“Jimmy Kimmel Live” guest host Anthony Anderson opened Monday’s show with a joke about finding himself in the spotlight to comment on the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump due to his previously planned guest-hosting stint on ABC’s late-night series.
“Everybody’s still shaken up by the tragic events at the Trump rally this Saturday,” Anderson said at the top of his monologue. “All weekend, I kept thinking, ‘I wonder what Jimmy Kimmel is going to say about this on Monday?’ And then I was like, oh, I am Jimmy Kimmel on Monday.”
Anderson, the Emmy-nommed star of “Blackish” and a “Law & Order” alum, earnestly said “our thoughts are with the families of the victims.” He suggested that in the wake of Saturday’s violence, “hopefully this will be a moment that we can all take a step back from the hatred and vitriol…
