{"id":96394,"date":"2025-10-01T07:17:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T07:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/96394\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T07:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T07:17:08","slug":"jimmy-kimmels-goal-to-drive-trump-nuts-with-stephen-colbert-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/96394\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel’s goal to drive Trump ‘nuts’ with Stephen Colbert visit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jimmy Kimmel targeted Donald Trump during his September 30 show, where he said an appearance from Stephen Colbert would ‘drive Trump nuts’ after both hosts faced backlash from the president<\/p>\n

00:08 ET, 01 Oct 2025Updated 00:17 ET, 01 Oct 2025<\/p>\n

\"KimmelKimmel jokes about ‘driving Trump nuts'(Image: ABC)<\/p>\n

During his September 30 episode, Jimmy Kimmel<\/a> slammed Donald Trump as he said a visit from fellow late-night host Stephen Colbert would really ‘drive Trump nuts’ after both hosts had faced online criticism from the president in recent months.<\/a><\/p>\n

As Colbert<\/a> prepared to join him on stage, Kimmel said, “We’re doing something fun tonight…we’re doing something unprecedented tonight. I think it’s unprecedented, but I didn’t bother to check. Tonight, Stephen is a guest on our show, while I will simultaneously be a guest on his show.”<\/p>\n

“We thought it might be a fun way to drive the president nuts,” he quipped before the audience bursted out into laughter. On a more serious note, Kimmel continued, “I’m excited that Stephen is here. I know that Colbert has a ton of support here<\/a> in New York where he does his show. We are behind him in L.A. too.”<\/p>\n

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Colbert’s visit comes just two after CBS announced that The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will end in May 2026, marking the conclusion of the long-running late-night program. The network said the decision was driven by financial considerations and not related to the show\u2019s content or ratings. Colbert told his audience, \u201cI\u2019m not being replaced. This is all just going away.”<\/p>\n

\"ColbertColbert joined Kimmel(Image: ABC)<\/p>\n

Colbert had recently criticized Paramount for settling a lawsuit with President Donald Trump<\/a>, calling it a \u201cbig fat bribe.\u201d While CBS denied any connection to that criticism, the timing of the announcement has drawn attention.<\/p>\n

Even with the show\u2019s end announced, the 2025 Emmy Awards saw The Late Show with Stephen Colbert win Outstanding Talk Series.<\/p>\n

Colbert acknowledged CBS and his audience, saying he was \u201cgrateful to the Tiffany Network for giving me this chair and this beautiful theater to call home.\u201d The show will remain on air until next May, with the network planning tributes during its remaining months.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, on September 17, ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! following Kimmel\u2019s remarks about the murder of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk.<\/p>\n

\"KimmelKimmel and Colbert joke about the FCC(Image: ABC)<\/p>\n

In his monologue, Kimmel said, \u201cMany in MAGA land are working very hard to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The comments drew political backlash and led some broadcasters, including Nexstar and Sinclair, to temporarily refuse airing the program.<\/p>\n

After speaking and negotiating with Kimmel, the network reinstated the show. Kimmel addressed the situation, saying, \u201cIt was never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man. I don\u2019t think there\u2019s anything funny about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also commented on the pressure networks face from political groups and defended his right to discuss current events, and the free speech issue it raised.<\/p>\n

The suspension drew criticism from industry unions, civil liberties organizations, and other entertainers, many of whom considered it an example of censorship. Some viewers canceled subscriptions to Disney-owned streaming services in response.<\/p>\n

Nexstar and Sinclair later reversed their decision not to carry the show, allowing it to resume nationwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel targeted Donald Trump during his September 30 show, where he said an appearance from Stephen Colbert…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96395,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[265],"tags":[18,117,19,17,7613,128],"class_list":{"0":"post-96394","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-jimmy-kimmel","13":"tag-tv"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}