Jimmy Kimmel Contracts COVID-19, Announces Temporary Replacement for 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'
Jimmy Kimmel has tested positive for COVID-19.
The 54-year-old late-night host took to social media on Monday (May 2) to announce his diagnosis, as well as the fill-in host for Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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“Our daughter brought us COVID (even though we specifically asked her not to),” Jimmy wrote on Twitter. “All feeling fine, I am double vaxxed and boosted but the show must not go on. Apologies to [Tom Cruise] & [Iliza Shlesinger] and thanks to Mike Birbiglia who’ll be filling in for me starting tomorrow night.”
Mike joked in a follow up tweet, “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.”
Late last month, another famous late night host announced his show would be cancelled after he contracted COVID-19.
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, 2022