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Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s<\/strong> cousin, Sal Iacono,<\/strong> who is a longtime writer for the late-night host, said he\u2019s unsure of what the Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em> front man will do next after being suspended by ABC.<\/p>\n As reported by celebrity.land,<\/a> Iacono<\/strong> told The Bill Simmons Podcast<\/em> that he couldn\u2019t say much about the future of the show, but indicated that a surprise or two are on the way.<\/p>\n \u201cI wish I could say anything. There are a couple bombshells still there,\u201d Iacono said. \u201cI\u2019m feeling good. We\u2019re going to be all right. Everything\u2019s going to be just fine.\u201d<\/p>\n Iacono said Kimmel will find another platform if the show is ultimately canceled.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019ll be fine, whatever he wants to do. Hey listen, he might just want to be a pop-up chef and start making barbecue around the South Bay area. He\u2019ll do a great job,\u201d Simmons quipped.<\/p>\n Iacono said his son, in junior high school, told his Uncle Jimmy, \u201cHey, some kids at school say it\u2019s not right what happened to you.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAnd so Jimmy says, \u2018Well, what did you say?\u2019\u201d Iacono said. \u201cHe\u2019s like, \u2018I said, \u201cYeah, I think you\u2019re right.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAnd Jimmy\u2019s like, \u2018Well, next time tell them, \u201cI\u2019m not too worried about what happens; my cousin Jimmy is an excellent dancer.’\u201d<\/p>\n Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em> was yanked off the air after Kimmel said in a monologue that \u201cthe MAGA gang\u201d was \u201cdesperately trying to characterize\u201d conservative activist Charlie Kirk\u2019s<\/strong> shooter \u201cas anything other than one of them, and doing everything they can to score political points from it.\u201d Kimmel also made fun of the way the president was grieving.<\/p>\n Free speech advocates and entertainment industry notables<\/a> have decried Kimmel\u2019s suspension, with more than 400 Hollywood entertainers<\/a> signing a letter by the American Civil Liberties Union in support of Kimmel.<\/p>\n The post Kimmel\u2019s Cousin Says He Doesn\u2019t Know What the Comedian Will Do Next, But There Are \u2018Bombshells\u2019 Still to Reveal<\/a> first appeared on Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Screenshot via ABC Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s cousin, Sal Iacono, who is a longtime writer for the late-night host, said he\u2019s unsure of what the Jimmy Kimmel Live! front man will do next after being suspended by ABC. As reported by celebrity.land, Iacono told The Bill Simmons Podcast that he couldn\u2019t say much about the future of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2041913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[378034,23060,377781,345486],"class_list":["post-2041912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-cousin-jimmy","tag-jimmy-kimmel","tag-sal-iacono","tag-the-bill-simmons-podcast"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kimmels-Cousin-Says-He-Doesnt-Know-What-the-Comedian-Will.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2041912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2041912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2041912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2041913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2041912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2041912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2041912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}