Jimmy Kimmel is hinting at the end of his talk show and late night hosting career. If you don’t know, the 56-year-old talk show host has been the host of Jimmy Kimmel Live!
since January of 2003. About his decades-long hosting gig, he shared, “I’m as surprised as anyone could be in this position — even to have a really good job is a surprise to me.” He then pondered his retirement from the show. Keep reading to find out more… “It’s hard to yearn for it when you’re doing it,.
Wednesday night, I was very tired and I had all these scripts to go through — I had to revise and rewrite all these pitch ideas for the Oscars — and I was literally nodding off onto my computer,” he told the Los Angeles Times. “In those moments, I think, ‘I cannot wait until my contract is over.’ But then, I take the summer off or I go on strike, and you start going, ‘Yeah, I miss the fun stuff.’” He then added, “I think this is my final contract.” He continued, “I hate to even say it, because everyone’s laughing at me now.
Each time I think that, and then it turns out to be not the case. I still have a little more than two years left on my contract, and that seems pretty good.
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