Jimmy Kimmel REVEALS: I Got Fired So Many Times Because of My Behavior..

1. 0:00 – 4:44

   Intro

   1. JKJimmy Kimmel0:00

      It feels selfish sometimes to be happy. It's hard to figure out how to be happy. There's no logical reason why we shouldn't be happy. It doesn't make sense. [beep]

   2. JSJay Shetty0:09

      Jimmy Kimmel's been hosting his late night show for over 20 years. Jimmy, you don't do a lot of interviews. What does it feel like to be on the other side?

   3. JKJimmy Kimmel0:18

      Putting yourself out there is hard. I started in radio. You're already halfway hidden, and nobody sees you. You don't have an audience there to not laugh if you're not funny.

   4. JSJay Shetty0:29

      When everyone's firing you, letting go of you, telling you this isn't a great idea, how do you hold on to an idea when everyone's telling you it's terrible?

   5. JKJimmy Kimmel0:36

      Pure delusion.

   6. JSJay Shetty0:39

      Has talking about your emotions always been something that you found challenging?

   7. JKJimmy Kimmel0:43

      I feel like I've, um, matured a lot, thanks to my wife.

   8. JSJay Shetty0:47

      In what way?

   9. JKJimmy Kimmel0:48

      No, don't ask her.

   10. JSJay Shetty0:49

       [laughs]

   11. JKJimmy Kimmel0:50

       Oh, she's standing. She wants to be asked. Oh. All right, before she gets up here, Jay, I should just say... [beep]

   12. JSJay Shetty0:57

       You've been very open about your son's heart condition.

   13. JKJimmy Kimmel1:00

       Yeah.

   14. JSJay Shetty1:00

       And that's been something that I imagine is extremely difficult.

   15. JKJimmy Kimmel1:04

       To stop and think about someone else and their child. [audience cheering]

   16. JSJay Shetty1:13

       The number one health and wellness podcast. Jay Shetty. Jay Shetty.

   17. SPSpeaker1:17

       The one, the only Jay Shetty.

   18. JKJimmy Kimmel1:20

       [laughs]

   19. JSJay Shetty1:22

       I am so excited to be here tonight at The Greek Theatre in LA with the one and only Jimmy Kimmel. Make some noise, everyone. [audience cheering]

   20. JKJimmy Kimmel1:29

       Thank you. Thank you for having me, Jay. Uh, I want you to know that my first question, as it always is, because I'm never... I'm interested. I was watching you, and, uh, when you had people stand up, and you said, "Stand up if you've ever worried about what, how you looked." And I was thinking, I was wondering, 'cause I couldn't see the audience, if anyone didn't stand, because I think everybody... And if there was a person who's never worried about how they looked, that's the person I wanna hang out with, uh-

   21. JSJay Shetty1:56

       [laughs]

   22. JKJimmy Kimmel1:56

       ... after the show. But I said, "What is the dre- you know, what is the...?" Because I w- you know, I want to fit in. They said it's elevated casual. I was like, "All right. Well, okay, I'll find something that seems to fit that category." And then I come here, and you are dressed like Adam Sandler.

   23. JSJay Shetty2:12

       [laughs] I'm not wearing shorts.

   24. JKJimmy Kimmel2:16

       Is this-

   25. JSJay Shetty2:16

       I'm not wearing shorts.

   26. JKJimmy Kimmel2:17

       Is this technically elevate? I mean, what is it elevated from?

   27. JSJay Shetty2:20

       This is, this is... I don't know what this is, but I assume it's elevated.

   28. JKJimmy Kimmel2:22

       This is what you wear to go to 7-Eleven.

   29. JSJay Shetty2:25

       [laughs]

   30. JKJimmy Kimmel2:26

       There's nothing... This is just casual. This is not [laughs] ... This is just level casual is what it is.
2. 4:44 – 8:00

   Why is Putting Yourself Out There So Hard?

   1. JSJay Shetty4:44

      Uh, Jimmy, let's start there actually. You know, tonight has been all about what we don't do because of what people think of us, the things we worry that people are perceiving about us, the judgments, the criticisms that people have of us. Talk to me about a time in your life when you really felt, like, imprisoned by that, if ever.

   2. JKJimmy Kimmel5:01

      Oh, very much so, all the time, not just... I mean, really, honestly, like, if I'm at an event and I'm not dressed properly, I feel... In fact, I went to a wedding recently. A very good friend invited me to be in his wedding party, and he was not great with, uh, uh, the details of the party. But again, another dress code situation. This one was, um, festive attire, which means nothing to me.

   3. JSJay Shetty5:26

      [laughs]

   4. JKJimmy Kimmel5:27

      And I was in the wedding party, and I wore what I thought was festive attire, and I showed up, and everyone else was in a black suit.

   5. JSJay Shetty5:34

      [laughs]

   6. JKJimmy Kimmel5:35

      And so I'm the idiot in all these wedding photos. And that, you know, that's the... I feel uncomfortable with the simple things like that. But I... You know, putting yourself out there is hard, and I'm not talking about show business necessarily. I think that, uh, there are a lot of people that I've known over years and years who are really good at something. And you, you try your best to encourage them to do that thing that they're good at, and they're either going to do it or they aren't. And sometimes for them, you saying they're good at it is enough.And that's enough for them, and they don't want to threaten that idea. They don't want you to ever think, "Oh, you weren't good at that."

   7. JSJay Shetty6:17

      Hmm.

   8. JKJimmy Kimmel6:18

      So they leave it.

   9. JSJay Shetty6:19

      [laughs]

   10. JKJimmy Kimmel6:19

       A- a- and I think that's, uh, to me, that's so sad, that people will do that. Because I do think that there are so many people who know they have this potential or this talent or whatever it is, and they just, they don't use it because they don't wanna be proven otherwise. Because everyone in their, in their little circle thinks it, and they don't wanna change their minds. And, uh, I know that's an inelegant way of, of saying it, but you just really need to do it. You have to do it. And I, for me, I was fortunate because I started in radio. And when you're on the radio, you're already halfway hidden.

