jimmy Kimmel to Host 2016 Emmy Awards |date = March 7, 2016 |work = Variety |access-date = March 25, 2016 |archive-date = September 19, 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160919043155/http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/jimmy-kimmel-2016-emmys-1201724088/ |url-status = live }} With the presidential election only weeks away, Kimmel pointed out the role Mark Burnett played in the rise of Trump.{{cite magazine | url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/01/07/how-mark-burnett-resurrected-donald-trump-as-an-icon-of-american-success | title=How Mark Burnett Resurrected Donald Trump as an Icon of American Success | first=Patrick Radden | last=Keefe | date=January 7, 2019 | magazine=The New Yorker | access-date=March 13, 2019 | archive-date=June 17, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617183101/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/01/07/how-mark-burnett-resurrected-donald-trump-as-an-icon-of-american-success | url-status=live }}

Kimmel hosted the 89th edition of the Academy Awards ceremony on February 26, 2017.{{cite web|title=Oscars: Jimmy Kimmel to Host This Year's Ceremony (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-jimmy-kimmel-host-years-ceremony-952662|work=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Gregg|last=Kilday|date=December 5, 2016|access-date=March 14, 2017|archive-date=February 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214182948/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-jimmy-kimmel-host-years-ceremony-952662|url-status=live}} He returned as host for the 90th edition on March 4, 2018,{{cite web|last1=Rottenberg|first1=Josh|title=Jimmy Kimmel set to return as host for next year's Oscars|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-entertainment-news-updates-may-jimmy-kimmel-set-to-return-as-host-for-1494949815-htmlstory.html|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 16, 2017|date=May 16, 2017|archive-date=March 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327101920/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-entertainment-news-updates-may-jimmy-kimmel-set-to-return-as-host-for-1494949815-htmlstory.html|url-status=live}} and the 95th edition on March 12, 2023.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/11/oscar-host-jimmy-kimmel-2023-abc-1235165138/|title=Jimmy Kimmel Set For Third Oscar Hosting Stint|work=Deadline Hollywood|author=Pete Hammond|date=November 7, 2022|access-date=November 7, 2022|archive-date=December 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205140650/https://deadline.com/2022/11/oscar-host-jimmy-kimmel-2023-abc-1235165138/|url-status=live}} He returned for the fourth time to host the 96th edition on March 10, 2024.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/oscars-jimmy-kimmel-back-2024-host-1235648177/ |title=Oscars: Jimmy Kimmel Back as 2024 Host |last=Rose |first=Lacey |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=November 15, 2023 |access-date=November 15, 2023}}

In June 2018, Kimmel was challenged by U.S. Senator Ted Cruz to a one-on-one basketball game after Kimmel compared Cruz's appearance to that of a blobfish. Kimmel accepted and the game (known as the Blobfish Basketball Classic) was scheduled to take place at Texas Southern University on June 16, with the loser donating $5,000 to the non-political charity of the winner's choice.{{cite web | url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/12/politics/ted-cruz-jimmy-kimmel-charity-basketball-blobfish/index.html | title=Cruz, Kimmel to face off in one-on-one basketball game to benefit charity | first=Donald | last=Judd | date=June 12, 2018 | website=CNN | access-date=June 14, 2018 | archive-date=June 14, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614172201/https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/12/politics/ted-cruz-jimmy-kimmel-charity-basketball-blobfish/index.html | url-status=live }} Cruz defeated Kimmel 11–9, and over $80,000 was raised from the game and donated to the charities.{{cite web | url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/19/politics/jimmy-kimmel-ted-cruz-basketball-game-highlights/index.html | title=Cruz and Kimmel are better at raising money than playing basketball | first=Saba Hamedy | last=Hamedy | date=June 19, 2018 | website=CNN | access-date=June 22, 2018 | archive-date=June 23, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623005310/https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/19/politics/jimmy-kimmel-ted-cruz-basketball-game-highlights/index.html | url-status=live }}

