Video taking off 34x its usual first day

Jimmy Kimmel says Trump "now has interns insulting me"

The same monologue finds the wrong Dana White on LinkedIn, revisits Trump's "only kidding" press secretary offer and closes with a mock ad for "Trump Church."

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Trump Cries Rigged Election, “Kidding" About Hiring Dana White & White House Insults Jimmy Kimmel

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0:43Kimmel turns to Thomas Massie's articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
2:32Trump's posts claiming the midterm election was rigged get a line-by-line reading.
4:40Kimmel reads White House spokesman Davis Ingle's insult and responds.
8:28Trump's offer of the press secretary job to Dana White, later called a joke, plus a LinkedIn mix-up.
12:04Clips from Trump's "60 Minutes" interview on crypto investments and the afterlife.
14:36The show's parody commercial for "Trump Church" closes the monologue.

Being insulted by the White House is not new for Jimmy Kimmel. Being insulted by a spokesman he can dismiss as junior staff gave him a fresh line. After reading a statement from White House spokesman Davis Ingle aimed at him, Kimmel delivered his verdict: "Trump now has interns insulting me."

The feud has history. In September 2025, ABC pulled the show off the air for nearly a week after federal regulators criticized Kimmel's remarks, and the video's description calls this latest round the White House getting "back to the important business of attacking Jimmy." This monologue has passed six million views in under a day, far beyond a usual first day for the channel's regular videos, and its comment section filled up around twenty times faster than normal.

The Ingle exchange sits inside a long tour of post-election Washington. Kimmel starts with Republican Thomas Massie's articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, moves to Ted Cruz telling Fox News about tearful voters at a Texas Best Buy, then reads through Trump's posts claiming the midterms were rigged. He also covers Stephen Miller replacing Susie Wiles as chief of staff.

The longest stretch goes to Dana White. Trump says he offered the UFC chief the press secretary job, then explains, "I was only kidding. But Dana loves the idea." Kimmel adds a LinkedIn post from a different Dana White, who wanted everyone to know she was not that one. One commenter jokes that Trump never blamed Democrats for putting a second Dana White on the ballot.

Clips from Trump's "60 Minutes" interview bring questions about foreign crypto investments and about heaven and hell, which Kimmel answers bluntly. The monologue ends with a parody commercial for "Trump Church," a casino-style resort of worship invented by the show.

The same night produced a lighter hit. In "Will Ferrell Interrupts Andy Richter's Interview About His New Elf Book," Richter talks about making the 2003 Christmas comedy, including working with James Caan, and about his book Elf Unwrapped, until Buddy the Elf himself calls out from the audience.

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The facts

Channel: Jimmy Kimmel Live
Subscribers: 22,300,000
Channel views, last 7 days: 60,996,001
Channel views, pace per day: 8,933,997 (on a normal day: 5,545,138)
Video published: November 10, 2026
Video views so far: 6,173,902 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 6,214,801

The numbers

The monologue's first day ran far ahead of the channel's usual start for a regular-length video, and the Will Ferrell clip from the same night also drew well beyond the norm.

the video's first day

usual first day here

182,516

this video

6,214,801

subscribers

22,300,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

15,979,740,531

views per day

8,933,997