Jimmy Kimmel says hed love to have Trump on his show: Ill ask him

Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel said he would “love” to bring President Trump on his nearly axed ABC show despite frequent clashes with the prez online and the White House’s celebration of its suspension.“I’d love to have Trump on the show, for sure,” Kimmel said during an interview at the Bloomberg Screentime media conference on Wednesday.“All right, I’ll ask him.”The network mainstay “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” was yanked off the air for almost a week in September after the 57-year-old host made flagrant comments insinuating that Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin was part of the MAGA movement.Trump had reveled in its temporary cancellation and said he wished it were permanent.

“Great News for America: The ratings challenged Jimmy Kimmel Show is CANCELLED,” Trump posted on Truth Social after learning of its suspension.“Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done.Kimmel has ZERO talent, and worse ratings than even Colbert, if that’s possible.

That leaves Jimmy [Fallon] and Seth [Meyers], two total losers, on Fake News NBC.Their ratings are also horrible.

Do it NBC!!! President DJT.”ABC brought the eponymous show back less than a week later.Despite being a frequent target of Trump’s insults, Kimmel — who’s done his own fair share of mocking the commander in chief on his show — said he’d welcome a sitdown with the president.Of all the different administrations Kimmel has covered on his show, he said that Trump is the most accessible to the public — which he described as a double-edged sword.The funnyman had Trump as a guest on his show during his first presidential campaign.“[Trump] is on TV all day, every day, so he gives us a lot to use, to deal with.

That’s unusual, it’s not how it used to be,” he said Wednesday.“You hear him, you see him, he’s just presented himself so frequently that it makes it more digestible and less digestible at the same time.”Kimmel, however, deadpanne...