In November 2018, Kimmel launched his second production company, Kimmelot.{{Cite web|last=Littleton|first=Cynthia|date=November 13, 2018|title=Jimmy Kimmel Launches Kimmelot Banner, Partners With Brent Montgomery|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/jimmy-kimmel-brent-montgomery-launch-kimmelot-1203027205/|access-date=October 15, 2020|website=Variety|language=en|archive-date=February 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215234243/https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/jimmy-kimmel-brent-montgomery-launch-kimmelot-1203027205/|url-status=live}}

Kimmel was the host and co-executive producer of a celebrity edition of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, which premiered for the show's 20th anniversary in 2020. It premiered on April 8, 2020, on ABC.{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/tv/2020/01/08/jimmy-kimmel-who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire-20th-anniversary/|title=Jimmy Kimmel to host Who Wants to Be a Millionaire for 20th anniversary special run|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=January 8, 2020|access-date=January 8, 2020|archive-date=January 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200109033222/https://ew.com/tv/2020/01/08/jimmy-kimmel-who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire-20th-anniversary/|url-status=live}} In June 2020, it was announced that Kimmel would return to host the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards on September 20, 2020.{{Cite web|last1=Schneider|first1=Michael|date=June 16, 2020|title=Jimmy Kimmel to Host 72nd Emmy Awards, Details Still to Come from ABC and TV Academy|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/jimmy-kimmel-emmy-awards-host-abc-television-academy-1234636940/|access-date=June 16, 2020|website=Variety|language=en|archive-date=June 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616221138/https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/jimmy-kimmel-emmy-awards-host-abc-television-academy-1234636940/|url-status=live}}

In July 2019, Kimmel released his first book, The Serious Goose, an interactive children's picture book featuring his own illustrations that tasks readers with helping to make the serious goose smile.{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/jimmy-kimmel-unveils-childrens-book-goose-64362838|title=Jimmy Kimmel unveils new children's book 'The Serious Goose'|last=McCarthy|first=Kelly|date=July 16, 2019|website=Good Morning America|access-date=December 4, 2019|archive-date=December 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204034325/https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/jimmy-kimmel-unveils-childrens-book-goose-64362838|url-status=live}}

On August 30, 2023, Kimmel began hosting the comedy podcast Strike Force Five with Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, Stephen Colbert, and John Oliver to support their staff members out of work due to the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike.{{Cite news |last=Horton |first=Adrian |date=August 30, 2023 |title=Strike Force Five: what happens when late-night TV hosts make a podcast? |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/aug/30/strike-force-five-late-night-hosts-podcast-fallon-kimmel-colbert |access-date=September 1, 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web |last=Rancilio |first=Alicia |date=August 30, 2023 |title=Late-night hosts team up for 'Strike Force Five' podcast to benefit their out-of-work staff |url=https://apnews.com/article/latenight-hosts-podcast-strike-force-five-f57d2b60642ded98799c4b57c627e5d6 |access-date=September 1, 2023 |website=AP News |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=August 29, 2023 |title=Late-Night Hosts Hook Up for Spotify Podcast With Proceeds to Benefit Unemployed Staffers During Writers Strike |url=https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/late-night-hosts-spotify-strike-team-five-writers-strike-1235706901/ |access-date=September 1, 2023 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}

Kimmel's biggest influences in comedy are David Letterman and Howard Stern.{{Cite web |last=de Moraes |first=Lisa |date=October 19, 2017 |title=Howard Stern Offers Jimmy Kimmel His Dirty Laundry And Thoughts On Harvey Weinstein |url=https://deadline.com/2017/10/howard-stern-jimmy-kimmel-harvey-weinstein-dirty-laundry-video-1202191140/ |access-date=September 15, 2022 |website=Deadline |language=en-US |archive-date=September 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220915045948/https://deadline.com/2017/10/howard-stern-jimmy-kimmel-harvey-weinstein-dirty-laundry-video-1202191140/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Ashley |date=May 20, 2015 |title=Watch Jimmy Kimmel's Emotional Tribute to David Letterman: "Totally Original" and "The Best" (Video) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jimmy-kimmel-tribute-david-letterman-797066/ |access-date=September 15, 2022 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |archive-date=September 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220915045948/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jimmy-kimmel-tribute-david-letterman-797066/ |url-status=live }} Kimmel has said of Letterman, "His show was just so weird and different. I'd never seen anything like it. I didn't know anyone who had a sense of humor like that."{{cite magazine|title=Here's Jimmy Kimmel|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/heres-jimmy-kimmel-20130301?page=2|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=Jonah|last=Weiner|date=March 1, 2012|access-date=February 14, 2017|archive-date=October 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006062505/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/heres-jimmy-kimmel-20130301?page=2|url-status=live}} Kimmel has often joked that the only reason he got into show business was to be friends with Letterman; he has also questioned why anybody would watch his show instead of Letterman's.{{cite web|title=Jimmy Kimmel Takes on Brooklyn and Two New Rivals|url=https://www.vulture.com/2012/10/jimmy-kimmel-live-gets-new-time-slot.html|work=Vulture.com|first=Jada|last=Yuan|date=October 21, 2012|access-date=February 14, 2017|archive-date=December 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229224704/https://www.vulture.com/2012/10/jimmy-kimmel-live-gets-new-time-slot.html|url-status=live}}

