Matt Damon is reacting to “enemy” Jimmy Kimmel taking the summer off!
03.06.2020 - 18:59 / variety.com
By Mackenzie Nichols
Staff Writer
Jimmy Kimmel grappled with his own white privilege during the “Jimmy Kimmel Live” opening monologue. Revealing that the first time her heard the term he was “defensive” and misunderstood what it truly meant.
“To me, white privilege – was what Donald Trump had – a wealthy father – and a silver spoon in his mouth. It wasn’t what I grew up with,” said Kimmel. “So, I rejected it – because I didn’t understand what white privilege – meant. But I think I do now. I
Matt Damon is reacting to “enemy” Jimmy Kimmel taking the summer off!
not by taking the summer off from “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”That’s the coward’s way out.Kimmel needs to apologize for the resurfaced blackface sketches that aired during his days on Comedy Central’s “The Man Show” (1999-2004), which included him playing NBA star Karl Malone and a parody of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” called “Oprah Jimfrey.” You can only imagine.
a clip from Thursday’s episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” in which the late-night host details his upcoming summer hiatus, a robed and face-masked Damon slips out of a bedroom inside Kimmel’s home to chide him for taking a vacation.“What does that mean, ‘off?’ ” scoffs Damon, with Kimmel responding he’s simply taking some time.“What am I gonna do?” says Damon, 49, adding he’s been waiting to get on the show after hiding in the room for three months.
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from Variety.The show will be taken over by a variety of guest hosts while Kimmel steps back to spend time with his family.“There’s nothing wrong, I’m healthy, my family’s healthy, I just need a couple of months off,” Kimmel said, reassuring fans.While there have not been any specific details about who will be stepping in, ABC has promised “a cavalcade of very kind and capable people will be filling in.”Back in 2017, Kimmel briefly left the show when his son was born with congenital disease and
Jimmy Kimmel is taking the summer off — and Matt Damon has something to say about it! On Thursday's episode of , the talk show host announced that he would be taking a hiatus for the next couple of months to spend more time with his family. And then his arch nemesis made an appearance.«I'm taking the summer off to spend even more time with my family.
Jimmy Kimmel is taking the summer off to “spend even more time” with his family.
Jimmy Kimmel gave an impassioned monologue on his show this week in which he addressed many of his older audience members. Amid his explanation of white privilege, the television show host also touched on the purported dangers of voting for Donald Trump in November 2020.
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LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Jimmy Kimmel grappled with his own white privilege during the “Jimmy Kimmel Live” opening monologue. He revealed that the first time he heard the term he was “defensive” and misunderstood what it truly meant.
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