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Jimmy Kimmel Mentoring New Late-Night Staff as Part of His ‘Exit Plan’ From ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
Jimmy Kimmel is mentoring his on-air announcer Lou Wilson, and a source exclusively tells Closer it is 'yet another sign that Jimmy is devising his exit plan.'
Get back to the Jimmy Kimmel may have bombed for some critics as host of this year’s Academy Awards, but he’s putting a positive spin on it all and focusing on his next chapter — which is mentoring his on-air announcer and fast-emerging protégé Lou Wilson. Jimmy is fast to recognize that he had brilliant, even legendary mentors as he began his talk show career more than 20 years ago: his idols Howard Stern and David Letterman were rooting for him and always picked up the phone when he needed advice.” Prior to joining Jimmy Kimmel Live!, he wrote for Playboy and acted in multiple TV and film projects including Netflix’s American Vandal and Judd Apatow ‘s King of Staten Island.
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