Kimmel wrote a piece for Time about his love for Letterman, saying:{{blockquote|As I write this, there are only ten shows left before the funniest, most inventive and smartest man who ever wore an Alka Seltzer suit goes fishing for good. None of us who discovered Dave on our own and claimed him as our own will ever be able to satisfactorily explain to the younger people who didn't what he did, what he meant and what he means. I guess it doesn't matter. It's only an exhibition, not a competition. Thanks Dave. For whatever it's worth, you're my favorite.{{cite magazine|title=Jimmy Kimmel: Watching David Letterman 'Was More Important Than Sleep'|url=https://time.com/3858014/david-letterman-jimmy-kimmel-tribute/|magazine=Time|first=Jimmy|last=Kimmel|date=May 14, 2015|access-date=February 14, 2017|archive-date=January 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104142448/http://time.com/3858014/david-letterman-jimmy-kimmel-tribute/|url-status=live}}}}

File:Jimmy Kimmel and Cousin Sal.jpg with his cousin, Sal Iacono, in 2015]]

Kimmel is a practicing Catholic.{{Cite web|title=Jimmy Kimmel Defends His Catholic Faith Against Attack from Roy Moore|date=December 7, 2017|url=https://churchpop.com/2017/12/07/jimmy-kimmel-defends-his-catholic-faith-against-attack-from-roy-moore/|publisher=ChurchPOP|quote=Kimmel was raised Catholic, was an altar server, and says he is a practicing Catholic. However, he publicly supports things contrary to Catholic teaching, such as same-sex marriage.|access-date=February 8, 2020|archive-date=February 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205144032/https://churchpop.com/2017/12/07/jimmy-kimmel-defends-his-catholic-faith-against-attack-from-roy-moore/|url-status=live}} He has spoken publicly about having narcolepsy.{{cite news |author=Carter, Bill |date=November 3, 2003 |title=In The Land of the Insomniac The Narcoleptic Wants To Be King |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/03/magazine/in-the-land-of-the-insomniac-the-narcoleptic-wants-to-be-king.html |access-date=December 11, 2009 |archive-date=January 14, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114053137/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/03/magazine/in-the-land-of-the-insomniac-the-narcoleptic-wants-to-be-king.html |url-status=live }}

