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Birth name | James Christian Kimmel |
Born | [1] [2] New York City, U.S. [3] | November 13, 1967
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Education | Arizona State University (BA) |
Years active | 1989–present |
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Spouse | Gina Maddy (m. 1988;div. 2002)Molly McNearney (m. 2013) |
Partner(s) | Sarah Silverman (2002–2009) |
Children | 4 |
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James Christian Kimmel (born November 13, 1967) is an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer. He is the host and executive producer of Jimmy Kimmel Live! , a late-night talk show, since 2003. Kimmel hosted the Primetime Emmy Awards three times in 2012, 2016 and 2020, and the Academy Awards four times in 2017, 2018, 2023, and 2024.
Before hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Kimmel was the co-host of Comedy Central's The Man Show and Win Ben Stein's Money . Kimmel has also produced shows including Crank Yankers , Sports Show with Norm Macdonald , and The Andy Milonakis Show . In 2018, Time named him as one of "The World's 100 Most Influential People". [4] Kimmel has hosted a late-night talk show the longest of all current late night television hosts in the United States, after Conan O'Brien's retirement from hosting a late-night program.
Kimmel was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in the neighborhood of Mill Basin. [3] He is the eldest of three children of Joan (Iacono) and James John Kimmel, who worked at American Express and was an IBM executive. [5] [6] [7]
He was raised Catholic and as a child, was an altar boy. [8] [9] Kimmel's mother is of Italian descent; her grandparents migrated to the United States from Ischia, Naples after the 1883 earthquake. [10] [11] Two of his paternal great-great-grandparents were German immigrants. His family's surname was "Kümmel" ("caraway" in German) several generations back. [12] [13] [14] [15] According to a DNA test, Kimmel is also of partial Albanian descent. [16]
The family moved to Las Vegas when he was nine years old. [5] He graduated from Ed W. Clark High School [17] and attended University of Nevada, Las Vegas for one year before transferring to Arizona State University. He received an honorary degree from UNLV in 2013. [18]
Kimmel's uncle, Frank Potenza ("Uncle Frank"), appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! as a regular from 2003 until his death in 2011. [19] His cousin Sal Iacono performed Kimmel's former co-hosting duties during the last season of Win Ben Stein's Money and then became a writer and sketch performer on Jimmy Kimmel Live! [20] His Aunt Chippy (Concetta Potenza) is also a featured part of the show. His brother Jonathan works on the show as a director. His sister, Jill, is a comedian.
Inspired by David Letterman's start in radio, Kimmel began working in radio while in high school. He was the host of a Sunday night interview show on UNLV's college station, KUNV. [21] While attending Arizona State University, he became a popular caller to the KZZP-FM afternoon show hosted by radio personalities Mike Elliott and Kent Voss in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1989, Kimmel landed his first paying job alongside Voss as morning drive co-host of The Me and Him Show at KZOK-FM in Seattle, Washington. Over the next 10 months, the hosts performed several stunts on air, including one that led to an $8,000 loss in advertising. [22] [23]
In 1990, Kimmel and Voss were fired by KZOK and were fired again a year later at WRBQ-FM in Tampa. Kimmel went on to host his own show at KCMJ in Palm Springs, California, where he recruited as his intern Carson Daly, who had been a family friend since his childhood. [24] After a morning stint at KRQQ in Tucson, Arizona, Kimmel landed at KROQ-FM in Los Angeles. He spent five years as "Jimmy The Sports Guy" for the Kevin and Bean morning show. During that time he met and befriended the comedian Adam Carolla. [25]
Kimmel initially did not want to do television; he began writing for Fox announcers and promotions and was quickly recruited to do the on-air promotions himself. He declined several offers for television shows from producer Michael Davies, being uninterested in the projects, until he was offered a place as the comedic counterpart to Ben Stein on the game show Win Ben Stein's Money , which began airing on Comedy Central in 1997. His quick wit and "everyman" personality were counterpoints to Stein's monotonous vocal style and faux-patrician demeanor. The combination earned the pair an Emmy award for Best Game Show Host. [21]
In 1999, during his time on Win Ben Stein's Money, Kimmel co-hosted (with Adam Carolla) and co-produced (with Daniel Kellison), Comedy Central's The Man Show . Kimmel left Win Ben Stein's Money in 2001 and was replaced by comedian Nancy Pimental, who was eventually replaced by Kimmel's cousin Sal Iacono. The Man Show 's success allowed Kimmel, Carolla, and Kellison to create and produce, under the banner Jackhole Productions, Crank Yankers for Comedy Central (on which Kimmel plays the characters "Elmer Higgins", "Terrence Catheter", "The Nudge", "Karl Malone" and himself) and later The Andy Milonakis Show for MTV2. Kimmel also produced and co-wrote the feature film Windy City Heat , Festival Prize winner of the Comedia Award for Best Film at the 2004 Montreal Comedy Festival.
