Kimmel cited Rodgers’ “Thanksgiving Parade-sized ego” as part of the problem and said he didn’t expect an apology, but he did want to differentiate between jokes made on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and outright lies.
“In this program we say a lot of things, we don’t make up lies. In fact, we have a team of people who work very hard to vet facts and reliable sources before making a joke, and that’s an important distinction. A joke about someone, even when that someone is Donald Trump. Even a person who lies from the moment he wakes up to the moment he smears orange makeup on his MyPillow at night, even he deserves that consideration, and we give it to him. Because the truth still matters, and when I’m wrong about something, which is rarely, you know what I do? I apologize for that, which is what Aaron Rodgers should do, which is what a decent person would do. But I bet he won’t. If he does it, do you know what I’ll do? I will accept his apology and move on.” -JIMMY KIMMEL
“But here’s the thing: I spent years playing sports. I’ve seen guys like him before. Aaron Rodgers has a very high opinion of himself. Because he was successful on the football field, he considers himself an extraordinary being. He actually thinks that because God gave him the ability to throw a ball, he is smarter than everyone else. The idea that his brain is normal and ordinary is unfathomable to him.” -JIMMY KIMMEL
“We learned during Covid that somehow he knows more about science than scientists. A guy who went to community college and then got into Cal on a football scholarship and didn’t graduate; “Someone who has never spent a minute studying the human body is an expert in the field of immunology.” -JIMMY KIMMEL
“Aaron got two A’s on his report card; they were both on the word ‘Aaron,’ okay?” -JIMMY KIMMEL
“They let him host ‘Jeopardy’ for two weeks, now he knows everything.” -JIMMY KIMMEL
“Former UN ambassador Nikki Haley is facing criticism after she recently failed to cite slavery as the main cause of the Civil War. Not only that, but she’s facing a D in social studies. -SETH MEYERS
“Judges? Oh no, sorry. The answer we were looking for was ‘slavery.'” -STEPHEN COLBERT
