The fast-growing trend of gratuitously nasty, guest-hosted Jimmy Kimmel Live! episodes continued on ABC on Tuesday with Ike Barinholtz once again deciding to make fun of the dead. Not only did Barinholtz continue to attack Sen. Lindsey Graham on personal terms, he also attacked his sister and replacement, Darlene Graham Nardone. According to Barinholtz, Nardone has pledged “to suck” President Trump’s “tits even harder” than Graham did.
Barinholtz began by suggesting he thought Graham was a woman all along, “The big political story today is that we officially have a replacement for Lindsey Graham in the Senate. And it's Lindsey Graham's sister, which is very confusing because I always thought Lindsey Graham was Lindsey Graham's sister. It's not. It's not. It's a different person. It's a whole different person.”
Jimmy Kimmel guest host Ike Barinholtz reacts to Lindsey Graham's sister being sworn in, "Darlene said she'll work very hard over the next several months to support the president. And she pledges to suck his tits even harder than her brother did." pic.twitter.com/kGBrhPCuwu
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Moving on to Nardone, Barinholtz claimed, "She was sworn in this afternoon on Capitol Hill and will finish her brother's term in office. And Darlene said she'll work very hard over the next several months to support the president. And she pledges to suck his tits even harder than her brother did. So I think that's nice. Good for her. Good for her. Good for her.”
On the whole, Kimmel’s guest hosts have been considerably less political than him. There are usually a few who go hard on politics, but there have also been those who seek to avoid the subject. Thus far, Kimmel’s 2026 substitutes have been as nasty or even nastier than him, and with Rosie O’Donnell still waiting in the wings, it is likely to get worse. Barinholtz seems to view his week as host as a way to try to force himself into the top ranks of other anti-Trump celebrities, and if he has to ridicule a grieving sister and her deceased brother, then that is a price he is willing to pay.
Here is a transcript for the July 14 show:
ABC Jimmy Kimmel Live!
7/14/2026
11:38 PM ET
IKE BARINHOLTZ: The big political story today is that we officially have a replacement for Lindsey Graham in the Senate. And it's Lindsey Graham's sister, which is very confusing because I always thought Lindsey Graham was Lindsey Graham's sister. It's not. It's not. It's a different person. It's a whole different person. But it's true. Darlene Graham Nardone, she was sworn in this afternoon on Capitol Hill and will finish her brother's term in office. And Darlene said she'll work very hard over the next several months to support the president. And she pledges to suck his tits even harder than her brother did. So I think that's nice. Good for her. Good for her. Good for her.