   11. JSJay Shetty6:56

       [laughs]

   12. JKJimmy Kimmel6:56

       You know? Nobody sees you. You don't have an audience there to not laugh if you're not funny.

   13. JSJay Shetty7:01

       [laughs]

   14. JKJimmy Kimmel7:02

       So you just kinda have to assume you were-

   15. JSJay Shetty7:05

       [laughs]

   16. JKJimmy Kimmel7:05

       ... and you keep going. And I was able to take baby steps from being on the radio to being the sidekick on a game show to being a partner on a, a comedy show to eventually doing my own show. And I'm not sure if I would've been able to take that big leap. I, I was fortunate, really, genuinely fortunate and very lucky to have been in a situation where I could take those steps one by one. [audience applause] Oh, yeah. I mean, it's just, a lot of it is luck, you know?

   17. JSJay Shetty7:36

       [laughs]

   18. JKJimmy Kimmel7:37

       That's the other thing that is, is, is a sad truth, but a lot of it is luck. Now you have to be ready w- when you get that moment, or you, you are lucky when you have that moment of fortune. You have to be prepared, and you have to do whatever it is that you need to do to accomplish whatever goal you would like to accomplish. But still, luck is a big part of it.

   19. JSJay Shetty7:58

       Yeah. I wanna, I wanna get to that,

3. 8:00 – 9:19

   Discovering What Truly Drives You

   1. JSJay Shetty8:00

      but I wanna, I wanna go backwards a little bit. Because I read somewhere that you actually grew up wanting to be a scientist.

   2. JKJimmy Kimmel8:05

      No.

   3. JSJay Shetty8:05

      [laughs]

   4. SPSpeaker8:06

      [laughs]

   5. JKJimmy Kimmel8:07

      N- I don't know where you read that, but that is false.

   6. JSJay Shetty8:10

      Okay.

   7. JKJimmy Kimmel8:11

      Was I farting into Ziploc bags and leaving them-

   8. JSJay Shetty8:13

      [laughs]

   9. SPSpeaker8:14

      [laughs]

   10. JKJimmy Kimmel8:14

       ... under my sister's pillow? Yes. If that-

   11. JSJay Shetty8:17

       [laughs]

   12. JKJimmy Kimmel8:17

       ... if that's what you consider to be science, I wanted to be a scientist.

   13. SPSpeaker8:21

       [laughs]

   14. JKJimmy Kimmel8:21

       But, [laughs] no. Science was never, um, my thing. I wanted to be an artist when I was a kid.

   15. JSJay Shetty8:26

       An artist?

   16. JKJimmy Kimmel8:26

       I liked to draw. That was my thing. I wanted to draw.

   17. JSJay Shetty8:29

       And you were good at drawing?

   18. JKJimmy Kimmel8:30

       Yes, I liked-

   19. JSJay Shetty8:31

       What would you draw?

   20. JKJimmy Kimmel8:32

       I'd draw my, my classmates, which they never liked.

   21. JSJay Shetty8:37

       [laughs]

   22. SPSpeaker8:37

       [laughs]

   23. JKJimmy Kimmel8:38

       I would draw, you know, anything. Uh, superheroes when I was a little kid, caricatures of people. I'd draw my family. I'd draw David Letterman on the television as I was watching him. Pretty much, I still to this day, if I'm, if I have a pen and a piece of paper, I'll just scribble whatever, uh, whoever is sitting in front of me as we're sitting there.

   24. JSJay Shetty8:58

       Wow. And so, so you'll still do it today?

   25. JKJimmy Kimmel9:00

       I do, yeah.

   26. JSJay Shetty9:01

       Have you done it on the show ever?

   27. JKJimmy Kimmel9:02

       A couple of times. It's hard to be funny and draw at the same time.

   28. JSJay Shetty9:06

       [laughs]

   29. JKJimmy Kimmel9:06

       They're like, they're totally different parts of your brain.

   30. JSJay Shetty9:09

       They definitely got that wrong. The, the media never gets anything wrong, right? So-
4. 9:19 – 11:56

   The Origins of Jimmy’s Legendary Pranks

   1. JSJay Shetty9:19

      by what people wanted to be when they were growing up and then what they end up becoming, because I think there's so much hidden in childhood, and there's so many experiences, so many things we hear, say, the, the subjects we study at school. But you've had this history of pranks always being a central pillar. And for most of us, maybe you did a few pranks when you were a kid. How many of you did some pranks when you were kids?

   2. SPSpeaker9:42

      Whoo.

   3. JSJay Shetty9:42

      Any pranks? Yeah? All right. A few of you. Uh, I, I did a lot of pranks when I was kids, but sometimes you leave those behind, but you actually lost jobs because you did pranks-

   4. JKJimmy Kimmel9:51

      Yeah

   5. JSJay Shetty9:51

      ... on your colleagues.

   6. JKJimmy Kimmel9:53

      Yeah.

   7. JSJay Shetty9:53

      So walk-

   8. JKJimmy Kimmel9:54

      Bosses. Bosses, yeah.

   9. JSJay Shetty9:55

      Bosses, right.

   10. SPSpeaker9:56

       [laughs]

   11. JSJay Shetty9:56

       All right, so w-

   12. JKJimmy Kimmel9:56

       Is this gonna be where I crack open this Junie and there's a cockroach in it or something like that?

   13. JSJay Shetty10:01

       [laughs] Because you planted it.

   14. JKJimmy Kimmel10:03

       'Cause there's-

   15. JSJay Shetty10:03

       The sabotage

   16. JKJimmy Kimmel10:04

       ... there's a prank?

   17. JSJay Shetty10:05

       [laughs]

   18. JKJimmy Kimmel10:05

       Yeah, I love pranks. I think the reason that I love pranks is because I grew up in a family that would scream and yell when I did something, and I got a great reaction out of it. I mean, the, really, the, if you don't wanna be pranked, just don't react. That's the way to go. But I grew up, my Aunt Chippy is a very loud woman. She is on my show regularly. We are still, she's 85 years old. Most recently, I mean, I started by putting little explosive in her cigarettes, and-

   19. JSJay Shetty10:32

       [laughs]

   20. SPSpeaker10:32

       [laughs]

   21. JKJimmy Kimmel10:33

       ... tying cans to the back of her car. And she would go to work, or she'd be in the casino in Las Vegas smoking, and pow, the cigarette would blow up.