In January 2003, Kimmel permanently left The Man Show to host his own late-night talk show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, on ABC. In April 2007, Stuffmagazine.com named Kimmel the "biggest badass on TV." Kimmel said it was an honor but clearly a mistake.
Despite its name, the show has not actually aired live since 2004, when censors were unable to properly bleep censor a barrage of swearing from actor Thomas Jane. [26]
During the 2004 NBA Finals in Detroit, Kimmel appeared on ABC's halftime show to make an on-air plug for his show. He suggested that if the Detroit Pistons defeated the Los Angeles Lakers, "they're gonna burn the city of Detroit down ... and it's not worth it." Officials with Detroit's ABC affiliate, WXYZ-TV, immediately announced that that night's show would not air on the station. Hours later, ABC officials pulled that night's show from the entire network. Kimmel later apologized. [27]
Kimmel usually ends his show with "My apologies to Matt Damon, we ran out of time." When Matt Damon did actually appear on the show to be interviewed, he walked in and sat down only to be told just a few seconds later by Kimmel, "Unfortunately, we are totally out of time," followed by "my apologies to Matt Damon." Damon appeared angry but both performers have since indicated that their faux-feud is a joke. [28]
In February 2008, Kimmel showed a mock music video with a panoply of stars called "I'm Fucking Ben Affleck", [29] as "revenge" after his then-girlfriend Sarah Silverman and Damon recorded a similar video titled "I'm Fucking Matt Damon". Silverman's video originally aired on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and became an "instant YouTube sensation." [30] Kimmel's "revenge" video featured himself, Ben Affleck, and a large lineup of stars, particularly in scenes spoofing the 1985 "We Are the World" video: Brad Pitt, Don Cheadle, Cameron Diaz, Robin Williams, Harrison Ford, Dominic Monaghan, Benji Madden and Joel Madden from Good Charlotte, Lance Bass, Macy Gray, Josh Groban, Huey Lewis, Perry Farrell, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Pete Wentz, Meat Loaf, Rebecca Romijn, Christina Applegate, Dom Joly, Mike Shinoda, Lauren Conrad, and Joan Jett, among others.
After this, Kimmel's sidekick, Guillermo, appeared in a spoof of The Bourne Ultimatum , which starred Damon. He was then chased down by Damon, who was cursing about Kimmel being behind all this. Guillermo also stopped Damon on the red carpet one time and, before he could finish the interview, said, "Sorry, we are out of time." The most recent encounter was titled "The Handsome Men's Club" which featured Kimmel, along with the "Handsome Men", who were: Matthew McConaughey, Rob Lowe, Lenny Kravitz, Patrick Dempsey, Sting, Keith Urban, John Krasinski, Ethan Hawke, Josh Hartnett, Tony Romo, Ted Danson, Taye Diggs, Gilles Marini, and Ben Affleck speaking about being handsome and all the jobs that come with it. At the end of the skit, Kimmel has a door slammed in his face by Damon, who says they have run out of time and laughs sinisterly. Jennifer Garner also makes a surprise appearance. As a tradition, celebrities voted off Dancing with the Stars appear on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, causing Kimmel to describe himself as "the three-headed dog the stars must pass on their way to No-Dancing Hell."
