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Jimmy Kimmel Floats Escape From US
Trending Politics ^ | 8/11/2025 | Mark Steffen

Posted on 08/11/2025 11:18:42 AM PDT by Signalman

Jimmy Kimmel is a desperate man looking for a way out, he revealed in a recent interview.

The late-night host sees the writing on the wall, including the likely evisceration of his own ABC show. Rather than bear it, Kimmel said he’s giving serious thought to fleeing the U.S.

Such a move would be driven by Kimmel’s desire to “escape Trump,” he said on the Sarah Silverman Podcast last week.

“I did get Italian citizenship, I do have that. What’s going on is as bad as you thought it was gonna be,” the 57-year-old comedian said about his own career and Trump’s gloating promise to get him canceled next. Kimmel was outraged by CBS’s decision to nix Stephen Colbert’s show after a decade leading late-night’s ratings.

“It’s so much worse, it’s just unbelievable – I feel like it’s probably even worse than he would like it to be,” he added.

News of Kimmel’s possible move to Europe comes after President Donald Trump threatened that he and NBC late night host Jimmy Fallon would be “next.” He followed up on his quip by blasting both anti-Trump comedians as talentless while fielding a question about SiriusXM’s decision to end Howard Stern’s show.

“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,” he said from the Oval Office.

During his interview with Silverman, Kimmel also faulted the “loud” left for contributing to a cancel culture that he claimed has denigrated stand-up comedy.

“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,” he explained.

“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.”

Both comedians also discussed watching Trump voters express regret for voting for the president in November, only to face the wrath of an online liberal mob that refuses to forgive and forget. Silverman pointed to the hate that podcaster Joe Rogan received after expressing his disappointment with some of Trump’s actions in his 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**k you, you support him, whatever.'” she said, the Daily Mail reported.

Kimmel replied, “I don’t buy into that. I don’t believe the ‘f*** you, you supported him.'”

“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.”


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Bye bye.
1 posted on 08/11/2025 11:18:42 AM PDT by Signalman
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To: Signalman

Childishness.


2 posted on 08/11/2025 11:19:21 AM PDT by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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To: Williams

Maybe he can move in with Ellen on a farm in England.

Oh wait, she couldn’t deal with that and moved back to US .

Never mind..


3 posted on 08/11/2025 11:21:34 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: Signalman

Put your money where your stupid cock holster is Jimmy


4 posted on 08/11/2025 11:21:43 AM PDT by BigFreakinToad (All she is, is cackles in the wind.)
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To: Signalman

5 posted on 08/11/2025 11:21:45 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Signalman

He can move to Lake Como and be butt buddies with George Clooney


6 posted on 08/11/2025 11:21:46 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: Signalman

i believe they refer to this as addition by subtraction....


7 posted on 08/11/2025 11:22:29 AM PDT by God luvs America
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To: Signalman

To quote Elvis:

“A little less conversation, a little more action, please!”


8 posted on 08/11/2025 11:23:27 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: Signalman

So long farewell auf wedersein adieu


9 posted on 08/11/2025 11:25:36 AM PDT by BigEdLB (Schiff to GITMO)
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To: Signalman

Kimmel also faulted the “loud” left for contributing to a cancel culture that he claimed has denigrated stand-up comedy.

The left can be diagnosed by one word poison it destroys everything.


10 posted on 08/11/2025 11:26:28 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Signalman

Go Jimmy go! Please!!!!!


11 posted on 08/11/2025 11:27:01 AM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: Signalman

BTTT and Hooray!!! May I help you pack?


12 posted on 08/11/2025 11:27:11 AM PDT by albie
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To: woodbutcher1963

The greatest President of our time continues to amaze and bless his constituants for their own good, like it or not.


13 posted on 08/11/2025 11:27:22 AM PDT by Colt1851Navy (What was wrong with riminalNixon?)
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To: Signalman

Go Kimmel. Just STFU and go.


14 posted on 08/11/2025 11:28:49 AM PDT by Hyman Roth
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To: Signalman
Good God, but these people are batshiite crazy. How is his day to day life any different than it was a year ago?

15 posted on 08/11/2025 11:29:34 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Signalman

More winning.


16 posted on 08/11/2025 11:29:45 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: Signalman

if he has the balls to actually carry out his plan, he will be just like Fat Rosie, and never actually go away.


17 posted on 08/11/2025 11:30:13 AM PDT by shotgun
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hehehe, through my mother’s blood, i can get italian citizenship... kimmel’s out of luck cause the italians are becoming more trumpish with every illegal migrant...

poor jimmy...


18 posted on 08/11/2025 11:30:29 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: Signalman

So brave. That’ll show Trump. Sticking up for the little guy by running away to a luxurious villa over seas. I hope they learn Arabic.


19 posted on 08/11/2025 11:31:37 AM PDT by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower. )
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To: Signalman

Oh please. All he has to do is get a personal life and get a beach house. He can’t. He cannot live without constant attention.


20 posted on 08/11/2025 11:32:18 AM PDT by stanne (Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
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