Jimmy Kimmel’s youngest child was born fighting for his life. The Hollywood star revealed how he and his longtime wife felt upon learning that their son was born with a disease.
TV host Jimmy Kimmel is married to screenwriter Molly McNearney, whom he met at work. She went down memory lane in a February 2014 interview, relating how they went from co-workers to life partners.
While Jimmy works as the host of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Molly is the co-head writer of the show. When Molly gave the interview, she confessed that they had known each other longer in a professional sense than in a personal one.
Molly shared her first impression of Jimmy during the interview and revealed the first time they met, he “insulted” her. At the time, she and her executive producer had walked into his office to introduce her as the new assistant writer. Molly recalled:
“Jimmy barely looked up from his desk until my EP said, ‘She competes in triathlons,’ and then Jimmy looked up at me and said, ‘That is really stupid! What a waste of time.'”
When asked whether she ever would have imagined being his wife then, Molly said it never crossed her mind because she never thought of him romantically. Moreover, they were both in relationships at the time.
Asked when the romance began between them, the Missouri native explained it was around 2010. During a get-together with fellow writers after the show, Jimmy asked everyone about their favorite foods. Afterward, he invited Molly to his house, where he made her favorite meal. The pair spent more time together, and things progressed from there.
“We really liked each other as friends, and then it just kind of turned. He cooked for me, and that was it. It sealed the deal,” Molly divulged. She became more impressed by Jimmy after he made her favorite food from scratch and invited her to his home to eat, said Molly, adding:
“[…] I realized how incredibly thoughtful and generous he really was.”
Jimmy proposed to Molly in 2012 when the pair vacationed in South Africa. The lovebirds tied the knot a year later, in July 2013, in Ojai, California.
They reportedly asked guests to make charitable donations instead of giving them wedding gifts. The nuptials were attended by A-list stars, including Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Emily Blunt, and Howard Stern.
Being comical, just like her then-husband-to-be, Molly asked Gabourey Sidibe to stand in for her and walk down the aisle to surprise Jimmy as he was nervous on their big day. The bride knew the actress’ presence would lighten up the groom.
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