'We won, the president lost,' Jimmy Kimmel says in Christmas message

Jimmy Kimmel swapped his suit and late-night table for a cardigan and Christmas surviving country country arsenic helium shared with British viewers an important vacation message: “Tyranny is booming implicit here.”

Kimmel appeared connected nationalist broadcaster Channel 4 Thursday to present an “alternative Christmas message,” antagonistic programming to the British monarch’s yearly televised address.

Kimmel’s connection focused connected his conflict with President Trump, who reveled successful his speech show’s September suspension. Kimmel was benched for astir a week aft backlash to his comments astir Charlie Kirk — and an ominous menace by the Federal Communications Commission chair. Kimmel had criticized MAGA supporters for attempting to “score governmental points” aft the blimpish activist’s killing. He besides poked amusive astatine Trump boasting astir White House ballroom renovations aft being asked astir Kirk’s death.

“You whitethorn person work successful your colorful newspapers my country’s president would similar to unopen maine up due to the fact that I don’t adore him successful the mode helium likes to beryllium adored,” helium said. He attributed the instrumentality of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” to the “millions and millions of people” who fought to get him backmost connected the aerial successful the sanction of escaped speech.

“And due to the fact that truthful galore radical spoke out, we came back. Our amusement came backmost stronger than ever. We won, the president lost, and present I’m backmost connected the aerial each nighttime giving the astir almighty person connected Earth a right, and richly deserved, bollocking,” helium said, referencing the British slang for scolding. Earlier this month, Kimmel signed a declaration hold with ABC done May 2027.

Past hosts of the alternate Christmas message, which began successful 1993, see Edward Snowden, Jesse Jackson and a deepfake of Queen Elizabeth II.

During his address, Kimmel called the president “King Donny the 8th.” “We don’t person a occupation with your king, conscionable the feline who thinks he’s our king,” helium said, apologizing for the authorities of America and its antiauthoritarian institutions.

“Don’t springiness up connected us,” Kimmel said. “We’re going done a spot of a wobble close now, but we’ll travel around.”