In October 2013, a new segment of the show, "Kids Table", showcased five- and six-year-olds discussing the U.S. government shutdown and U.S. debts. When one of the children suggested "killing all the people in China" as a way of resolving the U.S. debt, Kimmel responded that that was "an interesting idea" and soon jokingly asked a followup: "Should we allow the Chinese to live?" [31] The incident triggered discussions and protests on the internet, even from Mainland China. In an October 25 letter to a group called the 80-20 Initiative, which identifies itself as a pan-Asian-American political organization, ABC apologized for the segment, saying "We would never purposefully broadcast anything to upset the Chinese community, Asian community, anyone of Chinese descent or any community at large." [31] [32] More than a hundred people took to the streets in San Francisco on October 28 to protest the show and demand "a more elaborate apology" and that Kimmel be fired. [32] On that day's broadcast, Kimmel addressed the controversy personally, saying: "I thought it was obvious that I didn't agree with that statement, but apparently it wasn't ... So I just wanted to say, I'm sorry, I apologize." [33] Despite the apologies from ABC and Kimmel, protests continued. A White House petition was created to investigate the incident and reached the 100,000 signatures needed to require a response from the White House. [34] The Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus denounced the incident and demanded a formal apology from ABC. [35]
During a November 2022 appearance on Stitcher's "Naked Lunch" podcast, Kimmel revealed he told ABC executives, soon after the election of Donald Trump, that if he could not tell Trump jokes, then he would leave the show. Kimmel also indicated the executives were correct, and he lost approximately half of his audience during that time. [36]
In spring 1996, Kimmel appeared as "Jimmy the Fox Guy" in promos on the Fox Network. His other television work included being the on-air football prognosticator for Fox NFL Sunday for four years. He has had numerous appearances on other talk shows, including Live with Regis and Kelly , The Howard Stern Show , The Ellen DeGeneres Show , and Late Show with David Letterman .
He has appeared on The Late Show five times, most recently in 2010. Kimmel served as roastmaster for the New York Friars' Club Roast of Hugh Hefner and the Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson. He has appeared on ABC's Dancing with the Stars.
In August 2006, ABC announced that Kimmel would be host of their new game show Set for Life . [37] The show debuted on July 20, 2007. On April 6, 2007, Kimmel filled in for Larry King on Larry King Live . That particular broadcast dealt with paparazzi. Kimmel reproached Emily Gould, an editor at Gawker.com, for the site's alleged stalking of celebrities. On July 8, 2007, Kimmel managed the National League in the 2007 Taco Bell All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game in San Francisco. He played in the game in 2004 and 2006 (in Houston and Pittsburgh, respectively). On July 11, 2007, Kimmel, along with basketball player LeBron James, hosted the 2007 ESPY Awards . The show aired on ESPN on July 15, 2007. Kimmel hosted the American Music Awards on ABC five times, in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2008.
Kimmel guest-hosted Live with Regis and Kelly during the week of October 22–26, 2007, commuting every day between New York and Los Angeles. In the process, he broke the Guinness World Record for the longest distance (22,406 miles (36,059 km)) traveled in one work week. [38] Kimmel himself has questioned the record, suggesting that a world leader or the Pope must actually hold the record. [39]
Kimmel has performed in several animated films, often voicing dogs. His voice appeared in Garfield: The Movie and Road Trip , and he portrayed Death's Dog in the Family Guy episode "Mr. Saturday Knight"; Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane later presented Kimmel with a figurine of his character on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Kimmel also did voice work for Robot Chicken . Kimmel's cousin Sal Iacono has accepted and won a wrestling match with Santino Marella.
