Jimmy Kimmel was understandably emotional on Jimmy Kimmel LIVE! last night while telling the story of his newborn son William’s heart disease.


Just hours after his wife Molly McNearney gave birth to William, a nurse noticed a murmur in his heart. After a series of tests, it was determined William had to have open heart surgery at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

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Thankfully, the surgery was a success, leading to this tweet from William’s mother(Jimmy’s wife) Molly.


A visibly emotional Jimmy Kimmel took the time to thank his fans, family, friends and doctors for their hard work, love and support through the difficult time. He also addressed the ongoing health care battle in the U.S, bringing up the proposed $6 billion cut in funding to the National Institute of Health by President Trump, ” thank god our congressmen made a deal last night not to go along with that. They actually increased funding by $2 billion, and I applaud them for doing that.”

He went on to talk about Obamacare and praised it for bringing access to healthcare to people who have trouble affording it, adding, “Whatever your party, whatever you believe, whoever you support, we need to make sure that the people who are supposed to represent us, people who are meeting about this right now in Washington, understand that very clearly…Let’s stop with the nonsense. This isn’t football. There are no teams. We are the team. It’s the United States. Don’t let their partisan squabbles divide us on something every decent person wants. We need to take care of each other.”

Jimmy also announced that as a result, he will understandably be taking some time off.

Here’s what’s coming up on Jimmy Kimmel LIVE! this week.

Tuesday: Host: Will Arnett, with guests Maya Rudolph and Ben McKenzie and musical guest Incubus

Wednesday: Host: Anthony Anderson, with guest George Lopez and musical guest Future

Thursday: Host: Kristen Bell, with guests Charlie Hunnam and Adam Scott and musical guest Alison Krauss

Friday: Host: David Spade, with guest Guy Ritchie and musical guest alt-J

Sending out our love and support to the Kimmel family during this difficult time!

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Check out Jimmy’s emotional announcement above.

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