Comedian Jimmy Kimmel revealed this week that ABC almost hired Jon Stewart to host Kimmel’s late-night show now presideBut it was very expensive.
“They wanted a traditional late-night talk show,” Kimmel said during an episode Actor Ted Danson’s podcast was published on Wednesday. “They almost hired Jon Stewart…and we have the same manager.”
Kimmel said that if it were up to him, or if he were an executive at ABC at the time, he would have hired Stewart in his place “one hundred times out of a hundred”.
The comedian said that years later he asked CEO of Disney Bob Iger “made that leap” and decided to hire him to replace Stewart, to which the media boss responded “Well, you were cheap.”
“I knew he wasn’t kidding,” the comedian said, laughing. “So… sometimes it pays to be cheap.”
Kimmel recently made headlines suspended for a short time By ABC on Comments blaming conservatives Trying to score “political points” in response for fatal shootings Activists are making fun of Charlie Kirk and President Trump responded to the murder,
his suspension outrage spread from democrats and supporters of freedom of the presssome of whom blamed Trump Federal Communications Commission (FCC) pressured Disney to remove Kimmel from the air.
after that he was restored by abcKimmel apologized for his comments about Kirk but Criticized Trump and his administration what he said was an effort crack down on speech This is critical of the administration.