On January 14, 2010, amid the 2010 Tonight Show host and time slot conflict, Kimmel was the special guest of Jay Leno on The Jay Leno Show 's "10 at 10" segment. Kimmel derided Leno in front of a live studio audience for taking back the 11:35 pm time slot from Conan O'Brien, and repeatedly insulted Leno. He ended the segment with a plea that Leno "leave our shows alone", as Kimmel and O'Brien had "kids" while Leno only had "cars". [40]
Kimmel hosted the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards on September 23, 2012, and the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards on September 18, 2016. [41] [42] With the presidential election only weeks away, Kimmel pointed out the role Mark Burnett played in the rise of Trump. [43]
Kimmel hosted the 89th edition of the Academy Awards ceremony on February 26, 2017. [44] He returned as host for the 90th edition on March 4, 2018, [45] and the 95th edition on March 12, 2023. [46] He will return to host the 96th edition on March 10, 2024, for the fourth time. [47]
In June 2018, Kimmel was challenged by U.S. Senator Ted Cruz to a one-on-one basketball game after Kimmel compared Cruz's appearance to that of a blobfish. Kimmel accepted and the game (known as the Blobfish Basketball Classic) was scheduled to take place at Texas Southern University on June 16, with the loser donating $5,000 to the non-political charity of the winner's choice. [48] Cruz defeated Kimmel 11–9, and over $80,000 was raised from the game and donated to the charities. [49]
In November 2018, Kimmel launched his second production company, Kimmelot. [50]
Kimmel was the host and co-executive producer of a celebrity edition of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire , which premiered for the show's 20th anniversary in 2020. It premiered on April 8, 2020, on ABC. [51] In June 2020, it was announced that Kimmel would return to host the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards on September 20, 2020. [52]
In July 2019, Kimmel released his first book, The Serious Goose, an interactive children's picture book featuring his own illustrations that tasks readers with helping to make the serious goose smile. [53]
On August 30, 2023, Kimmel began hosting the comedy podcast Strike Force Five with Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, Stephen Colbert, and John Oliver to support their staff members out of work due to the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike. [54] [55] [56]
Kimmel's biggest influences in comedy are David Letterman and Howard Stern. [57] [58] Kimmel has said of Letterman, "His show was just so weird and different. I'd never seen anything like it. I didn't know anyone who had a sense of humor like that." [59] Kimmel has often joked that the only reason he got into show business was to be friends with Letterman; he has also questioned why anybody would watch his show instead of Letterman's. [60]
Kimmel wrote a piece for Time about his love for Letterman, saying:
As I write this, there are only ten shows left before the funniest, most inventive and smartest man who ever wore an Alka Seltzer suit goes fishing for good. None of us who discovered Dave on our own and claimed him as our own will ever be able to satisfactorily explain to the younger people who didn't what he did, what he meant and what he means. I guess it doesn't matter. It's only an exhibition, not a competition. Thanks Dave. For whatever it's worth, you're my favorite. [61]
Kimmel is a practicing Catholic. [62] He has spoken publicly about having narcolepsy. [63]
Kimmel married Gina Maddy in 1988; they divorced in 2002. [64] Their daughter Katherine was born in 1991 and their son Kevin was born in 1993. [65] [1] He had a relationship with comedian Sarah Silverman from 2002 to March 2009. [66]
Kimmel started dating Molly McNearney, a co-head writer for Jimmy Kimmel Live, in October 2009. [67] They were engaged in August 2012 [64] [68] and married in July 2013. [69] Their daughter Jane was born in July 2014, they are both living in Hermosa Beach, California. [70] [71]