Kimmel married Gina Maddy in 1988; they divorced in 2002.{{cite web|title=Jimmy Kimmel Engagement Announced |url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2012/08/jimmy-kimmel-engagement-announced |first=Jennifer |last=Abbey |work=ABC News |date=August 15, 2012 |access-date=February 15, 2014 |archive-date=April 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414001740/http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2012/08/jimmy-kimmel-engagement-announced/ |url-status=live}} Their daughter Katherine was born in 1991 and their son Kevin was born in 1993.{{cite news|last1=Satran|first1=Joe|title=Jimmy Kimmel, Emmy Host, Rose From Beer-Drinking Bozo To America's Favorite Emcee|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/21/jimmy-kimmel-emmy_n_1901978.html|access-date=May 2, 2017|work=Huffington Post|date=September 21, 2012|quote=Gina would give birth to the couple's first child, Katie, four years [after the couple's 1988 marriage]; a son, Kevin, followed in 1993.|archive-date=April 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170430205042/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/21/jimmy-kimmel-emmy_n_1901978.html|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine |title = Jimmy Kimmel |magazine = TV Guide.com |url = https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jimmy-kimmel/bio/194203 |archive-date=March 8, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160308020823/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jimmy-kimmel/bio/194203/ |url-status=dead |access-date=May 3, 2017}} Kimmel became a grandfather after his oldest daughter gave birth to a girl in May 2025.{{cite news|last1=Kindelan|first1=Katie|title=Jimmy Kimmel announces he's a grandfather|url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/jimmy-kimmel-grandfather/story?id=122031631|access-date=May 22, 2025|work=ABC News|date=May 21, 2025|archive-date=May 21, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250521220743/https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/jimmy-kimmel-grandfather/story?id=122031631|url-status=live}} He had a relationship with comedian Sarah Silverman from 2002 to March 2009.{{cite web |last = Tan |first = Michelle |title = Sarah Silverman and Jimmy Kimmel Call It Quits – Again |url = https://people.com/celebrity/sarah-silverman-and-jimmy-kimmel-call-it-quits-again/ |date = March 7, 2009 |access-date = November 6, 2019 |archive-date = August 26, 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160826110614/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20263895,00.html |url-status = live }}

Kimmel started dating Molly McNearney, a co-head writer for Jimmy Kimmel Live, in October 2009.{{cite web|last=Ingrassia |first=Lisa |url=https://people.com/celebrity/move-over-ben-affleck-jimmy-kimmels-got-a-new-squeeze/|title=Move Over, Ben Affleck! Jimmy Kimmel's Got a New Squeeze|work=People |date=October 10, 2009 |access-date=November 6, 2019|archive-date=February 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201072120/http://people.com/celebrity/move-over-ben-affleck-jimmy-kimmels-got-a-new-squeeze/ |url-status=live}} They were engaged in August 2012{{cite web|last=Rizzo |first=Monica |url=https://people.com/celebrity/jimmy-kimmel-engaged-to-jimmy-kimmel-live-co-head-writer-molly-mcnearney/|title=Jimmy Kimmel Is Engaged to Molly McNearney |work=People |date=August 15, 2012 |access-date=November 6, 2019|archive-date=May 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170504170956/http://people.com/celebrity/jimmy-kimmel-engaged-to-jimmy-kimmel-live-co-head-writer-molly-mcnearney/ |url-status=live}} and married in July 2013.{{cite web |last = Leonard |first = Elizabeth |url = https://people.com/celebrity/jimmy-kimmel-molly-mcnearney-marry/ |title = Jimmy Kimmel, Molly McNearney Marry |work = People |date = January 14, 2013 |access-date = November 6, 2019 |archive-date = March 4, 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092345/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20717001,00.html |url-status = live }} Their daughter Jane was born in July 2014, they are both living in Hermosa Beach, California.{{cite web |url=https://people.com/parents/jimmy-kimmel-molly-mcnearney-welcome-daughter-jane/|title = Jimmy Kimmel Welcomes Daughter Jane |work = People |date = July 10, 2014 |access-date = December 6, 2016 |first1 = Sarah |last1 = Michaud|first2=Elizabeth|last2=Leonard| archive-date = May 30, 2016 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160530032216/http://celebritybabies.people.com/2014/07/10/jimmy-kimmel-molly-mcnearney-welcome-daughter-jane/ | url-status=live}}{{Cite web |date=2024-02-12 |title=Jimmy Kimmel's Net Worth Is Huge Thanks to His Late-Night Talk Show |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a42711108/jimmy-kimmel-net-worth/ |access-date=2024-06-30 |website=Cosmopolitan |language=en-US}}

