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Jimmy Kimmel's Son's Surgeon Speaks Out on His 'Very Severe Form' of Heart Condition

Jimmy Kimmel's 7-year-old son, Billy, underwent his third open-heart surgery in May.

As for how his famous parents were managing, Dr. Starnes said the late-night host was "a mess" while mom, Jimmy Kimmel Live executive producer and writer Molly McNearney, was "a rock." That following month, Jimmy emotionally began his show by sharing the scary sequence of events that unfolded mere hours after Billy's birth, explaining that a nurse had noticed he had a heart murmur and appeared a bit purple. The medical team ultimately found that Billy had been born with the condition, including a blocked pulmonary valve and a hole in the wall between the left and right side of his heart.

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