   22. SPSpeaker10:42

       [laughs]

   23. JKJimmy Kimmel10:43

       And then she'd call and curse me out over the phone, and I loved it. And, um, we, s- now that I have a TV show, I'm able to escalate so-

   24. JSJay Shetty10:52

       [laughs]

   25. SPSpeaker10:52

       [laughs]

   26. JKJimmy Kimmel10:53

       A couple of months ago, this has been a dream of mine since I saw those Waymo cars. She doesn't know about these. She lives in Las Vegas, and she's never seen a self-driving car.

   27. JSJay Shetty11:03

       [laughs]

   28. JKJimmy Kimmel11:03

       So I had a guy pretend to be a chauffeur in a Waymo car, pick her up at the airport.

   29. JSJay Shetty11:09

       [laughs]

   30. JKJimmy Kimmel11:10

       He gets out of the car, he opens the door for her. He says, uh, uh, "I have to, do you mind? I have to use the restroom, and then we'll go." She's like, "Yeah, no problem. Go ahead."
5. 11:56 – 17:02

   When the Pranks Never Stop

   1. SPSpeaker11:56

      [laughs]

   2. JSJay Shetty11:56

      But talk to me about when you weren't, you didn't have the resources to pull it off your own show, and you were losing jobs over pranking your bosses.

   3. JKJimmy Kimmel12:04

      Yeah.

   4. JSJay Shetty12:04

      Like, first of all, where does the audacity come from? And second of all, how do you keep doing it? I believe it wasn't just once.

   5. JKJimmy Kimmel12:11

      I wouldn't call it audacity so much as I would call it stupidity.

   6. JSJay Shetty12:16

      [laughs]

   7. JKJimmy Kimmel12:17

      Well, I thought that... I was a dish jockey. I did a morning radio show, and I worked at a lot of radio stations in a lot of cities. If, if you've lived in a city, I've probably had a job and been fired in that city. And each time, I thought the bosses would be on board with the idea that the listeners would think it was funny if I was torturing them, because then they could drive to work and go, "I love hearing this, these guys screw with their bosses. I wish I could do that, but I'm enjoying it through them." And they never liked it at all.

   8. JSJay Shetty12:50

      [laughs]

   9. JKJimmy Kimmel12:50

      They would tell me they were gonna like it when they hired me, and then when it happened, they hated it. Just dumb stuff. Once we were golfing, and I unlatched their golf bags on the back of the carts-

   10. JSJay Shetty13:03

       [laughs]

   11. JKJimmy Kimmel13:04

       ... and then forgot about it for like six holes, and then ran over their golf clubs. Um, once I s- completely smashed the inside of, uh... I had a hot dog. It's a long story and-

   12. JSJay Shetty13:17

       [laughs]

   13. JKJimmy Kimmel13:17

       But there was a hot dog that he, uh, didn't eat, and he threw in the garbage. And every night I would sneak in and put it in, in his drawer in his desk.

   14. JSJay Shetty13:25

       [laughs]

   15. JKJimmy Kimmel13:27

       And each day he'd open his desk, and there'd be a hot dog in there-

   16. JSJay Shetty13:29

       [laughs]

   17. JKJimmy Kimmel13:29

       ... and he didn't know why, and he'd throw it in the garbage again.

   18. JSJay Shetty13:33

       [laughs]

   19. JKJimmy Kimmel13:33

       And then each time I would get in there, and I'd put it back in the desk.

   20. JSJay Shetty13:37

       [laughs]

   21. JKJimmy Kimmel13:37

       And then he started locking his, his office.

   22. JSJay Shetty13:40

       [laughs]

   23. JKJimmy Kimmel13:40

       So I climbed in over the... You know the offices have that, like, kinda really cheap, uh, ceiling? I, I lowered myself in, and as I lowered myself, completely the desk collapsed, the shelves collapsed.

   24. JSJay Shetty13:57

       [laughs]

   25. JKJimmy Kimmel13:58

       It looked like the Northridge earthquake had happened only in his office.

   26. JSJay Shetty14:02

       [laughs]

   27. JKJimmy Kimmel14:03

       I knew that I'd be fired if he found out, so I just got out of there and locked the door, put the hot dog in before I left.

   28. JSJay Shetty14:10

       [laughs]

   29. JKJimmy Kimmel14:13

       And never mentioned it again.

   30. JSJay Shetty14:16

       [laughs]
6. 17:02 – 18:30

   Failed Firings and Conversations That Went Sideways

   1. JSJay Shetty17:02

      What's a, what's a firing conversation that went wrong? What's the worst time you've fired someone and you're like, "Oh, I shouldn't have done it like that"?

   2. JKJimmy Kimmel17:08

      Oh, well, one time it went on for, like, three and a half hours.

   3. JSJay Shetty17:11

      [laughs]

   4. JKJimmy Kimmel17:11

      It was me-

   5. JSJay Shetty17:13

      What, because of you?

   6. JKJimmy Kimmel17:13

      ... hugging and them crying and just kinda going around in circles over and over again and... until finally I was like, "All right, I gotta go pick up my kids." [laughs]

   7. JSJay Shetty17:24

      [laughs] So wait, you fired them, then hugged them?

   8. JKJimmy Kimmel17:26

      Oh, yeah.

   9. JSJay Shetty17:27

      Right.

   10. JKJimmy Kimmel17:28

       Yeah. There's always some hugging involved.

   11. JSJay Shetty17:30

       [laughs]

   12. JKJimmy Kimmel17:31

       Yeah, it's, you know, it's not great. I f- got fired one time. And I'd been fired now so many times, I knew what was, I knew it was coming. Because the way you know is they stop yelling at you.

   13. JSJay Shetty17:41

       [laughs]

   14. JKJimmy Kimmel17:42

       And, um, once they stop yelling at you, you're in trouble. They're like, "Ah, forget it. We don't e- Why bother? We're firing him in three weeks." But I went in, and the, it was me and my partner on the radio, and they sat us down and they said, "Listen, uh, you know, we're gonna go in a different direction" and, you know, all that bullshit that they say to you. "And, uh, this is probably best for you guys, too." And I'm thinking, "No, it's not."

