In his monologue, American television host Jimmy Kimmel became tearful as he discussed the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles.
“As you know, it has been a very scary, very stressful, very strange week here in LA, where we work, where we live, where our kids go to school,” he said, his voice trembling, “and we are back at our studio. We had to evacuate on Wednesday.”
He showed footage of how close the fire came to the location where “Jimmy Kimmel Live” is filmed, and he mentioned that many of the show’s staff had to leave their homes, while some lost their homes to the fires.
“It’s been awful,” he remarked poignantly. “Everyone in this city knows someone—the majority of us know several people—who have had their home burned down, and the truth is that we don’t even know if it’s over.”
It has been a “sickening, shocking, awful experience,” according to the late-night presenter.
However, Kimmel hinted, “It’s also been a beautiful experience in many ways because we see our fellow men and women coming together to support each other again.” “Those who had lost their own homes were out helping others who had lost theirs by volunteering in parking lots.”
Additionally, he criticised President-elect Donald Trump for some of his remarks about the catastrophe.
Kimmel stated, “I don’t want to get into all the vile, careless, and foolish things our alleged future president and his gang of scumbags chose to say during our darkest and most terrifying hour” tonight.
“Their decision to target our firefighters, who are reportedly not white enough to be out there risking their lives for us, is horrible, but not shocking. Instead, I want to concentrate on expressing gratitude to those men and women because that is what we should be doing at this very moment and should never stop doing.”
He thanked “our police, our National Guard, our rescue workers, the doctors, the nurses, the EMTs, the pilots working 12-hour shifts,” and mentioned certain firefighters from other areas, including “firefighters who came from Maine” to help.
Kimmel remarked, “Thank God for all of you.”
In addition, he expressed gratitude to the local media and said that, at one time, he had “19 people and four dogs” staying with him as they sought refuge during evacuations.
