News Jimmy Kimmel under fire again for allegedly “shading BTS” (1 Viewer)

[Chaeee]

Just a week after comparing “BTS Fever” to COVID-19, Jimmy Kimmel is under fire again for allegedly shading BTS while talking about the latest COVID-19 variant, Omicron BA.2, in his opening monologue on January 27.

We’re learning more about this new version of Omicron that’s making the rounds at an even faster rate than the original Omicron. The new variant is said to be so contagious that none of you (the in-studio audience) should be here, that’s how contagious it is. You probably shouldn’t even be watching this show at home right now. The good news is Omicron BA.2 as they call it doesn’t appear to be more severe when it comes to symptoms. You know, these variants, all the different variants, remind me of the boy bands in the late 90s and the early 2000s. You know, you had the big ones, like Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, and then that mutated into O-Town and 98 Degrees. And we had the Jonas Brothers popped up, Big Time Rush. They kept splitting off in different directions, eventually One Direction. And they took pieces, and it popped up all over the world, until eventually we get to one that’s so contagious it destroys all life on earth.
-Jimmy Kimmel

While he didn’t mention BTS by name, many fans believe that Jimmy Kimmel was referencing them because he made a similar joke last week while interviewing Ashley Park and he referred to boy bands popping up “all over the world” (like in South Korea) in his monologue about Omicron BA.2.

People are especially upset that Jimmy Kimmel and his writers never apologized for the joke he made while interviewing Ashley Park but instead decided to incorporate the same type of joke into his opening monologue on January 27. Once again, people are calling him out on Twitter for being racist and xenophobic. Fans are also calling him out for trying to sneak a racist joke into his monologue by not using BTS’s name.
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What do ye think?​

 

[eclipsoul]

why does this man even speak at this point

 

[Abeamus]

I'd say he sounds like a clown but I wouldn't want to insult clowns like that

 

[Bopper]

Why bother speaking about them if it’s obvious Kpop isn’t your thing?

 

[Soogi]

ig when you're not funny or good at your job you'll try to get your views up any way you can

 

[Evergreen]

BTS went once to his show and never went there again. They even came back to James Corden show so it says a lot about Kimmel for me.

 

[Deleted member 74]

can he just shut up..your jealousy toward bts is showing