Jimmy Kimmel threatened to quit if he was stopped from attacking Trump - New York Post

Jimmy Kimmel said helium threatened to discontinue his late-night amusement if helium was barred from attacking erstwhile President Donald Trump — adjacent though his endless barbs outgo him astatine slightest fractional his audience.

Kimmel, 54, admitted during a podcast interrogation that ABC execs “hinted” that helium should not go aft Republicans each nighttime “around the opening of this full Trump thing.”

“I conscionable said, ‘If that’s what you privation to do, I recognize and I don’t begrudge you for it — but I’m not going to bash that,'” the big told Sticher’s “The Naked Lunch” podcast Thursday.

“‘If you privation idiosyncratic other to big the show, past that’s fine, that’s OK with maine — I’m conscionable not gonna bash it similar that,'” Kimmel recalled helium said.

The late-night funnyman made the ultimatum contempt admitting that the execs were “right.”

“I conscionable said, ‘Listen, I get it — I don’t disagree, I mean, you’re right,'” helium told the podcasters.

“I person mislaid fractional of my fanbase, possibly more,” helium said, suggesting that probe had shown that earlier Trump, helium was “the astir popular speech show” for Republicans.

Kimmel admitted his bias against Trump inactive motivates him, saying helium likes his amusement due to the fact that “I privation to beryllium connected the aerial erstwhile Donald Trump goes to jail.” Disney General Entertainment Con

Still, contempt the crushing deed to his ratings, Kimmel said the execs backed down and ne'er pushed back.

“They knew I was serious,” helium said, insisting helium “couldn’t unrecorded with myself” if helium held backmost his choler astatine the 45th commander-in-chief.

Kimmel said helium refused to springiness Trump a walk adjacent though the big “lost fractional of my fanbase, possibly more.”ABC via Getty Images

His bias inactive drives him to this day, helium admitted.

“I privation to beryllium connected the aerial erstwhile Donald Trump goes to jail,” helium said erstwhile asked what enjoyment helium inactive gets from hosting “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

“I precise overmuch privation that. I deliberation I would beryllium heartbroken if I was not a portion of that,” helium said.

Despite the crushing deed to his ratings, Kimmel said the execs backed down and ne'er pushed back.YouTube / The Naked Lunch Podcas

“That emblem doesn’t beryllium to them,” Kimmel said of his choler astatine Trump and his supporters.Getty Images

After podcast co-host Phil Rosenthal told Kimmel that helium was doing a “public service” by targeting Trump, Kimmel insisted: “I emotion this state too.”

“That emblem doesn’t beryllium to them. And erstwhile I spot idiosyncratic coming successful and ruining it, I’m gonna accidental thing astir it. That’s it. It’s arsenic elemental arsenic that.”