Trump and Kimmel have shared some heated exchanges in the past. At the end of his hosting gig at the 96th Annual Academy Awards in March 2024, Kimmel took a moment to read a review of his performance that Trump had posted on his Truth Social account.

Following the news that The Late Show with Stephen Colbert -- and the late-night show franchise as a whole -- would be ending next year, celebrities, political figures, fellow late-night hosts, and more spoke out,

There’s a very simple reason why “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” was canceled by CBS: the program was losing huge amounts of money, Puck reported. Colbert had to walk the plank because “The Late Show” was losing $40 million a year.