Posted on 06/19/2026 10:52:36 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Rosie O'Donnell will join a roster of guest hosts set to replace Jimmy Kimmel for the summer, the late night host has revealed.
Kimmel segued to the 'special treat for our commander in chief' with a nod to his September suspension during his Thursday monologue.
'I will be taking the next two months off, this time voluntarily,' Kimmel said, before showing off 'a potent group of' guests.
'Tiffany Haddish, Colman Domingo, Ike Barinholtz, Anthony Anderson, Jelly Roll,' he listed.
'And... I asked one of [Donald Trump's] all-time favorites - Rosie O’Donnell - to be here to keep the hits coming.'
The revelation drew uproarious applause.
'You're welcome,' Kimmel told the LA crowd.
O'Donnell, 64, and Trump, 80, have been embroiled in a fierce feud for the past 20 years.
Kimmel - an outspoken Trump critic - cracked: 'All I ask in return, Mr. President, is that you don’t do anything stupid while I’m gone.'
Kimmel, 58, typically takes off two months every summer. He adopted the practice during the pandemic.
Thursday's episode was his last before it begins.
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OMG....can’t wait to see those ratings. She’s disgusting.
Put an American on TV
we don’t need people from Ireland to tell us what’s what
Oh yeah, that’ll bring in the audiences ....
“Trump foe Rosie O’Donnell to replace Jimmy Kimmel as he steps back from his show”. Be a good time to take a shit when that show is on.
Jabba the Hutt wasn’t available?
She would fit in better on “The View.”
Isn’t it supposed to be sort of a comedy show?
It’s been a very long time since Rosie was at all funny. she’s very depressing to watch.
She WAS on “The View”, and even they couldn’t stand her.
His show losses as much as 75 million a year and they still keep him on. Who is covering the losses?
🤣 I’m sure Disney/ABC will be thrilled to see the ratings! 🤣
Doesn’t she live in Ireland now? Last I heard she was applying for Irish citizenship.
I thought I heard she felt unsafe in this country.Donald Trump’s America is apparently too dangerous for people like her.
So that begs the question, why in the sam hill would she come back? And be in America to be on a TV show, when people like her are afraid of being arrested and incarcerated because Donald Trump is like Hitler and all of that.
Disney.
same writers?
is mrs kimmel off as well?
Oh, now this is just typical leftist idiocy. To go from bad...
to even worse! It ‘would’ be funny if it were not so damned irritatingly consistent.
One thing’s for sure. The network couldn’t care LESS about money or ratings. They just proved that... in spades.
What’s the difference ? LOL
Same unhinged hate. Different unhinged hater.
She is disgusting, wait, I thought she moved to Ireland to get away from Trump, I guess she couldnt resist all that dough she will be making here..funny how communism works
you got to love it when an ultra liberal network doubles down to loose money
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