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These celebrities aren't laughing at Jimmy Kimmel's jokes... Join us as we count down the public figures who have openly feuded with the late-night host! From tech billionaires and podcast giants to politicians and media personalities, these stars have all made their disdain for Kimmel crystal clear. Do you think these feuds are justified?
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00:00The president, meanwhile, has been on an anti-Kimmel media blitz.
00:04At the White House.
00:05He was terrible.
00:06On Air Force One.
00:07He's got no talent.
00:09Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're looking at notable public figures who have made no
00:13secret of their disdain for talk show host and comedian, Jimmy Kimmel.
00:17Now, remember, I have been calling out Jimmy Kimmel's reprehensible comments and dialogue
00:21for years now.
00:24Number 10, Elon Musk.
00:26After more than two decades in late night, Jimmy Kimmel has taken aim at countless public
00:31figures, and Elon Musk is no exception.
00:34And while Kimmel has shown little affection for the SpaceX chief, Musk has made it clear
00:38that the feeling is mutual.
00:40The criticism really boiled over in the wake of the 2024 U.S. election.
00:43But it was a really good night for Putin and for polio and for lovable billionaires like
00:48Elon Musk and the bros up in Silicon Valley and all the wriggling brainworms who sold
00:53what was left of their souls to bow down to Donald Trump.
00:56While Jimmy offered words of solidarity to groups disappointed with the results, Musk
01:00lashed out, branding him an insufferable nonsense propaganda puppet.
01:04The guy who paid people a million dollars a day to vote for Donald Trump is calling me
01:09a propaganda puppet.
01:10The two continue to trade barbs in a seemingly never-ending war of insults and accusations,
01:16with neither side showing signs of backing down.
01:19Number 9, Joe Rogan.
01:22Never one to hold back, podcast giant Joe Rogan has also taken shots at Jimmy Kimmel,
01:27accusing the late-night host of being trapped in a leftist thought bubble.
01:30He's in this leftist thought bubble.
01:33He is in the most leftist thought bubble available, which is Hollywood.
01:36On the Joe Rogan experience, he contrasted Kimmel's current persona with his raunchy beginnings
01:41on The Man Show, claiming the comedian-traded Edge for an overly sensitive and politically
01:46correct act.
01:47Rogan has also resurfaced Kimmel's past instances of blackface, blasting him as a hypocrite
01:52for later reinventing himself as a moral authority.
01:54Famously, there's some videos of him in blackface, and those came out, and he had to apologize
01:59for them, and I think he took that hit and, like, really doubled down in the other direction.
02:04Rogan's tone suggests that he sees Kimmel as symbolic of what he considers overly restrictive
02:09norms in comedy and cultural opinion.
02:12Number 8, Greg Gutfeld.
02:15While many of Jimmy Kimmel's late-night peers rushed to defend him after his show was temporarily
02:19suspended by ABC, one host was notably missing from the crowd of supporters, Greg Gutfeld.
02:25On his Fox News talk show, Gutfeld unleashed criticism, mocking Kimmel by saying,
02:30The guy who shot Charlie Kirk was more likely a fan of yours.
02:33This is amazing, and this lack of self-awareness that he was the loudest voice in all of this.
02:40Gutfeld seized the moment to highlight what he sees as a major failure by the late-night
02:44host, a refusal to act responsibly when discussing political violence.
02:49And an unwillingness to admit mistakes.
02:51So Kimmel had the chance to walk it back, but he can't.
02:54And why is that?
02:56Because to admit he was wrong on this calls into question his entire filter for interpreting
03:00reality.
03:01So it's better to live in denial, knowing the like-minded media won't press you on it.
03:07But we will.
03:08He ultimately accused Jimmy of taking advantage of tragedy and crossing a line between
03:12commentary and moral irresponsibility.
03:15Number 7, Piers Morgan.
03:17Get over yourselves and go back to being funny.
03:20Count British broadcaster Piers Morgan among those who also slammed Jimmy Kimmel for his
03:23comments following Charlie Kirk's death.
03:26On X, Morgan wrote,
03:27In part, Jimmy Kimmel lied about Charlie Kirk's assassin being MAGA, and caused understandable
03:33outrage all over America.
03:35He concluded by asking, why is he being heralded as some kind of free speech martyr?
03:39Known for his confrontational and brash style, Morgan essentially accused Kimmel of crossing
03:44the line between comedy and credibility, suggesting that by mischaracterizing the assassin's political
03:50leanings, the late-night host's commentary contributed more to outrage and division than
03:54to humor or healing.
03:56They've spent years over-demonizing Trump as the new Hitler, and he's going to wreck everything
04:01and wreck America.
04:02He's terrible.
04:03He's a fascist.
04:04He's a neo-Nazi.
04:05Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
04:07Number six, Megyn Kelly.
04:09Not only was he not planning on apologizing when he was going to go back out on his show
04:13Wednesday evening, he was planning on attacking MAGA.
04:19Former Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly also took sharp exception to Jimmy Kimmel's comments
04:24following the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, wasting no time in voicing her
04:28outrage at the late-night host.
04:30On her program, The Megyn Kelly Show, the host called Jimmy an effing liar, accusing him of
04:36being entirely wrong in trying to blame the shooting on MAGA, and he knew it.
04:40So he is what we would call in the law a f***ing liar, because he says he has a team of fact
04:47checkers that don't allow him to say lies, and that if he errs, he'll go out there and
04:55apologize and clear it up.
04:57She pointed to statements from the suspect's mother and the Utah governor indicating the
05:01alleged shooter had drifted toward the political left, arguing that Kimmel's portrayal was
05:06misleading on purpose.
