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Kimmel gets to the heart of the matter

His monologue on Monday makes it clear that there are some things that you can't buy your way out of.

Published Fri, May 5, 2017 · 09:50 PM

BE honest: You did not have Jimmy Kimmel in your "Most Socially Resonant Late-Night Monologue of 2017" betting pool.

Clearly he didn't either.

"I'm sorry," he began his monologue Monday night. "I try not to get emotional." But he was - his voice immediately caught in his throat - as for 13 minutes, he laid out the story of how his newborn son, Billy, was born with heart defects and nearly died.

Kimmel was not the first late-night wiseacr…

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