{"id":219187,"date":"2026-01-27T19:48:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T19:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/jimmy-kimmel-breaks-all-the-way-down-over-alex-pretti-killing\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T19:48:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T19:48:50","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-breaks-all-the-way-down-over-alex-pretti-killing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/jimmy-kimmel-breaks-all-the-way-down-over-alex-pretti-killing\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel Breaks All the Way Down Over Alex Pretti Killing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Kimmel could not hold himself together on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>For good reason, too.<\/p>\n<p>Two day after Alex Pretti \u2014 a 37-year-old ICU nurse \u2014 was shot and killed by Border Control in Minneapolis, Kimmel delivered an passionate monologue about the future of this nation \u2026 and his own outrage over government officials\u2019 response to Pretti\u2019s killing labeled him a \u201cterrorist\u201d for no deserved reason whatsoever.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2254682789-1024x706.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-546615 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2254682789-1024x706.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2254682789-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2254682789-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2254682789-2048x1411.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2254682789-960x662.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2254682789-1080x744.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2254682789-1200x827.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2254682789-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jimmy Kimmel, winner of the Best Talk Show Award for \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d,  speaks onstage during the 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on January 4, 2026 in Santa Monica, California.  <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Kevin Winter\/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI spent my weekend, like probably a lot of you did, looking at my phone and just feeling shocked and sick about what is happening in Minneapolis,\u201d Kimmel began of federal agents under the Department of Homeland Security. <\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026 One atrocity after another being committed by this gang of this poorly trained, shamefully led, mask-wearing goons. And that is what they are. They\u2019re goons committing vile, heartless and even criminal acts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The comedian was just getting started, continuing as follows:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s sickening to watch, it\u2019s frustrating to watch. It\u2019s like we\u2019re all being forced to play a game that has no rules. They all just make up the rules as they go along. We see these videos, in which we clearly see one of our fellow Americans executed by ICE and they won\u2019t even admit that it was a mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"753\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2201405821-1024x753.jpg\" alt=\"Jimmy Kimmel attends the annual Keep Memory Alive &quot;Power of Love&quot; gala benefit for the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health honoring Kimmel at MGM Grand Garden Arena on February 22, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada.\" class=\"wp-image-535847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2201405821-1024x753.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2201405821-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2201405821-768x565.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2201405821-2048x1507.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2201405821-960x706.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2201405821-1080x795.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2201405821-1200x883.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"753\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2201405821-1024x753.jpg\" alt=\"Jimmy Kimmel attends the annual Keep Memory Alive &quot;Power of Love&quot; gala benefit for the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health honoring Kimmel at MGM Grand Garden Arena on February 22, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada.\" class=\"wp-image-535847 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2201405821-1024x753.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2201405821-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2201405821-768x565.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2201405821-2048x1507.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2201405821-960x706.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2201405821-1080x795.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2201405821-1200x883.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2201405821-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jimmy Kimmel attends the annual Keep Memory Alive \u201cPower of Love\u201d gala benefit for the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health honoring Kimmel at MGM Grand Garden Arena on February 22, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Ethan Miller\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kimmel, of course, has frequently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/09\/jimmy-kimmel-bashes-donald-trump-as-bully-we-all-should-hate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clashed with Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The President even tried to get the talk show host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/09\/jimmy-kimmel-returns-tears-up-in-most-anticipated-monologue-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thrown off the air a few months ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery day is a nightmare now. My wife and I have family in Minneapolis who are afraid to take their kids to school,\u201d Kimmel went on. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs the plan to just keep doing this in every city that didn\u2019t vote for Donald Trump? Does anyone on any side believe this is good leadership? We keep saying we need to find subjects we can agree on. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan we agree that peaceful protestors \u2014 including moms driving SUVs on their way back after dropping their 6 year old off at school, and a nurse who stepped in to protect a woman from harm \u2014 don\u2019t deserve to be shot dead in the street by the people we are paying to protect us? Can we agree on that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Somehow, no. Not everyone can agree on that.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-535966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-535966 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption><span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Randy Holmes \/ ABC via Getty)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After the audiencrowdce applauded at the remarks, Kimmel demanded an \u201cinvestigation\u201d before calling out DHS Secretary Kristi Noem for \u201ctelling us that what we saw, we did not see.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Kimmel said Noem was \u201cgaslighting\u201d Americans over Pretti\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis one seems pretty open and shut to me,\u201d Kimmheel said. \u201cI think we can agree on this one. It\u2019s on video. Look at it. Do your own research. And then once you do, once you form your own opinion without being told what you saw, say something. Where are the reasonable voices on the right? We don\u2019t have to agree on everything, but come on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel also called for \u201cnew leaders,\u201d before choking up as he sharing a message for the the two people who have recently been murdered by ICE agents, as well as the people of Minneapolis: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese people who were looking out for their neighbors,\u201d he said. \u201cWe want you to know that we are with you and you are not alone.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"763\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0919_jimmykimmel_02-1024x763.jpg\" alt=\"Jimmy Kimmel on September 7, 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-535665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0919_jimmykimmel_02-1024x763.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0919_jimmykimmel_02-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0919_jimmykimmel_02-768x572.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0919_jimmykimmel_02-2048x1525.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0919_jimmykimmel_02-960x715.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0919_jimmykimmel_02-1080x804.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0919_jimmykimmel_02-1200x894.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"763\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0919_jimmykimmel_02-1024x763.jpg\" alt=\"Jimmy Kimmel on September 7, 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-535665 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0919_jimmykimmel_02-1024x763.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0919_jimmykimmel_02-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0919_jimmykimmel_02-768x572.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0919_jimmykimmel_02-2048x1525.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0919_jimmykimmel_02-960x715.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0919_jimmykimmel_02-1080x804.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0919_jimmykimmel_02-1200x894.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0919_jimmykimmel_02-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jimmy Kimmel, winner of the Outstanding Host for a Game Show Award for \u201cWho Wants to Be a Millionaire\u201d, attends the 2025 Creative Arts Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on September 7, 2025.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Kevin Winter\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Again, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/05\/jimmy-kimmel-celebrates-trump-verdict-make-those-jurors-the-new-supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kimmel is no fan of Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But there\u2019s VERY clear evidence of Pretti being killed by ICE agents in this case. It should not be a polarizing topic, just an infuriating one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKristi Noem is telling us to accept that what we\u2019re seeing with our eyes isn\u2019t real. And I understand why. Her nose, face, teeth, eyes and lips aren\u2019t real,\u201d Kimmel added.<\/p>\n<p>Growing emotional again, the host reminded viewers that Pretti was an ICU nurse, \u201cwho treated veterans, which is about as patriotic, I think, as it gets.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He then closed with the viral footage of Pretti sharing a \u201cfinal salute\u201d for one of his patients.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/01\/jimmy-kimmel-breaks-all-the-way-down-over-alex-pretti-killing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 4 minutes Jimmy Kimmel could not hold himself together on Monday night. For good reason, too. Two day after Alex Pretti \u2014 a 37-year-old ICU nurse \u2014 was shot and killed by Border Control in Minneapolis, Kimmel delivered an passionate monologue about the future of this nation \u2026 and his own outrage over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":219188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-219187","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}