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Jimmy Kimmel stays probably the most recognizable faces in late-night tv. Since launching Jimmy Kimmel Stay! in 2003, the Emmy-winning host has welcomed numerous A-list celebrities to his stage—and even taken on the Oscars, internet hosting the Academy Awards 4 instances, most not too long ago in 2024. However past the highlight, Jimmy is a faithful household man. He’s a proud father of 4: daughter Katie and son Kevin from his first marriage to Gina Maddy, and daughter Jane and son Billy along with his spouse, Jimmy Kimmel Stay! co-head author and government producer Molly McNearney.
We all know a lot about Jimmy, however what about his youngsters? Beneath, Hollywood Life has rounded up every part it’s good to learn about all 4 of the comic’s children.
Katie Kimmel
Katie Kimmel was born in 1991. She got here into the world three years after her mother and father tied the knot. Jimmy was 24 years previous when Katie was born and he was struggling financially. “I might work from 4 within the morning until round 11 within the morning, and on the time my ex-wife labored too,” he stated in a 2017 interview with Vulture. “So I’d decide Katie up from day care as rapidly as I might, as a result of we couldn’t afford the $5 an hour to maintain her there longer. I’d have her all day until 6 or 6:30, when my ex-wife acquired dwelling. That was a tough schedule. I used to be exhausted on a regular basis.”
However Jimmy and Gina — who divorced in 2002 — did a fantastic job at elevating Katie. She went to varsity at The College of Artwork Institute of Chicago and now she has her personal enterprise promoting her own residence items and paintings, which she promotes on Instagram. In Sept. 2021, Katie married her longtime boyfriend Will Logsdon. Jimmy appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Present earlier than the marriage and talked so extremely about his son-in-law. “I’ll let you know, the man is nice,” Jimmy stated. “His title is Will and he’s a fantastic man. And if he wasn’t, he’d be useless proper now. That’s how we function in my household.”
Kevin Kimmel
Kevin Kimmel was born in 1993. His mother and father acquired divorced when he was 10 years previous, however he maintained shut relationships with each of them as he continued to develop up. Kevin regularly posts his well-known father on his Instagram, the place he’s very lively. He’s even partially adopted in Jimmy’s footsteps by pursuing a profession within the leisure business. He labored within the sound division on a number of tv exhibits together with Survivor and Huge Brother.
Kevin acquired married to his girlfriend Nicole at Jimmy’s fly fishing lodge in Idaho in September 2022. Kevin is at all times gushing over his spouse within the sweetest Instagram posts. On Valentine’s Day 2023, Kevin snapped a pic of Nicole, and wrote, “Joyful Valentine’s Day to the love of my life and the love of her life, a French lemon coconut cake @nicolekimmel.”
Jane Kimmel
Jane Kimmel, Jimmy’s third youngster, and his first with Molly McNearney, was born in July 2014. Jimmy revealed that Jane was named after his grandmother. “It’s actually nice,” he informed PEOPLE in 2015 about elevating Jane. “It does add somewhat little bit of pleasure to every day. Possibly greater than somewhat bit.”
Earlier than Jimmy had Jane, he admitted that he forgot what it was like elevating infants, since Kevin and Katie had been each born over 20 years earlier. “It’s humorous as a result of I used to be simply with some buddies who simply had a child. I used to be like, ‘Oh, ya.’ And there are new methods to do issues,” he stated on The Ellen DeGeneres Present.
Through the years, Jimmy has shared the cutest tales about child Jane each on his discuss present and on social media. In 2020, he revealed that Jane, who was solely 6 years previous on the time, was extraordinarily invested within the consequence of the Presidential Election. In September 2022, Jimmy revealed that Jane misplaced her first tooth, and the “Tooth Fairy” left her $20!
Billy Kimmel
Billy Kimmel, Jimmy and Molly’s youngest youngster, was born in April 2017. Billy was born with a congenital coronary heart situation and needed to bear three coronary heart surgical procedures. Jimmy has been very open about Billy’s harrowing well being wrestle. “It’s a terrifying factor,” Jimmy stated on the Might 1, 2017 episode of his present. “You understand, my spouse is again within the restoration room, she has no thought what’s happening, and I’m standing in the course of a whole lot of worried-looking individuals – form of like proper now – who had been making an attempt to determine what the issue is.” Jimmy additionally referred to as Billy’s open-heart surgical procedure at Kids’s Hospital Los Angeles “the longest three hours of my life.”
Yearly on Billy’s birthday, Jimmy expresses how grateful he’s for the medical care that his son acquired within the hospital. When Billy turned 5, Jimmy wrote on Instagram, “Joyful fifth birthday to our little nut. We’re eternally grateful to the sensible docs and nurses at @ChildrensLA & @CedarsSinai for saving Billy’s life and to these of you whose donations, prayers, and constructive ideas meant every part. Please help households who want medical care.”
