Jimmy Kimmel Told His Kids That Trump Took Him Off the Air

Jimmy Kimmel Told His Kids That Trump Took Him Off the Air

Sean James Nov 8th, 2025, 2:29 pm

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Jimmy Kimmel and his wife, Molly McNearney, told their kids the reason his ABC late night show was briefly suspended was because President Donald Trump took it off of the air.

McNearney, who is the co-head writer and an executive producer on , and the comic talked about the September suspension on the podcast on Thursday. The couple shared that when the news first hit Kimmel was being taken off of the air, they decided to sit down with their 8-year-old son and 11-year-old daughter to explain the situation to them.

“Our son asked if th