   15. JSJay Shetty18:03

       [laughs]

   16. JKJimmy Kimmel18:04

       And then, uh, and then they gave the whole spiel, and they were nervous, and I said, "Listen, here's what we're gonna do. We're gonna come to work on Monday morning, and we're gonna pretend like none of this ever happened."

   17. JSJay Shetty18:17

       [laughs]

   18. JKJimmy Kimmel18:18

       And there was a long moment of, of confused and terrified silence.

   19. JSJay Shetty18:24

       Yeah.

   20. JKJimmy Kimmel18:24

       And then I started laughing and-

   21. JSJay Shetty18:26

       [laughs]

   22. JKJimmy Kimmel18:27

       ... gave him the finger and left, I think.

   23. JSJay Shetty18:28

       [laughs]

   24. SPSpeaker18:29

       [instrumental music]

   25. JKJimmy Kimmel18:29

       We

7. 18:30 – 21:42

   Staying True to Your Creative Voice

   1. JKJimmy Kimmel18:30

      met on the show. My wife is the executive producer, one of the executive producers of the show, and, um, we made love, and I asked her-

   2. JSJay Shetty18:38

      [laughs]

   3. SPSpeaker18:40

      [laughs]

   4. JKJimmy Kimmel18:40

      ... to marry me.

   5. JSJay Shetty18:40

      So it wasn't you and your guest. It was, uh-

   6. JKJimmy Kimmel18:42

      She was not a guest, no. [laughs]

   7. JSJay Shetty18:44

      [laughs]

   8. JKJimmy Kimmel18:45

      It wasn't like us.

   9. JSJay Shetty18:46

      Yeah, it wasn't like us.

   10. SPSpeaker18:47

       [laughs]

   11. JSJay Shetty18:47

       It's terrible, Jimmy. [laughs]

   12. JKJimmy Kimmel18:48

       It won't be that bad. I'm very gentle.

   13. JSJay Shetty18:50

       [laughs]

   14. SPSpeaker18:50

       [laughs]

   15. JKJimmy Kimmel18:51

       Is it just me or does it suddenly smell like toast?

   16. JSJay Shetty18:54

       It does. It does. [laughs] You're having a stroke.

   17. JKJimmy Kimmel18:56

       Oh, wouldn't you love that?

   18. JSJay Shetty18:58

       Yeah. [laughs]

   19. JKJimmy Kimmel18:59

       You know, I can write a nice letter. I'm good with that. But there's something about expressing myself i- in a very honest way, uh, that, uh, is difficult for me. Why is it?

   20. JSJay Shetty19:15

       [laughs]

   21. SPSpeaker19:15

       [laughs]

   22. JSJay Shetty19:17

       Uh, the answer's within. The answer's not within here.

   23. JKJimmy Kimmel19:19

       It's within? Shit.

   24. JSJay Shetty19:19

       Yeah. Only, only you can answer that.

   25. JKJimmy Kimmel19:21

       There's a lot of stuff in there.

   26. JSJay Shetty19:23

       Yeah.

   27. SPSpeaker19:23

       [laughs]

   28. JKJimmy Kimmel19:24

       I'm not sure I wanna go rummaging around.

   29. JSJay Shetty19:26

       Do you-

   30. JKJimmy Kimmel19:27

       There's a whole pizza in there.
8. 21:42 – 25:55

   Becoming a Grandfather for the First Time

   1. JKJimmy Kimmel21:43

      had this strange outlook on life where he would take $200 out of his ATM at the beginning of the week, and then he wanted to have zero dollars in his wallet at the end of the week, and it had to be that way. And so if he had any money left in his wallet on Sunday, he'd just give it to people, like strangers.

   2. JSJay Shetty22:02

      [laughs]

   3. JKJimmy Kimmel22:02

      He'd just hand it out to people. And he was always doing this, like, weird stuff, and I, you know, I, I... One time, my band leader on my show is my best friend since I was nine years old. We grew up across the street from each other. And I didn't know my relatives were funny until he thought they were funny. I was like, "Oh, they're annoying. They're always yelling at each other. They're, you know..." It's like, "Oh, they're coming over." He's... I said, "My Aunt Chippy and Uncle Frank are coming over." He's like, "Oh, can I come?" I was like, "What?"

   4. JSJay Shetty22:29

      [laughs]

   5. JKJimmy Kimmel22:29

      He's like, "Oh, they're hilarious." I was like, "They are?"

   6. JSJay Shetty22:32

      [laughs]

   7. JKJimmy Kimmel22:32

      And that clicked for me. I was like, "Oh yeah, they are hilarious." And it turned out he was right, and I've just kind of operated by that principle for my whole life.

   8. JSJay Shetty22:42

      Yeah. Talking about family, you just became a granddad too, right?

   9. JKJimmy Kimmel22:45

      I did. My daughter Katie had a baby, a baby girl.

   10. SPSpeaker22:49

       [applause]

   11. JKJimmy Kimmel22:51

       Probably should've got more applause for that, but, um-

   12. JSJay Shetty22:54

       [laughs]

   13. SPSpeaker22:56

       [laughs]

   14. JKJimmy Kimmel22:56

       Thank you. I, I mean-

   15. SPSpeaker23:00

       [cheers]

   16. JKJimmy Kimmel23:00

       I feel like almost killing my Aunt Chippy got more applause than having a-

   17. JSJay Shetty23:05

       [laughs]

   18. SPSpeaker23:05

       [laughs]

   19. JKJimmy Kimmel23:05

       ... a granddaughter. But yeah, we're very excited. She's what? Like, maybe, like, eight days old or something.

   20. SPSpeaker23:11

       [laughs]

   21. JKJimmy Kimmel23:11

       Yeah. Yeah. Smoking already.

   22. SPSpeaker23:13

       [laughs]

   23. JKJimmy Kimmel23:13

       Which we're, we're concerned about, but...

