The White House answers Kimmel, and Guillermo finally gets his tequila

A statement from spokesman Davis Ingle lands on screen in the same monologue that ends Guillermo Rodriguez's two dry months of ballroom training.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 3,718,345 views a day, 20 times a normal first day on this channel (181,552).

The White House is Mad at Jimmy Kimmel AGAIN, Trump’s Press Secretary Mess & Fox News Betrays Him

Davis Ingle is not a name late-night viewers usually hear. The White House spokesman put out a statement attacking Jimmy Kimmel and his show's ratings in response to an earlier monologue, and by the next taping Kimmel had it on screen and was reading it as part of the act.

It is the latest round of a back-and-forth that has filled the show's openings lately. As we reported here, Donald Trump called Kimmel a "loser" days earlier, and Kimmel answered with photos of empty seats. This time the reply came on official letterhead, and the monologue, titled "The White House is Mad at Jimmy Kimmel AGAIN, Trump's Press Secretary Mess & Fox News Betrays Him," drew about 3.7 million views in its first day. That is roughly twenty times the start of a usual Kimmel upload of this length, and the comment section filled about nine times faster than normal.

The statement shares the program with plenty else. Kimmel opens with a Fox News forecast giving Democrats the House, Trump promoting the rival network RSBN on Truth Social, and a headline about falling traffic on the platform. Then he turns to new press secretary Katie Zacharia and the question of whether she is, in fact, an attorney, with communications director Steven Cheung's praise for her shown on screen.

The warmest stretch belongs to Guillermo. Fresh from his Dancing with the Stars exit, he is shown in hidden-camera footage turning down drinks the crew kept offering him during two months of training. "I made a commitment and I stayed with it, I said no drinking," he says. His reward is tequila, served in the coconut bra he wore in the ballroom. Many commenters stop thanking Jimmy long enough to congratulate Guillermo.

After that come two actors dressed as mosquitoes in the audience and another "This Week in Unnecessary Censorship," before Kimmel previews the night's guests, Judd Apatow and Kim Kardashian.

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The numbers

A monologue that started about twenty times faster than the show's usual uploads, with a comment section to match.

the video's first day

usual first day here

181,552

this video

3,718,345

subscribers

22,300,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

15,858,833,957

views per day

8,702,775

typical day: 4,463,185

the video

views

3,764,134

likes

93,466

comments

3,342

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

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22,300,000

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17,400,000

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14,000,000

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10,200,000

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