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Los Angeles Times
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Nardine Saad

Jimmy Kimmel mines his COVID-19 recovery for a Trump joke: 'I drank so much bleach'

Jimmy Kimmel had COVID-19 and lived to tell late-night audiences about it.

The "Jimmy Kimmel Live" host on Monday detailed his bout with the infection last week during his monologue, explaining how his young daughter infected him and his wife, Molly. His symptoms included fatigue and headache — "also the symptoms of having children," he said.

"I tested positive on Monday. By Friday afternoon the virus just took a look around my body and said, 'Yuck. I'm getting out of here,'" he quipped, noting that he otherwise "had it easy."

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