The late night host said he received "hundreds of horrible, hateful, sometimes violent Twitter and Facebook posts," including death threats aimed at him and his family.
00:00It's my mistake. I do apologize to the vice president, again, for spreading misinformation about him.
00:06Spreading misinformation is their thing.
00:08Jimmy Kimmel is apologizing for mocking Vice President Mike Pence, though not without cracking a few jokes first.
00:14The ABC host explained that he previously aired an edited-down version of a segment that featured Pence delivering medical supplies to a Virginia health care center.
00:22In the clip, after he dropped off some boxes, an aide informed Pence that the remaining boxes were empty.
00:26The vice president responded with, well, can I carry the empty ones just for the camera?
00:31The video prompted criticism from even the president himself, who took to Twitter on Sunday, writing,
00:35more fake news, this time from Jimmy Kimmel's last place show.
00:39Kimmel says it turns out he had only watched a portion of the video and there was actually 29 minutes of footage,
00:44which indicate that Pence was just joking about the comment.
00:46Which, again, I didn't know because I don't have the mental endurance it requires to watch Mike Pence deliver boxes for 29 minutes.
00:54Once the host learned that he was wrong, he took down the video and apologized to Pence on Twitter.
00:58Apologizing to the Trump administration for spreading untruth is like apologizing to Barry Bonds for using steroids.
01:05It's hard.
01:06However, the host does note that the level of outrage from Trump supporters were uncalled for and disgusting.
01:11Some of them said they hope my son dies, they threaten my wife.
01:15There were hundreds of horrible, hateful, sometimes violent Twitter and Facebook posts.
01:21Still, Kimmel says that Pence's team demanded that he apologize for the video on his show.
01:25Because this is what they're thinking about while thousands of Americans are dying every day.
01:30Jokes from late night talk show hosts.
01:32In response to Trump's tweet criticizing Kimmel, the ABC host says that the president, quote,
01:37ignored a pandemic and his wife on Mother's Day.
01:39This really is the dumbest time to be alive.
01:43To watch Kimmel's full apology, head to THR.com.
01:46For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.
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