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Jimmy Kimmel on UFOs, "Scandal", & His Emotional Stomach

Jimmy Kimmel on UFOs, "Scandal", & His Emotional Stomach

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No trip to SXSW is complete without a one-on-one with Jimmy Kimmel! YH catches up with the comedian backstage at his talk show in Austin, Texas, to find out more about his SXSW experiences, including the range of emotions his stomach goes through during the course of the festival and the one non-BBQ-related happening he finds most intriguing. He also gives us the story behind a #TBT pic with Adam Carolla and tells us about his stint on "Scandal"!

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Young Hollywood

How do y'all? Nikki Novak here for Young Hollywood in Austin, Texas. We are at Jimmy Kimmel Live and we are here to talk to Jimmy Kimmel.

Jimmy Kimmel

I'm here with the fabulous Jimmy Kimmel who.

Young Hollywood

Thank you for calling me fabulous. You are fabulous. You're one of my top five favorite people.

Jimmy Kimmel

Really? Who are the other ones?

Young Hollywood

I knew you were going to ask me that.

Jimmy Kimmel

Well, I want to see what company I'm in.

Young Hollywood

Britney Spears, no, I'm kidding. I'm kidding. I'm kidding. I'm kidding. Kevin Hart. Okay. Dave Franco.

Jimmy Kimmel

Okay, good. That's a good list so far. Who else do I have?

Young Hollywood

None of your family, it's all celebrities.

Jimmy Kimmel

Oh, forget my family. It's all celebrities.

Young Hollywood

I mean, you know, professional sense. Professional sense. So, last year you and I sat here and you were new to Instagram.

Jimmy Kimmel

Yeah.

Young Hollywood

And we did one of those selfies and I told you you needed to raise the camera a little bit higher because it makes you look better when it's more flattering.

Jimmy Kimmel

Oh, is there an art to it? Art should we be in it together?

Young Hollywood

Well, if you would like, I mean, I'd be more than happy to be in it. Yeah, yeah, okay. Well, the key is I think

Jimmy Kimmel

Do you want me to hold the mic for you while you?

Young Hollywood

Uh, sure. Okay. I think the key is I don't look as bad if I go high. Oh, high, yeah, if you go high. Yes, if you go high. Oh. Perfect. We're going to hashtag that bad boy. We got to pick a good filter too. #meatswets. You haven't really been doing the throwback Thursdays. So, I have a picture for you that I thought maybe you could use for a throwback. Okay. And you kind of

Jimmy Kimmel

Oh, where did you find that?

Young Hollywood

You kind of look like Guillermo in this picture. That's right. Adam Corrola is in that picture. He popped him out of it. He cropped him out. He's like popped him out of it. Throwback Thursday. Here's me and some random eyebrow. Now, I I maybe know why you guys hired Guillermo. It's just that you was like an, you know, throwback to yourself.

Jimmy Kimmel

I think that was a Halloween at um I hope it was Halloween. I don't know what that was.

Young Hollywood

Yeah. Yeah, it's a great book. It's a fabulous. I remember we went and bought those hats together.

Jimmy Kimmel

You did. You told me he still has it. He probably does. This is up in his office right now. I probably still have mine too. Yeah. I think we bought it at like Aardvark. There's some weird store in LA called Aardvark and yeah, we bought those hats.

Young Hollywood

You could put that up into a who wore it best.

Jimmy Kimmel

Yeah, well, neither one of us wore it well.

Young Hollywood

Um, so you just had Obama on the show. And you talked about your um UFO, you said the first thing you would do if you went into the White House is um check out the UFO situation and see if there's actually. Are you a believer?

Jimmy Kimmel

Yeah. I'm not a disbeliever. I'm not a believer or a disbeliever. I I'd like to know if there's any evidence uh of UFOs and I you know.

Young Hollywood

No personal experiences?

Jimmy Kimmel

Nah, I don't know, you know.

Young Hollywood

Anything weird feeling like you're being watched?

Jimmy Kimmel

I was fishing once and a friend and I were uh we thought we saw something change course in the sky, but we he and I were also pretty drunk, so.

Young Hollywood

It could have been anything. Okay, I think you might have just been drunk. Um, I wanted to mention to you, we once tried to steal Guillermo. We brought him to our studio.

Jimmy Kimmel

Yeah.

Young Hollywood

We fed him. We tried to steal him. I wanted to find out, it could be karma that he's now trying to steal your show because you didn't let us have him.

Jimmy Kimmel

From time to time he does, he does his own little show. You're doing the Guillermo show now.

Young Hollywood

Yeah, Guillermo show. Now, he has a bikini dancer in the back and he has.

