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Saturday, August 23, 2025

Jimmy Kimmel Calls BS on Claims of LA Chaos, Says There's More Unrest 'When One of Our Teams Wins a Championship' | Video - TheWrap

Jimmy Kimmel mocked the rampant false claims promoted by Donald Trump and allied media outlets that the protests in Los Angeles have turned the city into a war zone. (That absolutely is not the case.)

The ABC host joked during his monologue on Tuesday’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” that Los Angeles has more upheaval “when one of our teams wins a championship.” (Which is kinda true.)

Kimmel started his monologue by noting he had a full audience in the show’s Hollywood studio, “Which might be surprising for those of you in other parts of the country, who’ve been watching cable news, and believe this city is some kind of totalitarian hellscape right now. It most certainly is not. In fact, let’s take a look outside, because I want you to see what it’s like in Hollywood right now, because you won’t see this elsewhere on television.”

At this, Kimmel showed the audience scenes from LA at that moment, noting, “not only is it not an apocalypse, they’re having a Disney/Pixar movie premiere right now. For… a movie about aliens. Don’t tell Trump. He’ll send the Green Berets in too.”

“I just want to say thank God for President Trump. And the heroes at ICE,” Kimmel said, with obvious sarcasm, “for protecting us from these bloodthirsty fruit stand vendors. Spreading their dangerous pineapple chunks and mangos with a squirt of lime all over the city. We are so grateful for what you have done.”

Then Kimmel dropped the jokes for a second and admitted, “I’m very angry. I have to say, I cannot...



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