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Jessica Rawden

Maury Povich Reached Out To Jimmy Kimmel After His Suspension (And It Wasn't With Paternity Results)

Maury Povich with his hands up on the Maury Povich show and a screenshot of Jimmy Kimmel's Oscars Monologue. .

Maury Povich and Jimmy Kimmel didn’t know one another in real life when the brouhaha between himself, the FCC, and parent network ABC happened late last year. However, the daytime talk show host was one of the first in line, with his wife Connie Chung, when Kimmel made it back on the air. Afterward, the two shared a sweet exchange that (thankfully) had nothing to do with paternity results.

All joking aside, Povich’s famous daytime talk series seemingly had little in common with Jimmy Kimmel Live!, but Povich had always wanted to be a part of the late night show. When Kimmel was ultimately suspended by Bob Iger's Disney in September of last year, after the FCC got involved in a series of comments Kimmel had made following the death of Charlie Kirk, Povich seemingly thought he'd lost his chance.

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