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Kimmel cited Rodgers\u2019 \u201cThanksgiving Day Parade-sized ego\u201d as part of the problem and said he wasn\u2019t expecting an apology, but he did want to differentiate between the jokes made on \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live\u201d and flat-out lies.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe say a lot of things on this show \u2014 we don\u2019t make up lies. In fact, we have a team of people who work very hard to sift through the facts and reputable sources before I make a joke, and that\u2019s an important distinction. A joke about someone \u2014 even when that someone is Donald Trump. Even a person who lies from the minute he wakes up until the minute he\u2019s smearing orange makeup on his MyPillow at night \u2014 even he deserves that consideration, and we give it to him. Because the truth still matters, and when I do get something wrong, which happens on rare occasions, you know what I do? I apologize for it, which is what Aaron Rodgers should do, which is what a decent person would do. But I bet he won\u2019t. If he does, you know what I\u2019ll do? I\u2019ll accept his apology and move on.\u201d \u2014 JIMMY KIMMEL<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cBut here\u2019s the thing: I spent years doing sports. I\u2019ve seen guys like him before. Aaron Rodgers has a very high opinion of himself. Because he had success on the football field, he believes himself to be an extraordinary being. He genuinely thinks that because God gave him the ability to throw a ball, he\u2019s smarter than everyone else. The idea that his brain is just average is unfathomable to him.\u201d \u2014 JIMMY KIMMEL<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWe learned during Covid somehow he knows more about science than scientists. A guy who went to community college then got into Cal on a football scholarship and didn\u2019t graduate; someone who never spent a minute studying the human body is an expert in the field of immunology.\u201d \u2014 JIMMY KIMMEL<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cAaron got two A\u2019s on his report card \u2014 they were both in the word \u2018Aaron,\u2019 OK?\u201d \u2014 JIMMY KIMMEL<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThey let him host \u2018Jeopardy\u2019 for two weeks, now he knows everything.\u201d \u2014 JIMMY KIMMEL<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cFormer U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is facing criticism after she recently failed to cite slavery as the leading cause of the Civil War. Not only that, she\u2019s facing a D in social studies.\u201d \u2014 SETH MEYERS<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cJudges? Oh, no, I\u2019m sorry. The answer we were looking for was \u2018slavery.\u2019\u201d \u2014 STEPHEN COLBERT<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n