This is wild considering he began his career in show business working for free.
At the start of his career, Kimmel was writing for a radio show.
“It never was my plan to get into television,” he revealed toVariety.
“I went in, and they started putting makeup on me,” he said.
After that, the calls never stopped coming in and they weren’t all hosting gigs.
Since then, Kimmel has become a movie star and an event host.
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The TV show was targeted toward you guessed it men.
Even though they only catered to half of the population, the series was an instant success.
However, he’s also admitted that he’d never want to be a part of a reboot.
His series, appropriately named “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
He’s since become the “longest-tenured continuous late-night franchise host” in history, too, asVarietyreported.
While hosting a late-night show is many people’s dream, it was surprisingly never Kimmel’s.
“If I’d been a writer on David Letterman’s show, I would have been thrilled.
I would have been very excited by that.
However, getting a paycheck for hosting must not be so bad either.
“I figured it would be better not to imitate,” he toldEntertainment Weekly.
“It’s hard enough not to imitate when you have phrases like ‘Is that your final answer?’
or ‘Do you want to go 50/50?’
So I decided to go into it somewhat fresh.”
Fans were loving it, too.
Jimmy Kimmel has his own production company
In 2018, Jimmy Kimmel started making big moves.
He partnered with producer Brent Montgomery to create his very own production company.
This producer was the perfect partner, too.
Four years beforehand, he had sold his first creative company for $360 million, according toDeadline.
“Because it has always been my favorite show to do.”
In fact, his actual home is “not too far” from the set of his talk show.
I have a tendency to forget things.”
Plus, it definitely makes the big city traffic manageable!
According toDirt, Kimmel dropped $7.1 million on his permanent residence in the Hollywood Hills.
Yet, that’s not the only place he likes to spend his time.
(He seems to be quite a fan of sequels, if you couldn’t tell.)
Over the course of his career, Kimmel’s even lent his voice to major movies as well.
His kids are some of the series' biggest fans.
In 2017, Jimmy Kimmel got a call to host one of the biggest shows in Hollywood the Oscars.
He even shared that he would be paid $15,000 to appear on stage for the evening.
His low salary wasn’t the only big news from the awards show either.
While it was definitely an embarrassing moment, the show was still the most-watchedentertainmentprogram that year.
Over 34 million Americans tuned in, according toIndieWire.
Ever since, the iconic awards show has continuedwithout a host.
In 2020, this talk show host was asked to host the Emmys, too.
However, Kimmel never expected it would be done virtually during a worldwide pandemic.
“There will be no fake laughs after my monologue jokes,” hesaidduring a promotional video.
“I grew up in Las Vegas,” Kimmel said on “The Howard Stern Show.”
And fans there almost feel as though they have been invited into his home, too.
“It’s almost like a museum,” he said.
In 2017, he started out his talk show on a much different note.
After having trouble breathing, doctors discovered that the baby had heart problems that needed to be addressed immediately.
His son was then rushed into open heart surgery and, luckily, the issue was resolved.
