00:00 Jimmy Kimmel says that he was ready to retire from his late night show before the writer's strike.
00:04 The Jimmy Kimmel Live host shared the revelation during the first episode of the limited Spotify podcast, Strike Force 5,
00:11 which features Kimmel and his fellow late night hosts Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert, John Oliver, and Seth Meyers.
00:17 Are you guys getting stir crazy? Are you ready to go back to work? Because as you know, I was very intent on retiring right around the time where the strike started.
00:27 And now I realize like, oh, yeah, it's kind of nice to work. I mean, you know, when you are working, you think about not working.
00:35 Meyers was quick to doubt Kimmel.
00:37 Kimmel, you are the Tom Brady of late.
00:41 Well, no, I think he's maimed of retirement.
00:44 I'm Tom Brady without any rings. Yes. Or fingers.
00:49 Was this are we to take you at your word that you were you were seriously considering this?
00:53 I really was. I think I told you that privately, right? We do in a public.
00:57 Yeah. Kimmel doubled down saying he was very, very serious.
01:00 He added that he likes getting the summer off from his show each year, but he likes it better when he's, quote, getting paid to get the summer off.
01:06 If Kimmel had made the decision to retire before the strike was called, it would have been complicated since he agreed to a three year extension of his ABC show last year,
01:14 which would bring the Emmy nominated series through its 23rd season.
01:18 On Wednesday, the five late night hosts announced the newly launched podcast, which will benefit staff impacted by the ongoing strikes.
01:24 It will consist of at least 12 episodes with all five hosts participating.
01:28 For more on this story, go to THR.com. For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.
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