   24. JSJay Shetty23:16

       [laughs]

   25. SPSpeaker23:16

       [laughs]

   26. JSJay Shetty23:16

       How does that feel? What, what is that like psychologically, internally, mentally?

   27. JKJimmy Kimmel23:21

       I feel like, I don't know. People seem to think, like... I, I, first of all, people approach you cautiously, in a way, about it. Like, "Oh, so you're having..." Like, like I'm gonna be upset about this. Like, what kind of an asshole would be upset about having a grandchild? But I guess people don't wanna be thought of as old. And I don't really care that much about that. I'm just excited to have a little... And also, being a grandparent, I think is gonna be, first of all, an incredible way to get revenge on my children.

   28. JSJay Shetty23:52

       [laughs]

   29. SPSpeaker23:53

       [laughs]

   30. JSJay Shetty23:53

       Tell me how. What are the pranks that are brewing?
9. 25:55 – 27:29

   Living With Anxiety: How It Shapes Family Life

   1. JKJimmy Kimmel25:55

      mom, but just seeing her be a mom is, is, um, it's just funny. And I, it's, it's, I think it's like a- anything. Like when I try to remember how old I am, I don't know if you ever forget how old you are.

   2. JSJay Shetty26:08

      Yeah. All the time.

   3. JKJimmy Kimmel26:08

      I have to remember how old my sister is and add three years.

   4. JSJay Shetty26:12

      [laughs]

   5. SPSpeaker26:12

      [laughs]

   6. JKJimmy Kimmel26:13

      That's how I get to it. And just seeing my kids become adults and my, both of my older kids are married and to like having to pay rent and to, and be a husband and a wife is, uh, weird.

   7. JSJay Shetty26:29

      [laughs]

   8. JKJimmy Kimmel26:29

      It's just weird, you know? It's great, but it's weird.

   9. JSJay Shetty26:32

      Yeah. They, they obviously inherited your comedic gene it sounds like.

   10. JKJimmy Kimmel26:36

       I, yeah, I don't, l- I don't, I wouldn't necessarily classify it as genius, but they are very funny and v- just very good people I think more important. No, funny's more important. They're-

   11. JSJay Shetty26:47

       [laughs]

   12. SPSpeaker26:48

       [laughs]

   13. JKJimmy Kimmel26:48

       Let me rank it. Hold on a second. Yeah, funny definitely more important than good, but both important. Super important, yeah.

   14. JSJay Shetty26:56

       What, what's a part of you that you didn't want them to inherit?

   15. JKJimmy Kimmel26:59

       Um, my nose.

   16. SPSpeaker27:01

       [laughs]

   17. JKJimmy Kimmel27:03

       Um, I didn't want my daughter to have my beard for sure.

   18. JSJay Shetty27:07

       [laughs]

   19. SPSpeaker27:08

       [laughs]

   20. JKJimmy Kimmel27:08

       My anxiety maybe. W- but of course, you know kids, they inherit that whether you want them to or not. But I think anxiety, yeah. And I think like growing up without any money adds a measure of anxiety. But then you realize like, you know, my f- older kids, I didn't have any money when they were growing up, and now my younger kids

10. 27:29 – 29:56

    Jimmy’s Take on Managing Anxiety

    1. JKJimmy Kimmel27:29

       I do. It's interesting because they somehow manage to get to the anxiety, like they find different paths to it. It has nothing, it turns out it doesn't, like for me like when I was a kid and I loved to draw I told you, I, I would get a like a set of pens for Christmas and I would never want to use them because if I used them they'd run out. And so I'd have these pens that I never used and eventually they'd just dry out because we lived in Las Vegas. And what a terrible thing. So now you know what I do? I buy a million art supplies.

    2. JSJay Shetty28:05

       [laughs]

    3. JKJimmy Kimmel28:05

       And the house is like, um, a Dick Blick, you know? The, my house is just full of these art supplies and I know that I will never, I will not live long enough to use all this stuff. But knowing it's there makes me feel like I've conquered that anxiety in some way.

    4. JSJay Shetty28:20

       [laughs] By hoarding.

    5. JKJimmy Kimmel28:22

       By hoarding.

    6. JSJay Shetty28:23

       [laughs]

    7. SPSpeaker28:23

       [laughs]

    8. JSJay Shetty28:24

       So the reason why anyone else can't get art supplies is Jimmy Kimmel.

    9. JKJimmy Kimmel28:27

       That's right.

    10. JSJay Shetty28:28

        [laughs]

    11. JKJimmy Kimmel28:28

        Yes.

    12. JSJay Shetty28:30

        Walk me through what anxiety really feels like at this point now in your life, how your relationship with it's changed over that time from going from being anxious about not having money, not having resources, not having a job. What does that look like as the externals change? What happens on the inside?

    13. JKJimmy Kimmel28:46

        Well, it's a lot simpler when you don't have any money because the things you're thinking about are, you know, "Do I have enough cash in my checking account to have lunch today?" To, to get a $20 bill out and like it's like, "Ooh, I have $21.18. Great." You know? And that's significant certainly, but then you get in a, a, wind up in a position where a lot of people rely on you for a lot of things and, you know, people will come to you with very serious needs, serious requests. Your relationship with people changes. It's hard to navigate that. It's hard to even find people to talk about it with. There are, as far as I know, no books on how to handle it and, um, you wind up having these kind of like intimate conversations with, um, famous people you don't even really know that well. I mean, like I know a guy who is a real like family guy, who's a very wealthy guy, he's a very famous actor and I said, um, "How many houses have you bought for your, um, your family?" And he, he thought about it for a second and he goes, "17."

11. 29:56 – 31:17

    What It’s Like to Face Financial Pressure

    1. JKJimmy Kimmel29:57

       [laughs] That was my reaction too.

    2. SPSpeaker30:00

       [laughs]

    3. JKJimmy Kimmel30:00

       And, um, you can't be the nephew anymore at that point. You're the person that people go to when they, when they need something. And it can be a lot, you know? It really can. I mean, I cert- I shouldn't complain. Now I sound like I'm complaining. Oh, Jesus. Um-

    4. JSJay Shetty30:15

       [laughs]

    5. JKJimmy Kimmel30:18

       We all have problems, right?