05:07He was entirely wrong in trying to blame this shooting on MAGA and saying this shooter was
05:13affiliated with MAGA or one of theirs, and he knew it.
05:17Number five, Sean Hannity.
05:19I have been calling out Jimmy Kimmel's reprehensible comments and dialogue for years now.
05:24Veteran Fox News host Sean Hannity has clashed with Jimmy Kimmel multiple times, most notably
05:29in 2018, after Kimmel mocked First Lady Melania Trump's accent.
05:33About this and that.
05:37About this and that.
05:39Hannity went so far as to call Kimmel a sick, twisted, creepy, perverted weirdo, on air.
05:45When the spat continued online, Kimmel mocked Hannity's devotion to President Donald Trump
05:49in a sexually explicit way, for which he later apologized.
05:53Jimmy Kimmel apologizes for his jabs at Sean Hannity and to the LGBTQ community.
06:00However, the dispute has flared up again in 2025, with Hannity calling Jimmy's brief
06:04suspension from ABC long overdue.
06:07To Hannity, Kimmel clearly represents more than just a rival TV personality.
06:12He symbolizes the perceived political bias of Hollywood.
06:15This is supposed to be a late night comedy show.
06:19It has become nothing more than nonstop, never ending, hate Donald Trump.
06:24That's the show.
06:25Number four, Aaron Rodgers.
06:28Famed NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers shocked audiences during an appearance on the Pat McAfee
06:32show in 2024, when he implied that Jimmy Kimmel's name might appear in unsealed Jeffrey Epstein
06:37documents.
06:38A lot of people, including Jimmy Kimmel, are really hoping that doesn't...
06:42Kimmel fired back on social media.
06:46Dear blank, I've not met, flown with, visited, or had any contact whatsoever with Epstein.
06:53Kimmel, in turn, tore into Rodgers, calling him Karen Rodgers, and reiterated that he has
06:58no connection with Epstein.
07:00He put on a magic helmet, and that G made him a genius.
07:05He went on to say...
07:06I suggested that if Aaron wanted to make false and very damaging statements like that, that
07:12we should do it in court, so he could share his proof with like a judge.
07:16Rodgers later insisted he wasn't outright accusing Kimmel, but maintained that people
07:19should ask questions.
07:21The feud escalated across TV and social media, with Kimmel branding Rodgers' comments disgusting
07:26and false.
07:28Number three, Ben Shapiro.
07:30Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro has openly criticized Jimmy Kimmel for what he sees as
07:35the late-night host's shift from comedian to political commentator.
07:39So Jimmy Kimmel was out there whining about the fact that his fan base is less interested
07:43in him since he started criticizing Trump.
07:44Shapiro has argued that Kimmel long ago stopped balancing humor and has used emotionally-laden
07:49monologues on healthcare, gun control, and Donald Trump to advance what Shapiro describes
07:54as a left-leaning political agenda.
07:56The breaking point for Jimmy Kimmel is when he went on national TV, and he was crying over
08:01the fact that his son had had a heart surgery, and he was suggesting that that was only possible
08:06because of Obamacare, which is not true.
08:08It is not true.
08:09He has accused Kimmel of relying on personal stories to support policy arguments.
08:13In recent appearances, Shapiro said Kimmel has been awful at his job for full-on a decade,
08:18adding, his ratings are terrible.
08:20Jimmy Kimmel's ratings were lower than dog bleep.
08:24Jimmy Kimmel had horrifyingly low ratings, like truly awful ratings.
08:28Number 2.
08:29James Woods
08:29Veteran actor and outspoken conservative James Woods had made his displeasure with
08:34Jimmy Kimmel very public.
08:36Alright, just stop!
08:37Alright, okay.
08:39This was especially true following Kimmel's initial suspension by ABC.
08:43You see, the Once Upon a Time in America actor took to X to feign sympathy, posting that
08:48he was heartbroken by how Kimmel was being treated.
08:50However, he then followed it up with, just kidding Jimbo, eat s***.
08:54He also called Kimmel unfunny, a money loser, and described him as a bitter, ratings-starved
09:00comic who wasn't remotely funny.
09:03If only he'd tell us how he really feels.
09:05You know what?
09:05I'll decide if it makes any sense or not, okay?
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09:21Number 1, Donald Trump
09:25When it comes to public celebrity feuds, few are more pronounced than that between Donald
09:33Trump and Jimmy Kimmel.
09:35For years, Trump has disparaged Kimmel, calling his show ratings-challenged and accusing him
09:40of having zero talent.
09:42He's got no talent, and he's got no ratings.
09:44In turn, Jimmy has relentlessly roasted Trump on his late-night show, taking aim at nearly
09:49every move the president makes.
09:51It's no surprise, then, that Trump cheered on ABC's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live,
09:56calling it great news for America.
09:58President Trump, who celebrated the decision to suspend Kimmel, addressing the fallout at
10:02Kirk's Memorial.
10:03And the same commentators who this week are screaming fascism over a canceled late-night
10:09TV show where the anchor had no talent and no ratings.
10:15The rivalry has reached such heights that it's anyone's guess whether Trump loathes Jimmy
10:19Kimmel more than Rosie O'Donnell.
10:21And that's saying something.
10:22Where ABC lost millions of dollars with him, so that's what suspended Jimmy Kimmel.
10:27Do you believe these criticisms are justified, or is Jimmy Kimmel just doing his job as a
10:30late-night provocateur?
10:32Let us know in the comments below.
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