00:00He may have pooped, but he's fine.
00:03Monday's episode of ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live was an especially emotional and cute one as
00:08the host returned to the show with his infant son Billy as a temporary co-host.
00:13Kimmel provided an update on his son's health after the latest surgery to address his congenital
00:17heart disease and also once again called on Congress to fully fund the Children's Health
00:22Insurance Program.
00:23Kimmel was absent from the show last week as Billy underwent the surgery, which led to
00:27another round of his famous pals stepping in to take over hosting duties.
00:31Chris Pratt, Tracee Ellis Ross, Neil Patrick Harris and Melissa McCarthy all stepped up
00:36to the plate in Kimmel's absence, and the emotional hosts thanked them all profusely.
00:40Daddy cries on TV, but Billy doesn't.
00:43It's unbelievable.
00:44He then thanked the doctors and nurses at Children's Hospital in Los Angeles, who he
00:47said treated Billy, and not just Billy, but many kids with so much caring and compassion.
00:54Kimmel explained that CHIP, or the Children's Health Insurance Program, covers about nine
01:06million American kids whose parents make too much money to qualify for Medicaid, but don't
01:11have access to affordable coverage through their jobs, which means it almost certainly
01:15covers children you know, he said.
01:17Kimmel, who said he's had enough of this, said he doesn't know what could be more disgusting
01:34than putting a tax cut that mostly goes to the rich people ahead of the lives of children.
01:39This isn't the first time the host has gotten involved in the politics of health care.
01:42He famously called out Senator Bill Cassidy over his and Senator Lindsey Graham's attempts
01:47to reform the Affordable Care Act in September.
01:49Or could it be, Senator Cassidy, that the problem is that I do understand, and you got caught
01:54with your geo-penis out?
01:56Recently, Kimmel's wife and co-headwriter for his show, Molly McNerney, told The Hollywood
02:00Reporter that she never expected the couple would become the faces of such a divisive national
02:05debate.
02:06McNerney revealed that while the support has been largely overwhelming, so too has the backlash
02:10from those accusing the duo of using their son's condition for political purposes.
02:14Said McNerney,
02:15I just don't understand.
02:16To me, children having access to health care, no matter what their parents' income, should
02:21not be a divisive issue, but that's where we are as a country right now.
02:25On Monday's Live, Kimmel ended his opening monologue with a personal plea for people to
02:28call their representatives in Congress to urge them to fund CHIP.
02:32So once again, I'm asking you, Billy's asking you to make two phone calls you shouldn't have
02:37to make.
02:38He assured the audience that Billy is doing great, has won more surgery, and is probably
02:41on track to win at least one bronze medal at the Olympics in 2036.
02:46He then handed his biological sidekick to his showbiz one, Guillermo, just in time for a diaper change.
02:51The two cutest Guillermos in the world right there.
02:54To watch the full clip of Jimmy Kimmel's opening monologue with son Billy, and to read
02:57Molly McNerney's full story as told to THR's Lacey Rose, head to THR.com.
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