Jimmy Kimmel obtained Italian citizenship in case he needs to leave America because of President Trump, the comedian told Sarah Silverman on her podcast last week.
“A lot of people I know are thinking about where they can get citizenship,” Silverman said.
“I did get Italian citizenship,” Kimmel noted. “It’s so much worse. It’s just unbelievable. Like I feel like it’s probably even worse than he would like it to be.”
Jimmy Kimmel says he got his Italian citizenship to possibly escape Trump pic.twitter.com/m8wihYm3fB
— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) August 9, 2025
It’s been no secret how Kimmel and Trump feel about one another.
Kimmel has criticized Trump pretty much nonstop on his late-night show since before the president first won the White House in 2016.
Trump has previously called Kimmel “stupid” and recently said the ABC host would be the next to lose his job after CBS announced in July that it wasn’t renewing Stephen Colbert’s contract.
Trump celebrated the news that “The Late Show” would end soon and predicted Kimmel would face the same fate. “[Kimmel] has less talent than Colbert,” the president posted on Truth Social.
Trump doubled down during a press conference last week, saying anyone off the street could do a better job than Kimmel and other mainstream late-night hosts. (Lost Angeles Times)
Jimmy Kimmel says he got his Italian citizenship to possibly escape Trump pic.twitter.com/m8wihYm3fB
— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) August 9, 2025
No need to “escape”.
— Ireene Almayda (@IreeneAlmayda) August 9, 2025
Just leave the Country if you want @JimmyKimmelLive
No one cares.
Much less Trump.
This is about as insufferable as one would expect… https://t.co/oSDkhfdnqE
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) August 9, 2025
Has Kimmel forgotten that Giorgia Meloni is the Prime Minister of Italy and his side was screeching about how she's a fascist and alt-right/far-right when she got elected?
— Jennifer Sey (@JenniferSey) August 9, 2025
That's where he's going? https://t.co/ur2xKr0ioh
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