Jimmy Kimmel Says ‘Presumptuous’ Daughter, 12, ‘Cried’ When His Show Was Suspended Because She Thought Her Chance of ‘Taking Over’ Was ‘Going Away’
Jimmy Kimmel‘s 12-year-old daughter has asserted her place as first in line to take over her father’s late-night desk.
During a conversation with Dax Shepard on his “Armchair Expert” podcast, Kimmel, 58, confirmed that his daughter Jane “very much thinks she’ll be taking over” his show.
Jimmy Kimmel’s Daughter ‘Started Crying’ When His Show Was Suspended
“She does yes. It’s going to be ‘Jane Kimmel Live!,'” the late-night host said in the interview alongside his wife, Molly McNearney.
The conversation kicked off after Shepard, 51, mentioned when Jane had “started crying” when “her show” meaning – Jimmy Kimmel Live – was “going away” in September 2025.
At the time, Jimmy Kimmel Live! was briefly suspended following comments Kimmel made about the death of Charlie Kirk. At the time, Donald Trump, who’s long been a target of Kimmel, applauded the decision, calling it “great news for America.”
‘Annoying and Presumptuous’
“Which I found annoying and presumptuous,” Kimmel said of his daughter’s tears. “For whatever reason, she’s decided, even though she’s one of my four children, that she is taking over the show. It was never a conversation even. It was just like, ‘Yeah, I will, of course, run the family business.”
Apart from Jane, Kimmel and McNearney, 48, share a 9-year-old son named William John. The late-night host is also a father to two adult children from his previous marriage to Gina Maddy.
