Jimmy Kimmel Tests Positive for COVID-19, Mike Birbiglia Fills In as Host

variety.com:

Carson Burton Jimmy Kimmel is the latest talk show host to test positive for COVID-19.“Our daughter brought us covid (even though we specifically asked her not to),” Kimmel tweeted on Monday. “All feeling fine, I am double vaxxed and boosted but the show must not go on.

Apologies to @TomCruise & @iliza and thanks to Mike Birbiglia @birbigs who’ll be filling in for me starting tomorrow night.”Our daughter brought us covid (even though we specifically asked her not to) All feeling fine, I am double vaxxed and boosted but the show must not go on.

Apologies to @TomCruise & @iliza and thanks to Mike Birbiglia @birbigs who'll be filling in for me starting tomorrow night— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) May 2, 2022Mike Birbiglia responded with his own tweet, writing, “I must be the first person to ever deplane a Southwest Airlines flight and find out they’re guest-hosting a late night talk show.

Sending love to the Kimmels. See you on the TV tomorrow, friends.”I must be the first person to ever deplane a Southwest Airlines flight and find out they’re guest-hosting a late night talk show.