rant · moment 12 of 20
Jimmy Kimmel's Bad Jenner Joke
from #253 - Jenner's Joyride | The Tim Dillon Show · #253
4 min
Tim dissects a clunky Jimmy Kimmel joke mocking Jenner's homelessness comments, arguing Kimmel is a hypocrite living in a wealthy area with his own homeless neighbors.
- Tim argues Jimmy Kimmel should stop complaining about his joke bombing and accept that Caitlyn Jenner is funnier.
- Kimmel's credibility problem: he hosted The Man Show about beer and breasts, now poses as a statesman.
- Tim mocks the Chelsea Handler tangent—she lost hearing in one ear after a vaccine, but he'd rather she recovered so he could tell her off.
- The actual joke Kimmel tried: whether calling a trans person an ignorant asshole counts as discrimination, since we don't discriminate against asshole-behavior itself.
- Caitlyn's complaint was that wealthy friends are leaving California because of homelessness—Kimmel's rebuttal that homeless people can't be flown over lands as wordy and bad.
- Tim notes how the late-night show cuts away right before the audience doesn't laugh, a standard edit to hide bombing.
- Hypocrisy check: Kimmel himself lives in the Hollywood Hills with plenty of homeless people nearby—same neighborhood as Matt Damon and other wealthy celebrities.
- Tim's takeaway: Caitlyn doesn't understand everyday Californians' needs, but neither does Jimmy Kimmel, who profits from his wealth while lecturing about homelessness.