Jimmy Kimmel was once known to make racist remarks, with some of them targeting the Asian community. In 2013, the comedian aired a China-focused edition of his popular “Kids Table” segment. When prompted during the pre-recorded roundtable discussion (via CNN), one child responded that to reduce global debt, the United States should “kill everyone in China.” Kimmel responded, “Kill everyone in China? Okay, that’s an interesting idea,” then asked the group, “Should we allow the Chinese to live?”
The skit drew so much backlash that Kimmel himself apologized in person to the protestors outside of the El Capitan Theatre, where “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” is filmed. “If I upset you, I’m very, very sorry, ” Kimmel pleaded to the crowd (via On Demand News). “I thought that everyone would see it as a joke.”
Kimmel also came under fire for his criticism of the K-pop group BTS, likening their popularity to a “fever” reminiscent of COVID-19 during a 2022 interview with Ashley Park on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Needless to say, the online masses were quick to react. “Putting aside just how massively tone-deaf and un-funny it is to joke about millions of people dying, you have to wonder what the heck was Jimmy Kimmel thinking when he linked BTS to COVID,” one user posted to X. “Because there is no universe in which likening human beings to COVID is funny.”
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