    6. JSJay Shetty30:19

       [laughs]

    7. JKJimmy Kimmel30:19

       I mean, some of them are just different than others.

    8. JSJay Shetty30:22

       Yeah. What, what do you do about that anxiety? What do you do with it? Just buy more houses?

    9. JKJimmy Kimmel30:26

       For the most part, yeah.

    10. JSJay Shetty30:27

        Yeah. [laughs]

    11. JKJimmy Kimmel30:28

        Yeah, yeah. Yeah. It depends, you know, but, um, I'm hopefully getting, uh, better about it, you know, because it's hard to explain to people when they want money, but your relationship with them is more important than that money. And then sometimes you realize, like, "Oh, wait, their relationship with me is not more important than, than the money." And that's when you have to reevaluate the relationship.

    12. JSJay Shetty30:50

        That's tough.

    13. JKJimmy Kimmel30:51

        Yeah. It's hard.

    14. JSJay Shetty30:52

        That's, that's really, really tough. I mean, yeah. Is there someone particular or someone specific that you think about when you, when you share that?

    15. JKJimmy Kimmel31:00

        My wife.

    16. JSJay Shetty31:02

        [laughs]

    17. SPSpeaker31:02

        [laughs]

    18. JKJimmy Kimmel31:03

        She's sucking me dry, Jay.

    19. JSJay Shetty31:05

        [laughs]

    20. SPSpeaker31:06

        [laughs]

    21. JKJimmy Kimmel31:06

        How much do I get for this?

    22. JSJay Shetty31:07

        [laughs]

    23. JKJimmy Kimmel31:08

        Do I get paid?

    24. JSJay Shetty31:09

        No, nothing.

    25. JKJimmy Kimmel31:09

        No? Shit.

    26. JSJay Shetty31:10

        No, she made you do this for free.

    27. SPSpeaker31:12

        [laughs]

    28. JKJimmy Kimmel31:12

        No, there's no one in particular.

    29. JSJay Shetty31:13

        Yeah.

    30. JKJimmy Kimmel31:13

        Just, it comes up, you know.
12. 31:17 – 32:31

    How Jimmy Met the Love of His Life

    1. JSJay Shetty31:17

       in my small journey with it, I've, I've definitely experienced that as well, losing people that you thought you were close to. Yeah, realizing what standard or frequency of relationship you had with someone. Like, you put them up here and you thought you had this bond, and actually you realize it was just based on finances or access, or whatever it may be.

    2. JKJimmy Kimmel31:36

       Yeah, and then sometimes-

    3. JSJay Shetty31:37

       And that happens very quickly

    4. JKJimmy Kimmel31:37

       ... you get an email from somebody you went to the sixth grade with-

    5. JSJay Shetty31:41

       [laughs]

    6. SPSpeaker31:41

       [laughs]

    7. JKJimmy Kimmel31:42

       ... asking for a huge amount of money for something nonsensical.

    8. JSJay Shetty31:45

       [laughs] It's not even for a charity. It's like-

    9. JKJimmy Kimmel31:48

       No. [laughs]

    10. JSJay Shetty31:49

        Yeah, yeah, yeah.

    11. JKJimmy Kimmel31:49

        Never.

    12. JSJay Shetty31:49

        Yeah.

    13. JKJimmy Kimmel31:49

        Never.

    14. JSJay Shetty31:50

        It's crazy. What, any crazy requests you can share?

    15. JKJimmy Kimmel31:53

        Uh, you know, yeah, I've had a lot of r- crazy requests. I mean, you know, people think you can wave a magic wand and make all their problems go away, and it's not true, you know? Even if, a lot of times you give them what they want, they still have to deal with whatever got them there in the first place, so, you know, trying to keep that in mind, I think, is important. But these are not the kinds of things that occur to people when they're in a pinch.

    16. JSJay Shetty32:16

        Yeah, absolutely. You've been talking about your wife a lot tonight. And, um, how long have you been together now?

    17. JKJimmy Kimmel32:21

        We are s- celebrating our 12th anniversary in July.

    18. SPSpeaker32:26

        [cheers]

    19. JKJimmy Kimmel32:26

        We've been together, I don't know, like 16 years

13. 32:31 – 33:17

    Is Finding Love in LA Really That Hard?

    1. JKJimmy Kimmel32:31

       or something like that.

    2. JSJay Shetty32:32

       That's beautiful. And I, and I believe you met on the show?

    3. JKJimmy Kimmel32:35

       I did, yes. We met on the show. My wife is the executive producer, one of the executive producers of the show. And, um, we made love, and I asked her-

    4. JSJay Shetty32:44

       [laughs]

    5. SPSpeaker32:45

       [laughs]

    6. JKJimmy Kimmel32:46

       ... to marry me.

    7. JSJay Shetty32:46

       So it wasn't you and your guest. It was... Yeah.

    8. JKJimmy Kimmel32:49

       I got right to it. Yeah, no. She was not a guest, no. [laughs]

    9. JSJay Shetty32:52

       [laughs]

    10. JKJimmy Kimmel32:53

        It wasn't like us.

    11. JSJay Shetty32:54

        Yeah, it wasn't like us.

    12. SPSpeaker32:55

        [laughs]

    13. JSJay Shetty32:55

        Bit different, yeah. [laughs] This is terrible. This is, uh, this is terrible, Jimmy.

    14. JKJimmy Kimmel33:01

        It won't be that bad.

    15. JSJay Shetty33:02

        This is-

    16. JKJimmy Kimmel33:02

        I'm very gentle.

    17. JSJay Shetty33:03

        This is what all my... This is-

    18. SPSpeaker33:04

        [laughs]

    19. JSJay Shetty33:05

        [laughs] This is what all my British friends worry about LA being like. This is, this is what they all worry about LA.

    20. JKJimmy Kimmel33:12

        Oh, you mean all the friends who got buggered in boarding school are worried about it?

14. 33:17 – 38:19

    The Secret to a Strong and Lasting Marriage

    1. JSJay Shetty33:17

       [laughs]

    2. SPSpeaker33:17

       [laughs]

    3. JSJay Shetty33:17

       No, they're all like, "What's, what are all the parties in LA like?" And, you know-

    4. JKJimmy Kimmel33:20

       Yeah

    5. JSJay Shetty33:20

       ... they're gonna be like, "What's Jimmy Kimmel actually like?" And I'm gonna have to show them this.

