Television host Jimmy Kimmel is not Jewish, in fact, he is a praying Catholic Christian and has even served as an altar server in his childhood. 

Jimmy Kimmel is an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer. He has been recently trending on social media and he is also making headlines across the internet after he proposed an unusual way of handling patients in this outburst of COVID-19.

The television host has been hosting his late-night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live! since January 26, 2003, the show first started airing on ABC from Hollywood Masonic Temple in Hollywood, California, and later in 2019 shifted to the Zappos Theater on the Las Vegas Strip.

Let us learn more about Jimmy Kimmel and take a closer look at the #CancelKimmel Twitter Trend and his religion.

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Is Jimmy Kimmel Jewish? Religion Explored

Despite people suspecting Jimmy Kimmel to be Jewish, he is not and nothing could be further from the truth.

Our beloved talk show host Jimmy is Catholic, Christain and has been following the religion since his birth. In fact, he is a praying catholic and goes to church to devote himself before the almighty.

Kimmel has been an Altar server, a lay assistant to a member of the clergy during a Christian liturgy. The talk show host seems to be a very religious person and all devoted to God.

What Is Jimmy Kimmel Blackface Criticism? Explained

Jimmy Kimmel is a well-known comedian and has used Blackface in the past on several occasions in his performance.

A Blackface is a form of makeup used by non-black people to appear as a black person, often in caricature or mimicry of black people according to a Wikipedia article.

However, his unthoughtful acts and speech while using blackface offended thousands of people belonging to the black community. He was criticized for the act by thousands of his viewers.

The talk show host has apologized to his audience for using such acts and speech according to Los Angeles Times. However, his apologies were to the specific group of people and his other viewers don’t seem to be satisfied with the apology.

#CancelKimmel Twitter Trend Explained

#CancleKimmell trend has been trending on Twitter recently. Twitter Trend seems to be a very powerful and ongoing social media platform.

The trend was started by his viewers and Twitter users after Jimmy’s recent thoughts on how hospitals should allocate ICU beds to patients.

The talk show host proposed people who have already been vaccinated should be given first priority while receiving ICU treatments and beds in the hospital.

His statement has started an avalanche in the thoughts sharing platform Twitter and thousands of people seem not so happy with such kinds of remarks. Thus, erupting the #CancelKimmel trend on Twitter.