Jimmy Kimmel has taken off for his summer holiday, paving the way for a swathe of celebrity guest hosts.
Deadline revealed yesterday that the likes of Anthony Anderson, Kumail Nanjiani, Nicole Byer, Chris Distefano, Fortune Feimster, Alan Cumming and Jelly Roll would be guest hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live!.
The comedian joked that there were some other, more controversial guests, lined up as well including Rudy Giuliani, Prince Harry, Mel Gibson, the 1000lb sisters and the comedy team of Bill Belichick and Jordan Hudson.
“Tonight, is my last show until labor day, I’m going to be off for the summer. I don’t want to go either, they put it in my contract, I have to go to fat camp every summer. The truth is I’m going to spend the bulk of my summer at the Newark airport this year. I want to leave on a high note, that’s why Seth Rogen is here. I’m going to gone for the next couple of months but rest assured if Donald Trump does anything monumentally crazy or anything that requires an emergency response, I will be in a canoe, ignoring it,” he joked.
He then swore in Diego Luna, asking him to swear on a book of meat that he would uphold Kimmel’s standards including making jokes about “your President”.
It marks the fifth year that Kimmel, who baked his summer break into his ABC contract, has taken off the summer, starting in 2020 with no shows during the summer of 2023 as a result of the dual labor strikes in Hollywood.
Luna will kick off proceedings on Monday June 23 with guests including Patton Oswalt, David Corenswet, Nicholas Hoult, Emma Stone, Adria Arjona, Alan Tudyk, Ariela Barer, Heidi Klum and Dolores Huerta as well as musical performances by NEZZA, Hermanos Gutiérrez, and Good Charlotte.
The show, which films at the El Capitan Entertainment Centre on Hollywood Boulevard, is produced by 12:05 AM Productions, in association with Kimmelot and 20th Television. Kimmel, Erin Irwin, Molly McNearney, Jennifer Sharron and David Craig serve as executive producers with Douglas DeLuca and Danny Ricker as co-executive producers.
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