Their second child, William "Billy" John, was born on April 21, 2017.{{cite web|last1=Rose |first1=Lacey |title=Jimmy Kimmel Reveals Newborn Son's Open Heart Surgery in Emotional Monologue |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/jimmy-kimmel-reveals-newborn-sons-open-heart-surgery-emotional-monologue-999346 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=May 2017 |access-date=May 2, 2017 |archive-date=May 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170504033206/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/jimmy-kimmel-reveals-newborn-sons-open-heart-surgery-emotional-monologue-999346 |url-status=live}} He was born with a rare congenital heart defect,{{cite news|last1=Greenemeier |first1=Larry |title=Billy Kimmel's Rare Heart Condition Explained |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/billy-kimmels-rare-heart-condition-explained1/ |access-date=May 4, 2017 |work=Scientific American |date=May 3, 2017 |language=en |archive-date=May 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170504171521/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/billy-kimmels-rare-heart-condition-explained1/ |url-status=live}} tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) with pulmonary atresia,{{cite news|last1=Bever|first1=Lindsey|title=A tearful Jimmy Kimmel said his newborn had a congenital heart defect. Here's how it works.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/05/02/a-tearful-jimmy-kimmel-said-his-newborn-has-a-congenital-heart-defect-heres-how-it-works/|access-date=May 2, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=May 2, 2017|archive-date=May 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170502161048/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/05/02/a-tearful-jimmy-kimmel-said-his-newborn-has-a-congenital-heart-defect-heres-how-it-works/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Phillips|first1=Jevon|title=Today in Entertainment: Writers strike averted; Jimmy Kimmel's newborn son had heart surgery|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-entertainment-news-updates-may-jimmy-kimmel-emotionally-recounts-a-1493706999-htmlstory.html|access-date=May 2, 2017|work=Los Angeles Times|date=May 2, 2017|archive-date=May 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170502093057/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-entertainment-news-updates-may-jimmy-kimmel-emotionally-recounts-a-1493706999-htmlstory.html|url-status=live}} which was first detected when he had a purplish appearance at three hours after birth. He underwent successful surgery at three days of age.{{cite news |last1=Schoenberg |first1=Nara |title=Surgeon explains Kimmel baby's heart defect |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/sc-kimmel-baby-heart-defect-0502-20170502-story.html |access-date=May 4, 2017 |work=The Chicago Tribune |date=May 2, 2017 |archive-date=May 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503200335/http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/sc-kimmel-baby-heart-defect-0502-20170502-story.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news|title=Jimmy Kimmel reveals newborn son's heart defect in emotional monologue |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/jimmy-kimmel-reveals-newborn-sons-heart-defect-emotional/story?id=47149065 |access-date=May 2, 2017 |work=ABC News |date=May 2, 2017 |archive-date=May 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503201610/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/jimmy-kimmel-reveals-newborn-sons-heart-defect-emotional/story?id=47149065 |url-status=live}} The first guests Kimmel had when his show returned following his son's birth were cardiac surgeon Mehmet Oz, who explained the condition,{{cite news|title=Jimmy Kimmel tearfully recounts newborn son's heart surgery|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/jimmy-kimmel-tearfully-recounts-newborn-sons-heart-surgery-47149630|access-date=May 2, 2017|work=ABC News|date=May 2, 2017|language=en|archive-date=May 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170502092352/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/jimmy-kimmel-tearfully-recounts-newborn-sons-heart-surgery-47149630|url-status=live}} and snowboarder Shaun White, who was born with TOF.{{cite news|title=Shaun White Talks to Jimmy Kimmel About Billy's Heart Condition |last=Bacardi |first=Francesca |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/847722/shaun-white-assuages-jimmy-kimmel-s-fears-after-discussing-heart-condition-he-and-baby-billy-share |access-date=May 2, 2017 |publisher=E! News |date=May 2, 2017 |archive-date=May 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170502194028/http://www.eonline.com/news/847722/shaun-white-assuages-jimmy-kimmel-s-fears-after-discussing-heart-condition-he-and-baby-billy-share |url-status=live}} Kimmel later cited his son's condition in a monologue criticizing a previous guest, Senator Bill Cassidy, who had co-authored a congressional healthcare bill, for not living up to the "Jimmy Kimmel test" regarding access for patients with preexisting conditions. The monologue was widely discussed as part of the wider debate about the American healthcare system.{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/4949522/jimmy-kimmel-healthcare-transcript/|title=Read Jimmy Kimmel's Latest Passionate Healthcare Monologue|magazine=Time|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=October 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020214121/https://time.com/4949522/jimmy-kimmel-healthcare-transcript/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/20/politics/health-care-kimmel/index.html|title=How the 'Jimmy Kimmel test' became the health care fight's measuring stick|first=Chris|last=Cillizza|website=CNN|date=September 20, 2017|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=July 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707011314/https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/20/politics/health-care-kimmel/index.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/21/jimmy-kimmel-tv-host-republicans-obamacare-health|title=Jimmy Kimmel: TV host emerges as unlikely leader in fight to save Obamacare|first=Lauren|last=Gambino|newspaper=The Guardian |date=September 21, 2017|via=www.theguardian.com|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=July 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706232125/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/21/jimmy-kimmel-tv-host-republicans-obamacare-health|url-status=live}}

