Jimmy Kimmel confirmed that he lately provided former late-night rival Stephen Colbert the prospect to visitor host Jimmy Kimmel Reside! throughout his summer season trip.
“After all, I requested him, and I believe it feels untimely,” Kimmel, 58, revealed to Selection in an interview printed on Wednesday, July 22. “However I advised him, ‘Anytime you wish to host, it doesn’t matter if it’s the summer season, I’ll gladly step apart.’”
Whereas Kimmel made the provide forward of his summer season break, he revealed to the outlet that Colbert, 62, politely declined.
Each Colbert and Kimmel have been frequent targets of President Donald Trump over time. In Might, Colbert signed off as host of The Late Present after 11 years amid questions over whether or not his collection’ cancellation was influenced by Trump, 80, lately settling a $16 million lawsuit towards CBS.
(The Late Present has been changed by Comics Unleashed as a part of a deal the place producer and host Byron Allen bought airtime from CBS.)
Colbert kicked off his last Late Present episode with a poignant tribute to the viewers who stood by him for over a decade.
“We now have accomplished over 1,800 of those reveals, and most nights I come out right here and I speak to the viewers beforehand, and tonight, I assumed I’d speak to the viewers in right here and the viewers on the market at residence,” he stated. “This present, I need you to know, and also you to know, has been a pleasure for us to do for you.”
Later in his monologue, Colbert added, “We name it the ‘pleasure machine’ as a result of to do that many reveals, it must be a machine. However the factor is, should you select to do it with pleasure, it doesn’t harm as a lot when your fingers get caught within the gears. And I can’t adequately clarify to you what the individuals who work right here have accomplished for one another and the way a lot we imply to one another.”
Colbert wasn’t off display for lengthy as he made an unannounced look on a public entry present in Monroe, Michigan, one night time after wrapping up his CBS tenure. (He beforehand hosted a present for Monroe Neighborhood Media in 2015 whereas gearing up for his Late Present debut.)
“Since I used to be final right here in Monroe, Michigan, I spent 11 years as the first host of The Late Present With Stephen Colbert on CBS, which got here to an finish final night time,” he defined to viewers. “Viewers exterior the higher Monroe space are in a position to view Monroe Neighborhood Media due to one thing generally known as streaming, which I promised to not study whereas I used to be on CBS. And evidently CBS additionally determined to not study it.”
Whereas Colbert seemingly gained’t be guest-hosting Jimmy Kimmel Reside! this summer season, Kimmel introduced on June 18 that he’d personally requested Rosie O’Donnell — one other of Trump’s nemeses — to switch him for per week in August.
“As a particular deal with for our commander-in-chief, I requested considered one of his all-time favorites, Rosie O’Donnell, to be right here to maintain the hits coming. So, you’re welcome,” Kimmel joked. “All I ask in return, Mr. President, is that you simply don’t do something silly whereas I’m gone.”
Jimmy Kimmel Reside! airs each on ABC weeknights at 11:35 p.m. ET.