    6. JKJimmy Kimmel33:25

       Yeah.

    7. JSJay Shetty33:25

       [laughs]

    8. JKJimmy Kimmel33:26

       Let them know. Invite them over.

    9. JSJay Shetty33:28

       [laughs]

    10. SPSpeaker33:28

        [laughs]

    11. JSJay Shetty33:30

        Apart from the f- pranks, what have been the... There's a lot of people out here either looking for love, who've... who are still searching. You know, everyone always says it's always hard to date in LA.

    12. JKJimmy Kimmel33:40

        Yeah.

    13. JSJay Shetty33:40

        Is that true?

    14. JKJimmy Kimmel33:41

        I think it is. I mean, I've never really been in that position. I've gone from one long-term relationship to another. But, uh, certainly people close to me in, uh, my life have, I've seen them have a really hard time, and even, like, think, like, "Oh, maybe I should move back to Chicago," and that kind of thing. And I go, "But wait a minute, but there's, there's just people here and there," whatever. And obviously, the apps have changed that a lot. Sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse, I guess, depending what, what your intentions are. But, um, yeah, sometimes I f- feel bad for people because it, it does seem to be hard.

    15. JSJay Shetty34:17

        Yeah. What's been the secret for your connection? What's been the secret sauce to the 16 years and the 12 years of marriage?

    16. JKJimmy Kimmel34:24

        Left to my own devices, I'm not great, okay? But my wife is very good. She will say, um, she wants to, "I'm just checking in with you." And I'm like, "What is this checking in?" She probably learned it from you.

    17. JSJay Shetty34:37

        [laughs]

    18. SPSpeaker34:37

        [laughs]

    19. JKJimmy Kimmel34:41

        It's like, "I'm just checking in."

    20. JSJay Shetty34:42

        That sounds about right. Yeah, that sounds about right. There's four check-ins. There's one every week, one every month, one every quarter, and one every year.

    21. JKJimmy Kimmel34:49

        And I get nervous. I'm like, "Well, what are you checking in about?" And they're like, "What? What am I, a motel?" [laughs]

    22. JSJay Shetty34:58

        [laughs]

    23. SPSpeaker34:58

        [laughs]

    24. JKJimmy Kimmel34:58

        She's like, "No, just how are you? How you doing?" I'm like, "Oh, I'm fine. What did you hear? I don't know."

    25. JSJay Shetty35:03

        [laughs]

    26. SPSpeaker35:04

        [laughs]

    27. JKJimmy Kimmel35:05

        I have a very, I have tunnel vision, you know? Like, I got stuff I need to get done, and I wanna get it done, and sometimes I forget [laughs] that there are other human beings around me that, um, you know, would like to check in from time to time.

    28. JSJay Shetty35:19

        [laughs]

    29. SPSpeaker35:20

        [laughs]

    30. JKJimmy Kimmel35:20

        So I've learned a lot, and I'm still not great at it, but I, I am better at it than I was. And I feel like I've, um, matured a lot, thanks to my wife and many-
15. 38:19 – 39:16

    Why Talking About Your Feelings Is So Tough

    1. JKJimmy Kimmel38:21

       Um, well, ye- you know, I'm always amazed at how easily these, um, kind words come out of my wife, and not just for me, but for others. Like, you... There's nobody you'd rather have give a toast at your birthday dinner because she really speaks from the heart and speaks very beautifully and is, makes people feel really good, and I don't think there's any better quality than that.

    2. SPSpeaker38:46

       [cheering]

    3. SPSpeaker38:46

       Thank you. I love you, and I love you.

    4. JSJay Shetty38:51

       I love you too, Molly. Thank you so much.

    5. SPSpeaker38:52

       [laughs] You're welcome.

    6. JSJay Shetty38:53

       You're the best.

    7. SPSpeaker38:53

       Your eyes really are beautiful.

    8. JKJimmy Kimmel38:54

       Which one of us do you love more?

    9. SPSpeaker38:55

       Well-

    10. JSJay Shetty38:55

        [laughs]

    11. SPSpeaker38:56

        [laughs] We'll see how the night goes.

    12. JSJay Shetty38:59

        [laughs]

    13. SPSpeaker38:59

        [laughing]

    14. SPSpeaker39:00

        Um, I love your wife, too.

    15. JSJay Shetty39:02

        Give it up for Molly. Oh, thank you.

    16. SPSpeaker39:02

        All right, goodbye.

    17. JSJay Shetty39:03

        Give it up for Molly, everyone.

    18. JKJimmy Kimmel39:04

        Thank you, Molly. I'm-

    19. JSJay Shetty39:05

        You're the best. Thank you. [laughs]

    20. JKJimmy Kimmel39:09

        Oh, you really put me on the spot there, Jay.

    21. JSJay Shetty39:12

        Whoa, she saved you.

    22. JKJimmy Kimmel39:13

        She saved me.

    23. JSJay Shetty39:14

        She saved you. I mean, you know, I put

16. 39:16 – 43:05

    What To Do When You’re Feeling Low

    1. JSJay Shetty39:16

       you on the spot, but she saved you.

    2. JKJimmy Kimmel39:17

       Yeah. No, you're right. She did.

    3. JSJay Shetty39:18

       Okay, so now we're going from couples therapy to individual therapy.

    4. JKJimmy Kimmel39:21

       Oh, okay. Great.

    5. JSJay Shetty39:21

       Um, has talking about your emotions always been something that you've found challenging-

    6. JKJimmy Kimmel39:28

       Yes

    7. JSJay Shetty39:28

       ... not useful? Like, where... On that spectrum, talk, talk to me about that. What, what spectrum is it? Like, what does that look like, like?

    8. JKJimmy Kimmel39:36

       Well, I think my dad's the same way because I hear my mother yelling at him about it. But, um, yeah, it's very... You know, I can write a nice letter. I'm good with that, but there's something about expressing myself i- in a very honest way, uh, that, uh, is difficult for me. Why is it?

