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After a “few weeks of hell”, Jimmy Kimmel offers some “exciting news” at the top his eponymous talk show On Monday, citing a new YouGov poll that gave him a 16-point lead in favorability President Donald Trump.
Kimmel said, “I’m more popular than the President of the United States.” IndependentThe title about the poll appeared on the screen,
After a huge cheer from the audience, Kimmel added, “I’m ahead of Trump by 16 points.” “I’m at plus three, he’s at minus 13.”
Kimmel joked, “At this point, finding a nail in your salad is a seven-point lead on Donald Trump.”
“I hope [Trump] Don’t see it,” Kimmel quipped about the poll. “You know I don’t like to upset him. But I think he might be angry, because the White House issued a statement this afternoon…”
Kimmel read a statement from White House press spokeswoman Anna Kelly, who said Kimmel “prays every night to get a part.” [Trump’s] Support…sad!”
“I like to be sad with an exclamation point,” Kimmel replied. “This would make a nice T-shirt with Trump’s face on it, right?”
Kimmel continued, “You know what’s even sadder? The President of the United States has a lower approval rating than Diddy and Diarrhea.”
surveyConducted by YouGov, respondents were asked whether they had a favorable opinion of both men.
When asked about Kimmel, 44 percent said they have Favorable opinion of the comedian, While 41 percent said that they did not do so. Fifteen percent said they were undecided, giving Kimmel a net favorability of +3.
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When asked about Trump, 41 percent had a favorable opinion, versus 54 percent who said they did not, and 5 percent were undecided, giving the president a -13 net favorability.
Trump was overjoyed after ABC’s announcement last month Kimmel’s show was shut down “indefinitely” due to comments he made about the murder of a conservative activist. charlie kirkRepublicans were accused of using the death to score political points.
However, after only six days, Kimmel was reinstated to the show’s parent company, disney, adding that she had a “thoughtful conversation” with Kimmel over the comments, which she described as “the wrong time.”
The YouGov poll also asked respondents if they thought the comments were enough to warrant suspension, more than half (55 percent) said no, and 30 percent said yes.
Kimmel’s return was watched by 6.3 million viewers – three times the late-night show’s typical TV viewership. His comeback monologue also went viral, receiving over 14 million views on YouTube and 5.7 million views on Instagram the day after it aired.
Kimmel choked up and looked clearly emotional as he explained his intentions on last week’s episode.
Kimmel said, “I want to clarify something, because it’s important to me as a human being, and you understand it was never my intention to highlight the murder of a young man.” “I don’t think there’s anything funny about it.”
The comedian told his audience that he sent love to Kirk’s family and asked for mercy.