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Trump Trashes ‘Loser’ Jimmy Kimmel, Hopes for His Retirement<!-- wp:html --><p>Seth Herald/Reuters</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/donald-j-trump">Donald Trump</a>, often the butt of late night host <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/jimmy-kimmel">Jimmy Kimmel</a>’s jokes, weighed in Thursday on Kimmel’s potential retirement by calling him a “loser” and saying ABC would be better off with him gone.</p> <p>Having hosted <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live!</em> since 2003, Kimmel told the <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2024-02-20/jimmy-kimmel-talks-about-his-fourth-go-at-oscar-hosting"><em>Los Angeles Times</em></a> in a story published Tuesday that his time on the show might be coming to an end sooner rather than later.</p> <p>“I think this is my final contract,” the 56-year-old said. “I hate to even say it, because everyone's laughing at me now—each time I think that, and then it turns out to not be the case.”</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-trashes-loser-jimmy-kimmel-hopes-for-hosts-retirement">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

Seth Herald/Reuters

Donald Trump, often the butt of late night host Jimmy Kimmel’s jokes, weighed in Thursday on Kimmel’s potential retirement by calling him a “loser” and saying ABC would be better off with him gone.

Having hosted Jimmy Kimmel Live! since 2003, Kimmel told the Los Angeles Times in a story published Tuesday that his time on the show might be coming to an end sooner rather than later.

“I think this is my final contract,” the 56-year-old said. “I hate to even say it, because everyone’s laughing at me now—each time I think that, and then it turns out to not be the case.”

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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