Jimmy Kimmel Will get Choked Up in Return to Late-Night time Present amid ‘Nightmare’ L.A. Wildfires

Jimmy Kimmel was emotional as he returned to his late-night present for the primary time amid the devastating L.A. wildfires.

Kimmel, 57, began his monologue on Monday, Jan. 13 by recapping the “very scary, very aggravating, very unusual week” the individuals of Los Angeles have skilled because the fires started on Jan. 7. His voice broke with emotion as he stated the devastating blaze has infiltrated “the place we work, the place we dwell, the place our youngsters go to highschool.”

The host and his staff needed to evacuate the studio the place they movie the nightly present within the El Capitan Theatre on Jan. 8, he stated, as footage of the hearth that bought near Hollywood performed.

“Many people needed to go away our properties in a rush. A few of our co-workers misplaced their properties. It’s been horrible,” he continued, choking up once more as extra footage of the fires performed.

“Everybody who lives on this metropolis is aware of somebody — most of us, a number of individuals — households, associates, colleagues, neighbors — whose homes burned down. And the reality is, we don’t even know if it’s over, as a result of we had 100 mile per hour winds fueling this nightmare. As of tonight, the winds are again,” he stated.

“Nevertheless it has additionally been, in plenty of methods, a gorgeous expertise as a result of as soon as once more, we see our fellow women and men coming collectively to assist one another,” he went on. “Individuals who misplaced their very own properties have been out volunteering in parking heaps, serving to others who misplaced theirs.”

Kimmel known as the final week of life in L.A. a “sickening, stunning, terrible expertise” for everybody, however then shifted gears to deal with the heroism displayed by so many first responders amid the devastation.

“I wish to deal with thanking these women and men – as a result of that’s all we needs to be doing proper now. And we must always by no means cease thanking them. Our firefighters from L.A. have been the primary on the scene with out hesitation. They have been on the market, placing out the fires as finest they might. After which we had firefighters from different states coming in,” he stated.

He then gave a shoutout to “our police, our Nationwide Guard, our rescue staff, docs, the nurses, EMTs, the pilots working 12-hour shifts,” as he stated, “Thank God for all of you.”

Because the fires started raging final week, manufacturing on a number of reveals was paused in L.A., together with Jimmy Kimmel Dwell! in addition to varied scripted ABC reveals like Gray’s Anatomy and Physician Odyssey.

Related precautions have been taken on the CBS Studios lot, as manufacturing was paused on NCIS, NCIS: Origins, The Neighborhood and Poppa’s Home. Nonetheless, manufacturing resumed on Monday, Jan. 13 on closed sound phases.

The 2025 Critics Alternative Awards have been additionally postponed because of the fires. The present, hosted by Chelsea Handler, was initially slated to happen at Santa Monica’s Barker Hangar on Jan. 12 however will now occur on Sunday, Jan. 26.

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