Jimmy Kimmel didn’t maintain again when responding to Elon Musk’s X publish calling him an “unbearable nonsense propaganda puppet.”
“At the least my youngsters like me, you understand,” Kimmel stated throughout his monologue on Thursday evening’s episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Reside.” Musk posted about Kimmel on Wednesday after the late-night host teared up whereas speaking about Donald Trump’s victory within the U.S. election.
“The man who paid folks 1,000,000 {dollars} a day to vote for Donald Trump is looking me a propaganda puppet,” he continued. “Pay attention Kermit, you got Twitter. You obtain a social media platform that’s actually a propaganda machine.”
Kimmel countered that the insult is definitely greatest aimed toward Musk himself. “Let me inform you one thing, if I spent two weeks making an attempt to give you a four-word description of Elon Musk, I don’t suppose I may do higher than ‘unbearable nonsense propaganda puppet,’” he stated.
He then scrolled via X posts Musk made within the run-up to this 12 months’s election, calling information shops like The New York Occasions, The Washington Publish, The Atlantic, and the Related Press propaganda.
“Good one, Broseph,” Kimmel stated. “All the pieces is propaganda to Elon Musk.”
The bit all led to Kimmel revealing a undertaking he’s been engaged on that he hoped “to announce in January when Trump takes workplace.” A title card for a faux new present then flashed on display screen, titled “Unbearable Nonsense Propaganda Puppet” and that includes Kimmel in puppet kind. “Now, the shock is ruined due to Elon Musk!” Kimmel joked.
Kimmel’s present took a critical flip throughout its Wednesday evening episode, when he digested Trump’s victory dwell alongside together with his viewers.
“It was a horrible evening for girls, for kids, for the lots of of hundreds of onerous working immigrants who make this nation go, for well being care, for our local weather, for science, for journalism, for justice, free of charge speech,” he stated. “It was a horrible evening for poor folks, for the center class, for seniors who depend on Social Safety, for our allies in Ukraine, for NATO and democracy and decency. And it was a horrible evening for everybody who voted towards him. And guess what? It was a nasty evening for everybody who voted for him too. You simply don’t understand it but.”
Watch Kimmel’s full monologue beneath.
