Jimmy Kimmel grows emotional on LA fire, blasts Trump for ‘disgusting’ response
ABC late night host Jimmy Kimmel gave an emotional opening monologue on the Los Angeles fires on Monday, and President-elect Donald Trump’s “disgusting” response to the tragedy.
Broadcasting from Los Angeles, Kimmel returned to the airwaves for the first time since the fire to discuss how it affected the city as well as filming his show, saying, “It’s been a very scary, very stressful, very strange week here in L.A. — where we work, where we live, where our kids go to school.” We’re back in the studio where they’re going, and we’re supposed to be leaving on Wednesday.
After talking about the fire’s devastating impact on the city, Kimmel said, touching on the unity the disaster brought, “It was also a beautiful experience in many ways, because again, we see people who have lost their homes volunteering in the parking lot and coming together to help others.”
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Late night host Jimmy Kimmel broadcasts from Los Angeles. (Randy Holmes/ABC via Getty Images)
Kimmel took the opportunity to condemn Trump’s response to the firestorm, saying, “I don’t want to get into the vile and irresponsible and stupid things that our future president is going to say and everything that his tyrants choose to say in our darkest and scariest times.” hour.”
“It’s disgusting, but not surprising, that the non-whites who choose to attack our firefighters are out there risking their lives for us. Instead, I want to focus on thanking those men and women.” says Kimmel.
The late-night host thanked the firefighters working to put out the fire, saying, “Our firefighters were the first in LA, without hesitation, to put out the fire as best they could.” He went on to thank other firefighters and emergency workers from around the country and the world for their contributions.
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Jimmy Kimmel has called President-elect Donald Trump’s response to the LA wildfires “disgusting.” (Presley Ann/Mandel NGAN/AFP)
Kimmel also told the audience how they can help with recovery efforts, and thanked local news reporters, saying, “If you want to thank these brave individuals with a donation, supportlafd.org is a great place to start.” And I want to thank our local news reporters, for reminding us how important local television and radio and newspapers are, especially in times like these.
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