{"id":14080,"date":"2026-02-19T01:45:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T01:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=14080"},"modified":"2026-02-19T01:45:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T01:45:52","slug":"im-leaving-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=14080","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m Leaving the US"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a move that stunned late-night television,\u00a0<strong>Jimmy Kimmel<\/strong>\u00a0announced that\u00a0<strong>Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/strong>\u00a0will end its run on January 20, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014the day of the presidential inauguration\u2014and that he plans to leave the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During an emotional on-air segment, the 58-year-old host addressed viewers directly, reflecting on more than two decades behind the desk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He spoke about loving the country but feeling increasingly disconnected from its political and cultural climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> With visible emotion, he cited deepening division, anger, and the strain of covering contentious politics night after night as factors in his decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kimmel did not reveal his intended destination, though reports suggest he and his family have explored options in Canada and parts of Europe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to sources, the choice follows years of frustration with the escalating political atmosphere, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>particularly after the 2024 election cycle, which he frequently criticized for misinformation and eroding civil discourse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a move that stunned late-night television,\u00a0Jimmy Kimmel\u00a0announced that\u00a0Jimmy Kimmel Live!\u00a0will end its run on January 20, 2026 \u2014the day of the presidential inauguration\u2014and that he plans to leave the United States. During an emotional on-air segment, the 58-year-old host addressed viewers directly, reflecting on more than two decades behind the desk. He spoke about&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14080"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14082,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14080\/revisions\/14082"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}