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VIDEO: Jimmel Kimmel Talks the Embarrassing Way He Met Michelle Obama

By: Feb. 28, 2018
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Jimmy Kimmel appeared on THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW yesterday, February 27. Jimmy explained why seeing former First Lady Michelle Obama backstage at Ellen's 60th birthday show was one of the most embarrassing moments of his life. Plus, Jimmy talked about returning to host the Oscars a year after the Best Picture mixup.

Watch the hilarious clip below!

Kimmel is an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer. He is the host and executive producer of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, a late-night talk show that premiered on ABCin 2003. Kimmel hosted the Primetime Emmy Awards in 2012 and 2016 and THE ACADEMY AWARDS in 2017. Kimmel is scheduled to host THE ACADEMY AWARDS in 2018.

Before hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live!, he was best known as the co-host of Comedy Central's The Man Show and Win Ben Stein's Money. Kimmel has also produced such shows as Crank Yankers, Sports Show with Norm Macdonald, and The Andy Milonakis Show.

The Ellen DeGeneres Show (often shortened to Ellen and stylized as ellen) is an American television comedy talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres. Debuting on September 8, 2003, it is produced by Telepictures and airs in syndication, including stations owned by NBCUniversal. For its first five seasons, the show was taped in Studio 11 at NBC Studios in Burbank, California. From season 6 onwards, the show moved to being taped at Stage 1 on the nearby Warner Bros. lot. Since the beginning of the sixth season, Ellen has been broadcast in high definition.

The show has won 59 Daytime Emmy Awards as of 2017, including four for Outstanding Talk Show and six for Outstanding Talk Show Entertainment, surpassing the record held by The Oprah Winfrey Show, which won nine. The show also won 17 People's Choice Award. THE TALK show's Youtube channel is currently charted as being in the top 20 most-subscribed Youtube channels. On January 20, 2016, it was announced that the show had been renewed for three additional seasons through 2020. In 2017, the show got a game show.



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