Jimmy Kimmel's empathy touches a chord with late night viewers
Oct 06, 2017
4 minutes
Before he finished saying, “Hello, everyone,” Jimmy Kimmel was crying.
Following Sunday’s shooting in Las Vegas, the late-night comedian devoted his almost 10-minute monologue Monday to the shooting.
“I want this to be a comedy show. I hate talking about stuff like this. I just want to laugh about things every night, but that — it seems to becoming increasingly difficult lately,” said a choked-up Mr. Kimmel to an unusually silent studio audience.
This is the second time since May, when Kimmel tearfully defended the Affordable Care Act after the complicated birth of his son Billy, that the comedian has made his political position clear.
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