Their second child, William "Billy" John, was born on April 21, 2017. [72] He was born with a rare congenital heart defect, [73] tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) with pulmonary atresia, [74] [75] which was first detected when he had a purplish appearance at three hours after birth. He underwent successful surgery at three days of age. [76] [77] The first guests Kimmel had when his show returned following his son's birth were cardiac surgeon Mehmet Oz, who explained the condition, [78] and snowboarder Shaun White, who was born with TOF. [79] Kimmel later cited his son's condition in a monologue criticizing a previous guest, Senator Bill Cassidy, who had co-authored a congressional healthcare bill, for not living up to the "Jimmy Kimmel test" regarding access for patients with preexisting conditions. The monologue was widely discussed as part of the wider debate about the American healthcare system. [80] [81] [82]
In 2020, Kimmel learned that he and Martha Stewart are cousins through a genealogy report on the TV show Finding Your Roots . [83]
Kimmel plays the bass clarinet, and was a guest performer at a concert in Costa Mesa, California, on July 20, 2008, featuring The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, performing with the group on the song "The Impression That I Get". [84]
Kimmel co-founded the annual Los Angeles Feast of San Gennaro, a New York City annual tradition, and co-hosted the eighth annual Los Angeles version in 2009. [85]
In 2018, he fundraised for Nevada U.S. Senate candidate (and eventual Senator) Jacky Rosen. [86]
In 2021, Kimmel became the title sponsor of the LA Bowl for that year and 2022, a college football bowl game to be played annually in Los Angeles at Inglewood's SoFi Stadium. The game became officially known as the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl. [87] [88]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1995 | Delinquent's Derby | Race Track Announcer | |
2000 | Down to You | Himself | |
Road Trip | Corky's voice (voice) | ||
2003 | Windy City Heat | Himself | Also writer, producer |
2004 | Garfield: The Movie | Spanky (voice) | Unnamed in the film |
2005 | The Aristocrats | Himself | Cameo |
2008 | Hellboy II: The Golden Army | ||
2009 | Monsters vs Aliens | Insectosaurus (voice) | Uncredited |
2012 | Project X | Himself | Cameo |
2013 | The Smurfs 2 | Passive-aggressive Smurf (voice) | |
2015 | Pitch Perfect 2 | Himself | Cameo |
Ted 2 | |||
Miss Famous | Mr. Chipmunk | Short film | |
2017 | The Boss Baby | Ted Templeton (voice) | |
Sandy Wexler | Himself | Cameo | |
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards | Lunchtime creeper in park | ||
Brad's Status | Himself | Cameo | |
2018 | Teen Titans Go! To the Movies | Batman (voice) | |
2019 | Dads | Himself | Documentary film |
2021 | The Boss Baby: Family Business | Ted Templeton (voice) | |
PAW Patrol: The Movie | Marty Muckraker (voice) |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1997–2000 | Win Ben Stein's Money | Himself (co-host) | 4 seasons |
1999 | Charmed | Host on TV | Episode: "The Painted World" |
1999–2003 | The Man Show | Himself (co-host) | 112 episodes; also co-creator, writer |
2001 | Family Guy | Death's Dog (voice) | Episode: "Mr. Saturday Knight" |
2001 | Battlebots | Himself | Episodie: "Chinkilla vs. La Machine, Dreadnought, and Ginsu" (Exhibition match) |
2002 | MADtv | Himself, Jay Mattioli | Episode: "7.16" |
2002–2007; 2019–present | Crank Yankers | Various voices | 90 episodes; also creator, executive producer, writer |
2003–present | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Himself (host) | Also creator, executive producer, writer |
2003 | I'm with Her | Himself | Episode: "The Second Date" |
American Music Awards of 2003 | Himself (host) | TV special | |
2004 | Entourage | Himself | Episode: "Talk Show" |
American Music Awards of 2004 | Himself (host) | TV special | |
2005–2007 | The Andy Milonakis Show | Himself | 22 episodes; also co-creator, executive producer, writer |
2005 | Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson | Himself (host) | TV special |
2006 | American Music Awards of 2006 | ||
Robot Chicken | Boss, Ryu, Lots of Laughs Bear (voice) | 2 episodes | |
Drawn Together | Old Man, Mrs. Ham, Various voices | ||
2007 | Set for Life | Himself (host) | 7 episodes |
Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav | Himself (roaster) | TV special | |
The Sarah Silverman Program | Joan the Dispatcher | Episode: "Positively Negative" | |
2007 ESPY Awards | Himself (host) | TV special | |
