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Jimmy Kimmel Jokes About His Extreme Oscars Diet
Twenty years later, and Jimmy Kimmel has nary signs of stopping.
Jimmy Kimmel Live! reached a large late-night milestone during its Jan. 26 episode, celebrating 20 years since its debut episode. And ABC brought retired each the stars to people the occasion.
In fact, the primetime occurrence brought backmost the precise aforesaid guests who appeared during the premiere on Jan. 26, 2003—including George Clooney, Snoop Dogg and Chris Martin. The trio joined Jimmy to reminisce connected their favourite moments from their appearances successful the clip since.
Michelle Obama was besides on-hand for the 20th day special, starring a star-studded video conception wherever she paid tribute to the longtime host. "Thank you for your humor, your grace, your energy, your positivity," the erstwhile First Lady shared. "I emotion you, support up the large work."
Jimmy besides got the seal of support from a brace of TV legends successful their ain right—comedian Carol Burnett and Oprah Winfrey.
In her message, Burnett pulled retired her signature receptor tug and sent a lukewarm connection his way. "Twenty years, wow. That's wonderful," she said. "I would conscionable similar to say, you are permanently terrific."
As for Winfrey? She reflected connected her ain acquisition with her long-running speech amusement by sharing immoderate sage proposal with the 2023 Oscars host: support moving forward. "I cognize there's nary mode you thought this was gonna spell connected for 20 years, I recognize however that happens," Winfrey quipped. "And earlier you cognize it, it's gonna beryllium 25. So, congratulations and support going."
Jimmy's longtime pal Jennifer Aniston echoed Winfrey's praise, adding, "I would delight similar 20 much years, due to the fact that I don't privation you to ever permission my tv acceptable origin you bring truthful overmuch joyousness to myself and to the world."
Ben Affleck besides popped up with a emotion note, sharing, "Jimmy, you are thing if not an tremendous endowment and, to this day, my lone person who has written an full opus astir f--king me."
Perhaps the funniest message, however, came from Julia Louis-Dreyfus, whose video was celebrating a antithetic milestone altogether. "I accidental this with relationship and emotion successful my heart—well, you don't look 20. I'm wondering if you person a thyroid contented oregon something? Anyway, I'm going to email you a mates names of doctors, I'm definite it's easy addressed with immoderate medication," she joked. "Happy birthday."
Of course, it wouldn't beryllium a JKL spot if it didn't extremity with his rival Matt Damon, whose "rivalry" with Jimmy has been a staple connected the late-night show for astir arsenic agelong arsenic it's been on-air. "Congratulations, Jimmy Fallon. One of the astir talented and besides 1 of the kindest people—" helium began earlier being interrupted and corrected connected his mistake. Damon past ended the video with boos and a mediate finger.
Fans tin expect to spot Jimmy for at slightest 3 much years, as the amusement has been renewed done play 23. He told E! News, "I conscionable agreed to enactment connected for different fewer years, truthful I'm gonna beryllium astir for a while, God willing."
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