Trump calls Jimmy Kimmel a "loser," and Kimmel brings empty-seat photos
The host became part of his own monologue, which also gave Guillermo's Dancing with the Stars run a send-off from athletes.
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 4,167,907 views a day, 21 times a normal first day on this channel (199,402).
Trump Complains About Jimmy Kimmel, Throws Fit Over Not Winning Nobel Peace Prize & Guillermo-Mania!
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- 0:10Kimmel opens with rare Los Angeles rain and a live blooper from Fox Weather's hurricane coverage.
- 1:50Guillermo's Dancing with the Stars run gets a roundup of tributes from Jameis Winston and the US freestyle ski team.
- 5:00The new press secretary and Trump's Truth Social post about missing the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 8:20Rally clips in which Trump attacks Kimmel by name over remarks about empty seats.
- 10:30Kimmel's empty-seat photos, then the ocean-naming idea; a "Real Moments in Presidementia" montage follows at 12:20.
- 14:40On Hollywood Boulevard, pedestrians are asked to explain the difference between autumn and fall.
A regular Jimmy Kimmel Live upload usually opens to about 200,000 views on its first day. Tuesday's monologue passed four million, and its comment section filled up roughly fourteen times faster than usual. Maybe it helped that, this time, Kimmel is in the story himself.
The moment comes in a run of rally clips. Donald Trump, irritated by Kimmel's remarks that his crowds look thin, calls the host out by name: "This loser Jimmy Kimmel... what a loser." Kimmel answers with pictures, putting photographs of empty seats at Trump events on screen, then moves on to the president mangling Abdul El-Sayed's name and floating the idea of naming an ocean after himself.
The Nobel Peace Prize is back too. Last week Trump said he didn't care about it, as we reported here. This time Kimmel reads a Truth Social post in which Trump writes that the United States, "represented by me as your president," should have received the prize but didn't. Much of the comment section argues over that idea. The monologue also takes in the new White House press secretary, Katie Zacharia, and news that the Pentagon is considering livestreaming an execution.
The lighter half belongs to Guillermo Rodriguez. Kimmel rounds up the tributes to his sidekick's ballroom run, from NFL quarterback Jameis Winston to the US freestyle ski team. "Guillermo is teaching the world a lesson: just because you can't dance doesn't mean you can't dance," Kimmel says, and a good share of the comments simply cheer Guillermo on.
The episode closes on Hollywood Boulevard, where passersby try to explain the difference between autumn and fall. Guillermo's dancing story has moved on since then: the show's next upload has him and his partner, Witney Carson, talking with Kimmel after they were voted off Dancing with the Stars.
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- Channel
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
- Subscribers
- 22,300,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
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- Channel views, pace per day
- 2,420,674 (on a normal day: 4,111,255)
- Video published
- October 13, 2026
- Video views so far
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The numbers
This monologue started at about twenty times the pace of a usual Kimmel upload, with comments and likes running well ahead of normal too.
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The show's next upload has Guillermo and his partner, Witney Carson, talking with Kimmel after being voted off.