Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel — the newly crowned “conscience of health care repeal” — went on the attack last night against Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade after Kilmeade hit on Hollywood for “pushing their politics on the rest of the country.”
Kimmel accused Kilmeade of secretly wanting to be part of the very Hollywood elite he railed against. Highlights:
Kilmeade “kisses my ass like a little boy meeting Batman.”
He “asked me to write a blurb for his book, which I did.”
“He’s dying to be a member of the Hollywood elite.”
“Brian, you phony little creep. Oh, I’ll pound you when I see you.”
Watch:
Kimmel tears apart Fox & Friends host Brian @kilmeade calling him "a phony creep" for attacking him on air and sucking up to him in private pic.twitter.com/jSFAfY4z6x
— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) September 21, 2017
Transcript:
https://twitter.com/SopanDeb/status/910716214292426752
We’ve moved on from punching Nazis to punching Fox & Friends hosts?
Kimmel threatens assault at the end there. So this is where journalists all stand up and defend Kilmeade now right? Guys? https://t.co/0OLUSRwq9l
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) September 21, 2017
Jimmy Kimmel went full Trump tonight on Kilmeade.
Never go full Trump. https://t.co/SmmgvgjIiO
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) September 21, 2017
But lefties loved it, naturally:
Well done. People like Kilmeade make a living bullying people from a Fox News studio to support policies that hurt people like Kimmel's son. https://t.co/aEYuvHH5LY
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) September 21, 2017
And maybe there’s some truth to it? If you can believe Keith Olbermann, that is:
Boy has @JimmyKimmel got THIS right. @Kilmeade is the Eddie Haskell of @FoxNews – even to me. As Kimmel says, he dreams of being "elite." https://t.co/LraHRMSOGq
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) September 21, 2017
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