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Jimmy Kimmel Laughs, Shares Staffers' Texts About CEO Killer Being 'Hot'
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Ubiquitous
2024-12-11 17:08:38 UTC
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Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel joined the conversation following the arrest of
Luigi Mangione, the man accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian
Thompson, sharing text exchanges from show staffers who made light of the
assassination.

Kimmel used his monologue on Tuesday night to share screenshots of text
exchanges between people who work on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and their family
members and friends.

“We definitely know who wins Time‘s ‘Sexiest Alleged Murderer of the Year,’
that would go to Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the shooting of the CEO of
UnitedHealthcare,” Kimmel began. He added that Mangione has “become the
hottest cold-blooded killer in America” as social media users circulated
photos of him online.

“I’m not sure what this says about us, but ever since these photos of him
came out from his holding cell, from his mug shot … someone found his abs
somewhere online,” the 57-year-old comedian continued. “Ryan Murphy right now
is flying to Netflix headquarters in a jetpack.”

“So many women and so many men are going nuts over how good-looking this
killer is,” Kimmel said. “There’s a huge wave of horny washing over us right
now. It’s like when one of the guys you work with says, ‘I had a dream about
you last night.’ When it’s the FedEx guy with the big muscles and the
rolled-up sleeves, you’re like, ‘Ohh.’ But if it’s the bald IT guy wearing
Crocs with black socks, you’re on the phone with HR.”

Kimmel went on to introduce staffers’ text exchanges about Mangione, keeping
the conversations anonymous “to protect the guilty.”



In one text thread, a staffer wrote, “People are saying a NY jury has the
power to find him innocent, bc we all love him,” to which someone replied,
“I’m not mad at him.”

“Please tell me you’re as obsessed as I am with this handsome CEO killer,”
another text about the accused murderer said. “Yes! So many questions,” the
response said. “Like, ‘Can I fix you?’” the original texter wrote back.

One staffer said she was “texting all my friends in NY that I hope they get
called for jury duty,” and posted a reply saying, “God I want to do jury duty
so bad.”

Another staffer said she hoped to “bake him cookies” in prison, while another
said she was “about to be a jailhouse bride.”

“At least it’s stirring up a passion for civic duty, I guess,” Kimmel joked,
discussing how people are making merch and having lookalike contests. “It’s
bananas. But I have to say, it does feel kind of good; we’re moving away from
nonstop election coverage and back to drooling over a cold-blooded murderer’s
eyebrows and abs. I think that might be progress, maybe not, I don’t know.”

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anim8rfsk
2024-12-11 18:28:17 UTC
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Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel joined the conversation following the arrest of
Luigi Mangione, the man accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian
Thompson, sharing text exchanges from show staffers who made light of the
assassination.
Remember when Jimmy Kimmel was funny? Like when he was doing the man show?
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Kimmel used his monologue on Tuesday night to share screenshots of text
exchanges between people who work on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and their family
members and friends.
“We definitely know who wins Time‘s ‘Sexiest Alleged Murderer of the Year,’
that would go to Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the shooting of the CEO of
UnitedHealthcare,” Kimmel began. He added that Mangione has “become the
hottest cold-blooded killer in America” as social media users circulated
photos of him online.
“I’m not sure what this says about us, but ever since these photos of him
came out from his holding cell, from his mug shot … someone found his abs
somewhere online,” the 57-year-old comedian continued. “Ryan Murphy right now
is flying to Netflix headquarters in a jetpack.”
“So many women and so many men are going nuts over how good-looking this
killer is,” Kimmel said. “There’s a huge wave of horny washing over us right
now. It’s like when one of the guys you work with says, ‘I had a dream about
you last night.’ When it’s the FedEx guy with the big muscles and the
rolled-up sleeves, you’re like, ‘Ohh.’ But if it’s the bald IT guy wearing
Crocs with black socks, you’re on the phone with HR.”
Kimmel went on to introduce staffers’ text exchanges about Mangione, keeping
the conversations anonymous “to protect the guilty.”
http://youtu.be/vbAc4DJhlEU
In one text thread, a staffer wrote, “People are saying a NY jury has the
power to find him innocent, bc we all love him,” to which someone replied,
“I’m not mad at him.”
“Please tell me you’re as obsessed as I am with this handsome CEO killer,”
another text about the accused murderer said. “Yes! So many questions,” the
response said. “Like, ‘Can I fix you?’” the original texter wrote back.
One staffer said she was “texting all my friends in NY that I hope they get
called for jury duty,” and posted a reply saying, “God I want to do jury duty
so bad.”
Another staffer said she hoped to “bake him cookies” in prison, while another
said she was “about to be a jailhouse bride.”
“At least it’s stirring up a passion for civic duty, I guess,” Kimmel joked,
discussing how people are making merch and having lookalike contests. “It’s
bananas. But I have to say, it does feel kind of good; we’re moving away from
nonstop election coverage and back to drooling over a cold-blooded murderer’s
eyebrows and abs. I think that might be progress, maybe not, I don’t know.”
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Ubiquitous
2024-12-12 09:30:41 UTC
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Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel joined the conversation following the arrest
of Luigi Mangione, the man accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian
Thompson, sharing text exchanges from show staffers who made light of the
assassination.
Remember when Jimmy Kimmel was funny? Like when he was doing the man show?
I think that was more Adam Corolla's show than Jimmy's.

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he last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.
BTR1701
2024-12-11 19:03:41 UTC
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Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel joined the conversation following the arrest of
Luigi Mangione, the man accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian
Thompson, sharing text exchanges from show staffers who made light of the
assassination.
Kimmel used his monologue on Tuesday night to share screenshots of text
exchanges between people who work on JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! and their family
members and friends.
"We definitely know who wins Time's 'Sexiest Alleged Murderer of the Year',
that would go to Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the shooting of the CEO of
UnitedHealthcare," Kimmel began. He added that Mangione has "become the
hottest cold-blooded killer in America" as social media users circulated
photos of him online.
Being so 'hot' is going to serve him real well in the penitentiary.
Rhino
2024-12-11 22:38:55 UTC
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Post by Ubiquitous
Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel joined the conversation following the arrest of
Luigi Mangione, the man accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian
Thompson, sharing text exchanges from show staffers who made light of the
assassination.
Kimmel used his monologue on Tuesday night to share screenshots of text
exchanges between people who work on JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! and their family
members and friends.
"We definitely know who wins Time's 'Sexiest Alleged Murderer of the Year',
that would go to Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the shooting of the CEO of
UnitedHealthcare," Kimmel began. He added that Mangione has "become the
hottest cold-blooded killer in America" as social media users circulated
photos of him online.
Being so 'hot' is going to serve him real well in the penitentiary.
I remember hearing about someone who decided to post a picture of an
historical figure on a dating app just to see how women would react to
this handsome "bad boy". People reacted as he expected and drooled
(figuratively) over the "bad boy". I was amused - in a rueful way - when
I saw that the picture was of Stalin as a young revolutionary (and
organizer of bank robberies).

Here's the picture (it's the one from 1899):

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/articles/zhv747h

As far as we know so far, Luigi Mangione has only killed one person.
Stalin is believed by many historians to be responsible for the deaths
of 25 million of his own people (not counting WW II); some historians
reckon him to be responsible for upwards of 60 million people.

But people continue to respond to looks on a visceral level regardless
of who the person is or what he or she has done. What can you do?


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