American Music Awards of 2007 | |||
2008 | American Music Awards of 2008 | ||
2010 | Glenn Martin, DDS | Himself (voice) | Episode: "Camp" |
2011 | Sesame Street | Himself | Episode: "Siblings" |
Hot in Cleveland | Episode: "I Love Lucci (Part 1)" | ||
The Soup | Joel McHale | Episode: "8.72" | |
2012–2016 | Scandal | Himself | 3 episodes |
2012 | White House Correspondents' Dinner | Himself (host) | TV special |
64th Primetime Emmy Awards | |||
2013 | Brody Stevens: Enjoy It! | Himself | Episode: "Brody Stevens, Who Are You?" |
2014 | Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories | Episode: "The Endorsement" | |
The Middle | Episode: "The Table" | ||
Shark Tank | Episode: "Oilerie USA" | ||
2015 | The Bachelor | Himself (host) | Episode: "19.3" |
The Eric Andre Show | Himself | Episode 3.08 | |
2016 | The Grinder | Episode: "The Olyphant in the Room" | |
The Real O'Neals | Episode: "The Real Papaya" | ||
Trailer Park Boys | Episode: "All The Fuckin' Dope You Can Smoke!" | ||
Pitch | Episode: "The Interim" | ||
68th Primetime Emmy Awards | Himself (host) | TV special | |
2017 | 89th Academy Awards | ||
Curb Your Enthusiasm | Himself | Episode: "Foisted!" | |
2018 | 90th Academy Awards | Himself (host) | TV special |
2019 | Live in Front of a Studio Audience | Three specials | |
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Himself | Episode: "Compounding Pharmacies" | |
2020–present | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | Himself (host) | Also executive producer |
2020 | Revenge of the Nerds | Himself (co-host) | Also executive producer [89] |
72nd Primetime Emmy Awards | Himself (host) | TV special | |
2022 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | April Fools' Day | |
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music & Laughter | Himself | Television Special [90] | |
2023 | 95th Academy Awards | Himself (host) | TV special |
2024 | 96th Academy Awards | ||
Year | Title | Notes |
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2003 | Gerhard Reinke's Wanderlust | 6 episodes |
2005 | The Adam Carolla Project | 13 episodes |
2011 | Sports Show with Norm Macdonald | 9 episodes |
2017 | Big Fan | 4 episodes |
2023 | Super Maximum Retro Show | |
2024 | High Hopes |
Year | Title | Voice role | Notes |
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2012 | Call of Duty: Black Ops II | Himself | Appeared on his own talk show |
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The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards honored the best in American prime time television programming from June 1, 2019, until May 31, 2020, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The ceremony was originally to be held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was instead hosted from the Staples Center, while winners gave speeches remotely from their homes or other locations. It aired live on September 20, 2020, following the 72nd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards on September 14–17 and 19. During the ceremony, Emmy Awards were handed out in 23 categories. The ceremony was produced by Done and Dusted, directed by Hamish Hamilton, and broadcast in the United States by ABC. Jimmy Kimmel served as host for the third time.
The Damon–Kimmel feud is a satirical public feud between actor Matt Damon and television host Jimmy Kimmel. The feud has garnered nationwide coverage since 2005, when Kimmel ended a season 3 episode of his show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, by jokingly saying "Apologies to Matt Damon, but we ran out of time" when Damon was not scheduled to be on the show at all. In the years since, Damon and Kimmel have treated the feud as a running gag, often enlisting the help of other celebrities to prank each other publicly, many of which take place on Kimmel's show.
Jimmy Kimmel, was born on November 13, 1967, in Brooklyn, NY to devoutly Catholic parents who made sure that Kimmel served as an altar boy, ...
Kimmel was raised Catholic, was an altar server, and says he is a practicing Catholic. However, he publicly supports things contrary to Catholic teaching, such as same-sex marriage.
Gina would give birth to the couple's first child, Katie, four years [after the couple's 1988 marriage]; a son, Kevin, followed in 1993.