Kimmel calls out ‘repulsive’ liberal voices, obtains Italian citizenship
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Aug 12, 2025
Jimmy Kimmel said he obtained Italian citizenship during a conversation about people leaving the country over Donald Trump’s presidency.
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Late night host Jimmy Kimmel is speaking out about the current political climate
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revealing he's obtained Italian citizenship during a conversation about people leaving the
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country over Trump's presidency. But he's also calling out what he calls repulsive voices
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that are repelling people from the Democratic Party. On the Sarah Silverman podcast, Kimmel said he recently secured Italian citizenship during a
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conversation about people leaving the country over President Trump. A lot of people I know are
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thinking about where they can get citizenship. I do have Italian. I did get Italian citizenship
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You do? Oh, that's amazing. I do have that. And what's going on is is as bad as you thought it
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was going to be. Way worse. It's so much worse. It's just unbelievable. But Kimmel also turned
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his criticism toward what he called wild voices on the political left, saying some outspoken
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liberal figures have alienated people from the Democratic Party, but refrained from naming names
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But it not it not the party It not the majority It it the loud voices that that scare people from saying what they believe And you know a lot of their points are valid but a lot of them are also just repulsive
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And I mean, they were in that they repel people from they go like, oh, you're no fun
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I don't want to be around you. And I think that if you had to boil it down to like one thing, that's kind of what it is
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It's like like, oh, you're no fun. I don't want to be part of your group. The discussion also referred to podcast host Joe Rogan, who supported Trump in 2024
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but recently criticized the president's deportation policies. Kimmel said he doesn't believe in shunning people who have shifted their political views
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saying those who break with Trump are welcome in the Democratic Party
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If you want to admit you are wrong, that's so hard and so rare to do
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And brave. You are welcome. Kimmel's comments come just weeks after President Trump took aim at him and fellow late night host
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Jimmy Fallon, predicting in a post to Truth Social, they'd be next to lose their shows
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after the cancellation of Stephen Colbert's late show
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