    9. JSJay Shetty39:57

       [laughs]

    10. SPSpeaker39:58

        [laughing]

    11. JSJay Shetty39:59

        Uh, the answer's within. The answer's not within here.

    12. JKJimmy Kimmel40:01

        It's within? Shit.

    13. JSJay Shetty40:02

        Yeah. Only, only you can answer that.

    14. JKJimmy Kimmel40:04

        There's a lot of stuff in there.

    15. JSJay Shetty40:05

        Yeah.

    16. SPSpeaker40:06

        [laughing]

    17. JKJimmy Kimmel40:07

        I'm not sure I wanna go rummaging around.

    18. JSJay Shetty40:08

        Do you-

    19. SPSpeaker40:09

        [laughing]

    20. JKJimmy Kimmel40:10

        There's a whole pizza in there.

    21. JSJay Shetty40:13

        [laughs] When, when was the last time that you feel you did do it? That would be the best way to look at it. When was the last time you felt like you accessed that part without a letter and you were able to share that part of yourself?

    22. JKJimmy Kimmel40:26

        Oh, about 86 seconds ago.

    23. JSJay Shetty40:28

        [laughs]

    24. SPSpeaker40:28

        [laughing]

    25. JKJimmy Kimmel40:29

        Um-

    26. JSJay Shetty40:30

        No, but your emotions, your emotions. Not about someone else, but how you feel about something.

    27. JKJimmy Kimmel40:34

        About someone else. Well, um-

    28. JSJay Shetty40:35

        No, no, not how you feel about someone else, how you feel about your own emotions or, or feeling an emotion that may be uncomfortable or difficult or challenging. When was the last time you feel you did do that?

    29. JKJimmy Kimmel40:47

        With our therapist last Friday at-

    30. JSJay Shetty40:50

        [laughs]
17. 43:05 – 51:13

    Jimmy on Final Five

    1. JKJimmy Kimmel43:06

       And I also found that, like, uh, you know, sometimes people want advice, and sometimes I want advice, and sometimes people who are asking you for advice don't really want to... [laughs] They don't want advice. They just want something. And, um, I always think that when you're really down, when you're, when you're feeling low, and when you're looking for answers, helping other people is always a help. It always makes you feel better. So if there's a situation where [audience applauding] you're feeling worthless or you're, you know, you're feeling unloved or whatever, the best thing you can do is to help someone else because y- and for yourself, not even for them. It's, it's almost a, a selfish thing to do, and I think it always works.

    2. JSJay Shetty43:56

       I agree.

    3. JKJimmy Kimmel43:57

       Yeah.

    4. JSJay Shetty43:57

       I love that. [audience applauding] I love that. Um, Jimmy, you've been amazing tonight. We end every On Purpose interview with a Final Five. These questions have to be answered in one word-

    5. JKJimmy Kimmel44:09

       Okay

    6. JSJay Shetty44:09

       ... to one sentence maximum.

    7. JKJimmy Kimmel44:12

       Okay.

    8. JSJay Shetty44:12

       So Jimmy Kimmel, these are your Final Five. The first question is, what is the best advice you've ever heard or received?

    9. JKJimmy Kimmel44:18

       Well, it's not be yourself. We learned that earlier.

    10. JSJay Shetty44:21

        [laughs]

    11. SPSpeaker44:23

        [laughs]

    12. JKJimmy Kimmel44:23

        Listen. Listen. [audience cheering] That's the best advice.

    13. JSJay Shetty44:29

        Who did you hear that from?

    14. JKJimmy Kimmel44:31

        I heard it from a priest. Yeah. A friend of mine who's a priest. Yeah, I said, "What do you do when people come to you and they say, 'You know, my, my son is dying, and I don't believe in God?'" He said, "I just listen to them." Good advice.

    15. JSJay Shetty44:47

        Speaking about that, you've been very open about your son's heart condition.

    16. JKJimmy Kimmel44:51

        Yeah.

    17. JSJay Shetty44:51

        And that's been something that I imagine is extremely difficult.

    18. JKJimmy Kimmel44:55

        Well, not anymore, uh, 'cause he's, he's doing great. But, um, it was, yeah, for sure. Yeah. [audience applauding]

    19. JSJay Shetty45:02

        What, what helped you at that time? What, what helps you in, in such a difficult, dire situation and-

    20. JKJimmy Kimmel45:09

        Well, number one, Children's Hospital here in Los Angeles helped, helped me. [audience cheering] The support, the support from family and strangers. [audience cheering] And I'm a religious person. I grew up, uh, going to church, Catholic, and all those things. But... And I think that the thoughts and prayers that gets thrown around a lot, people when they say they pray for you, that's-- To take a moment of your day to stop and think about someone else and their child. [audience cheering] It's a, it's a small sacrifice, but it's a meaningful one. Whether you believe in prayer or not, it's, I just think it's powerful and meaningful, and I know that's more than one sentence, but, uh, [laughs] that's, that's the answer.

    21. JSJay Shetty46:21

        Thank you, Jimmy. Thank you so much. [audience cheering] That was actually just question number one. I j- I just, I just snuck another one in there. [laughs]

    22. JKJimmy Kimmel46:31

        Oh, no.

    23. JSJay Shetty46:31

        Uh, question number two, what is the worst advice you ever heard or received?

    24. JKJimmy Kimmel46:36

        I, you know, I don't really have an answer to that. I think that the worst thing you can do, and I've done it, and it's something that I've learned, is to, is to lash out. You gotta take a beat and think about what you're saying because you'll wish you had.

    25. JSJay Shetty46:58

        Yeah.

    26. JKJimmy Kimmel46:59

        So sometimes there are people that, you know, just want you to bring down the hammer of Thor, and, um, that's, that's not usually the way I go.

    27. JSJay Shetty47:09

        I like that. All right, question number three. What's the first thing you do in the morning and the last thing you do at night?

    28. JKJimmy Kimmel47:14

        Well, brush my teeth.

    29. JSJay Shetty47:16

        [laughs]

    30. SPSpeaker47:17

        [laughs]

Episode duration: 51:13