With its common host being on trip, Jimmy Kimmel Reside! has began its summer season rotation of visitor hosts, and this week’s host Diego Luna slammed Trump and championed immigrants in his debut monologue. Jimmy Kimmel, who has hinted he is likely to be retiring, is off for the summer season on an prolonged break. Within the interim, simply because the present has carried out since 2020, Jimmy Kimmel Reside! has lined up an array of visitor hosts to fill in as host whereas he is gone. Every one will sit behind the desk for per week, bringing their very own pursuits and taste to the interview and, extra importantly, the monologue.
Diego Luna kicked issues off as the primary host, and he made a mark in his first monologue as host on Monday evening. “With all the pieces happening on this nation round immigration and authoritarian insurance policies of Donald Trump, it’s no small factor {that a} Mexican is internet hosting such an necessary present,” he stated, earlier than lightening the tone a bit by chasing that with, “It is a massive deal, and I actually hope to not f*ck it up.” Whereas he sprinkled his monologue with self-deprecating humor, it was largely an homage to the immigrant inhabitants he had met in Los Angeles and a love letter to those that have moved to America hoping to chase the dream. See his total monologue beneath:
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His Visitors Will not Be Muzzled
It is not as if late-night discuss present hosts have hidden their disdain for Trump or pulled their punches on the subject of their jokes, however Jimmy Kimmel has been exceptionally outspoken in his criticism. With the host happening an prolonged trip for the summer season, he is as soon as once more lined up a celeb slate to fill in as visitor host, with the names on the checklist being fairly thrilling. It is an attention-grabbing mixture of returning visitors hosts and hosts making their debut, actors, comedians, Broadway stars, and even one musician:
- Diego Luna
- Jelly Roll
- Alan Cumming
- Kumail Nanjiani
- Anthony Anderson
- Nicole Byer
- Chris DiStefano
- Fortune Feimster
Kimmel has at all times been one of many extra daring late-night hosts when it comes to what he is prepared to experiment with, and it is fairly clear that that philosophy extends to his visitor host lineup. Kimmel has by no means filtered himself or his political opinions, and it might seem that he and his producers have given the visitors the go-ahead to be simply as political, offered they’re snug with it. With Diego Luna kicking issues off, it might be an indication of a really attention-grabbing low season for the late-night present.
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In truth, Luna’s monologue is hardly stunning. As a Mexican immigrant himself, and one who simply starred in Andor, Star Wars’ blistering indictment of fascism, he’ll undoubtedly have ideas on the immigration raids. It is not simply Luna, nevertheless. Contemplating present occasions and the political local weather in America proper now, it is unsurprising that late-night hosts and any movie star visitor hosts would need to weigh in on issues. Late-night discuss exhibits are supposed to be topical, and with a lot occurring proper now, each on this planet and within the U.S., it is not possible to keep away from addressing it. As Luna’s monologue confirmed, so long as there are regarding headlines within the information, the Jimmy Kimmel Reside! hosts will not draw back from incorporating them into the present.
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Jimmy Kimmel Reside!
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January 26, 2003
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Jimmy Kimmel
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