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President Trump has taken aim at late-night hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon in the days since Stephen Colbert's top-rated CBS show was canceled, predicting that both of the Jimmys will soon be out of a job and taking credit in advance.
After The Late Show With Stephen Colbert got axed by CBS, allegedly due to political pressure, President Donald Trump has claimed Jimmy Kimmel’s show could be next to go. He further stated that The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon would follow.
President Trump celebrated Stephen Colbert's show cancellation on Truth Social and predicts Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon will be next to lose their late-night programs
Trump called for his late-night foes Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon to have their shows canceled, saying the hosts are "destroying" the genre.
Kimmel, who has been engaged in a years-long feud with Trump, didn’t appear fazed by the president’s claim. “I’m hearing you're next,” he wrote on his Instagram Story. “Or maybe it’s just another wonderful secret.”
Jimmy Fallon has spoken out following the cancellation of Stephen Colbert'sLate Show on CBS. During Monday night's installment of the Tonight Show, the host made a candid comment about the future of his series.
The gag started with Miranda and Weird Al coming out to perform a song – a Coldplay song, in fact, a reference to the Astronomer scandal, which saw the CEO resigning after getting caught with the company’s HR chief on a kiss-cam at a recent concert from Chris Martin’s band.
Monday's late night monologues have all addressed the sudden cancellation of The Late Show, with Jon Stewart taking aim at his own parent company (Paramount owns CBS), Stephen Colbert sharing his blunt response, and Donald Trump gloating about the cancellation on social media.
I am your host,” Fallon said as he opened his monologue on NBC’s “Tonight Show” before adding: “Well, at least for tonight.”