Jimmy Kimmel

He does.

Young Hollywood

How did he get that part and you didn't get that?

Jimmy Kimmel

I used to have it on a different show, I did. With the guy with the hat.

Young Hollywood

Oh, that guy?

Jimmy Kimmel

Yeah, I think I used up all my chits in that regard.

Young Hollywood

So, you were just, you just did a bit on Scandal.

Jimmy Kimmel

I did, yeah.

Young Hollywood

Yeah, playing yourself.

Jimmy Kimmel

Yeah.

Young Hollywood

Now, I wanted to know if you had the lingo down because you know on Scandal they go like this. They're like, "Hello Mr. President." "Yes Mr. President. I wanted to talk to you right now. Right now, right now. No, no later, right now." The other thing is they like to say, "He's the President of the United States of America. President of the United States."

Jimmy Kimmel

There's a lot of the President of the United States of America. And um, leader of the Free World is said a lot also. They also seem to say things in threes. They will say, "Get this, this, and this." It's almost like a a well written book report. You start with the uh, strong point, the middle one maybe not quite as strong, but the last one is as strong as it gets.

Young Hollywood

Um, you tweeted that your stomach was excited to be in Austin. Yes. Um, Typically, bring me through the emotions of your stomach. Where are you right now?

Jimmy Kimmel

Right now, my stomach's feeling pretty content. I had

Young Hollywood

Content is a good word.

Jimmy Kimmel

I had, I don't know how you pronounce it. Is it Frosus or Freesus uh, chicken. Uh, I had a um, brisket taco and a chicken taco about 40 minutes ago. Okay. Uh, so, I'm feeling pretty good right now. Yeah.

Young Hollywood

And usually at the end of South by, what how would you describe the the feeling?

Jimmy Kimmel

Uh, well, my stomach is angry at the end because A, we're leaving and B, I've done terrible things to it. You can't say barbecue. One thing you should do in Austin. You've been here so many times. You obviously love this town. One of the great things I think about Austin is people turn their houses into after-hour bars, which makes me wonder why there's even why there's a closing time, like, I mean, if you're going to allow people to open their homes and make them into bars where you can buy beers and hang around and bring strangers, what's the point of even having a closing time? But that's what happens. The bars close and then there are whole neighborhoods that turn into bars.

Young Hollywood

Did you hear that you can now rent out your bathroom to people?

Jimmy Kimmel

Wow. No. Is that an app or something?

Young Hollywood

Yeah. Really? I guess that could come in handy. I like a clean bathroom. Would you tell Guillermo to call me back? We went on a date last year. He never called me.

Jimmy Kimmel

Uh, you are you sure you want that?

Young Hollywood

Yeah. I do. Okay. I will. I really want him. You know what? I better let you use this bathroom. My gosh. Thanks so much. Great to see you again.

Jimmy Kimmel

All right. Good to see you.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Nikki Novak

    Interviewer for Young Hollywood

  • Jimmy Kimmel

    Comedian and talk show host, subject of the interview

  • Britney Spears

    Mentioned as a joke by Jimmy Kimmel

  • Kevin Hart

    Mentioned by Jimmy Kimmel as a favorite person

  • Dave Franco

    Mentioned by Jimmy Kimmel as a favorite person

  • Guillermo

    Mentioned in a throwback photo and as part of a recurring joke

  • Adam Carolla

    Featured in a throwback photo with Jimmy Kimmel

  • Obama

    Jimmy Kimmel recently interviewed him on his show

FAQ

What is Jimmy Kimmel's take on UFOs?+
Jimmy Kimmel is neither a believer nor a disbeliever in UFOs, stating he would like to see evidence and once thought he saw something in the sky while drunk.
What role did Jimmy Kimmel play on 'Scandal'?+
Jimmy Kimmel played himself in a bit on the show 'Scandal'.
How does Jimmy Kimmel describe his stomach's emotions at SXSW?+
Jimmy Kimmel describes his stomach as content early in SXSW after eating, but angry by the end due to leaving and the 'terrible things' he's done to it with food.
What unique aspect of Austin nightlife does Jimmy Kimmel mention?+
Jimmy Kimmel finds it intriguing that in Austin, people turn their houses into after-hours bars, allowing strangers to buy drinks after official bars close.
What does Jimmy Kimmel say about the lingo on 'Scandal'?+
Jimmy Kimmel notes that 'Scandal' often uses phrases like 'Mr. President' and 'President of the United States of America,' and characters tend to speak in threes, with a strong opening, a slightly weaker middle, and a strong ending.

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