Jimmy Kimmel Gets Emotional Talking About His 'Strange' and 'Hard' Year in Last Opening Monologue of 2025

Late nighttime maestro Jimmy Kimmel got affectional portion reflecting connected the hard twelvemonth helium and his amusement endured during the last Jimmy Kimmel Live amusement of 2025, shedding immoderate tears arsenic helium gave his opening monologue.

"Thank you for joining america present astatine our location successful beauteous Hollywood, California, for what is our last amusement of the year," the big began connected Thursday, December 18. "And this one, this has been a unusual year. It's been a hard year."

He got a small choked up, but continued, "We’ve had immoderate lows. We've had immoderate highs. For me, possibly much than immoderate twelvemonth successful my life. But connected behalf of each of america — I'm crying already. I'm sorry."

Jimmy Kimmel reflects connected his 2025. Image credit: Jimmy Kimmel Live / YouTube.

After collecting himself, Kimmel added: "On behalf of each of america astatine the show, I conscionable privation to accidental that we admit your support, your enthusiasm," helium said. "And not conscionable for watching this twelvemonth — you virtually pulled america retired of a hole, and we cannot convey you enough, personally."

Kimmel has had a rollercoaster 2025. ABC temporarily took Kimmel’s programme disconnected the aerial for a week backmost successful September pursuing his comments astir the sidesplitting of right-wing governmental property Charlie Kirk. The network’s determination made mode for a nationalist statement connected state of speech, which prompted Disney, which ownss ABC, to reverse the decision.

Since then, and adjacent prior, successful the aftermath of the shocking cancellation of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert earlier this year, President Donald Trump has repeatedly made insulting comments astir Kimmel and his show, arsenic good arsenic called for Live to beryllium cancelled.

During his last opening of the year, the big noted that "there are a batch harder jobs" than his, but that "this is not an casual occupation to do, and sometimes it feels similar we're spinning our wheels." He added: "You spot truthful galore atrocious and destructive acts, each this harm we inflict connected ourselves, connected purpose, and it tin marque you consciousness brainsick trying to wrapper your caput astir these things that are truthful intelligibly wrong."

Kimmel’s amusement volition instrumentality successful January to footwear disconnected 2026. Perhaps Kate Beckinsale volition instrumentality to springiness america an update connected her daughter's boyfriend's eggs?

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.