In 2020, Kimmel learned that he and Martha Stewart are cousins through a genealogy report on the TV show Finding Your Roots.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA5TR1Yqty0| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211029/ZA5TR1Yqty0| archive-date=October 29, 2021|title=Jimmy Kimmel and Martha Stewart Are Cousins!|publisher=YouTube |date=February 19, 2020 |access-date=December 10, 2020}}{{cbignore}}

Kimmel plays the bass clarinet, and was a guest performer at a concert in Costa Mesa, California, on July 20, 2008, featuring The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, performing with the group on the song "The Impression That I Get".{{cite web |last=Wener |first=Ben |date=July 21, 2008 |title=Dropkick Murphys, Mighty Mighty Bosstones win one for Boston at Pacific |url=http://www.ocregister.com/2008/07/21/set-lists-dropkick-murphys-mighty-mighty-bosstones-at-pacific/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170504171848/http://www.ocregister.com/2008/07/21/set-lists-dropkick-murphys-mighty-mighty-bosstones-at-pacific/ |archive-date=May 4, 2017 |access-date=May 4, 2017 |work=Orange County Register}}

Kimmel co-founded the annual Los Angeles Feast of San Gennaro, a New York City annual tradition, and co-hosted the eighth annual Los Angeles version in 2009.{{cite web |date=September 21, 2007 |title=Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Corolla Host the 6th Annual Precious Cheese Feast of San Gennaro |url=http://lastheplace.com/2007/09/21/jimmy-kimmel-and-adam-corolla-host-the-6th-annual-precious-cheese-feast-of-san-gennaro |access-date=July 19, 2010 |publisher=LAsThePlace..com |archive-date=May 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507035521/http://lastheplace.com/2007/09/21/jimmy-kimmel-and-adam-corolla-host-the-6th-annual-precious-cheese-feast-of-san-gennaro |url-status=live }}

In 2018, he fundraised for Nevada U.S. Senate candidate (and eventual Senator) Jacky Rosen.{{cite web |date=October 31, 2018 |title=Kimmel, Killers' Flowers to headline Rosen rally in Las Vegas |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/kimmel-killers-flowers-to-headline-rosen-rally-in-las-vegas/ |access-date=November 2, 2018 |archive-date=November 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181101160253/https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/kimmel-killers-flowers-to-headline-rosen-rally-in-las-vegas/ |url-status=live }}

In 2021, Kimmel became the title sponsor of the LA Bowl for that year; in 2022, a college football bowl game was to be played annually in Inglewood's SoFi Stadium. The game became officially known as the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl.{{cite news |last=Schrotenboer |first=Brent |date=June 17, 2021 |title=Jimmy Kimmel Gets College Football Bowl Game in Los Angeles Named After Him |work=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2021/06/16/jimmy-kimmel-la-bowl-naming-rights-sofi-stadium/7725682002/ |access-date=December 11, 2021 |archive-date=December 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220100455/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2021/06/16/jimmy-kimmel-la-bowl-naming-rights-sofi-stadium/7725682002/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |date=June 17, 2021 |title=Jimmy Kimmel to Be Title Sponsor of LA Bowl, Which Will Debut in December |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/31649472/jimmy-kimmel-title-sponsor-la-bowl-which-debut-december |access-date=December 11, 2021 |archive-date=July 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727115856/https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/31649472/jimmy-kimmel-title-sponsor-la-bowl-which-debut-december |url-status=live }}

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