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Rosenzweig confirmed there are telltale signs that these monologues are not authentic
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Key facts
- According to a 2025 survey from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, most these viewers are Democrats, and more of them are watching clips online than the full shows
- Representatives for hosts including Jimmy Kimmel, Jon Stewart, Sean Hannity and Greg Gutfeld declined or did not respond to NPR's requests for comment
- There are some real downsides to the unchecked growth of all of this, some of which admittedly are pretty minor," said John Oliver in a 2025 Last Week Tonight segment on the topic
- Social media videos appear to show him commenting on everything from President Trump falling asleep in the middle of a meeting, to the president's attacks on Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed
Summary
Jimmy Kimmel is currently out on summer break from his late-night talk show on ABC. Fake videos showing Kimmel and other late-night TV talk show hosts are mushrooming on social media. Jed Rosenzweig, the founder and editor of the online publication LateNighter.com, has been investigating the rise of these deepfakes. "Jimmy Kimmel does go on television and talk about politics all the time, and these clips do get posted on social media every day," Rosenzweig said. Rosenzweig said there are telltale signs that these monologues are not authentic.