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Jimmy Kimmel’s self-indulgent wife says she’s cut ties with family members who support Trump

November 11, 2025 | | Print Article

Leftist comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s wife revealed last week that she’s cut ties with certain family members because they’re Trump supporters.

Molly McNearney, who’s both Kimmel’s wife of 12 years and the executive producer of “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” made the bombshell admission while speaking on the “We Can Do Hard Things” podcast.

“To me, them voting for Trump is them not voting for my husband and me, and our family,” she said. “And I unfortunately have kind of lost relationships with people in my family because of it.”

“It hurts me so much because of the personal relationship I now have, where my husband is out there fighting this man,” she added.

McNearney admitted during her podcast appearance that she grew up in a “very conservative Republican House” and even bought her dad a Rush Limbaugh tie when she was still in high school.

As she grew up, however, her political affiliation changed.

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“I voted Republican straight ticket and that’s what I was told to do, and then I left St. Louis, Missouri, and I met people from different backgrounds and I started to understand different things and different needs and different people,” she explained.

She feels sorry for her Trump-supporting family members because she thinks they’re a bunch of “misinformed,” brainwashed morons.

“There’s a little bit of sympathy I have for people in my family that I feel are being deliberately misinformed every day, and they believe it,” she said.

But this sympathy is slowly being overridden by the anti-Trump hatred and rage that’s festering in her heart.

“This is not just Republican versus Democrat for me anymore,” she said. “To me, it’s family values, and it’s really hard for me because I grew up believing in these Christian ideals of taking care of the sick and taking care of the poor.”

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“And I don’t see that happening with this Republican party. I feel like I’m in constant conflict, and I’m angry all the time, which isn’t healthy at all. But I personalize everything now,” she added.

Meaning, in other words, that she takes out her anger on her family.

“When I see these terrible stories every day, I’m immediately mad at certain aunts, uncles, and cousins who put him in power,” she explained. “And it’s really hard. I wish I could deprogram myself in some way, but I get really angry.”

(Video Credit: We Can Do Hard Things)

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McNearney’s stunning admission has prompted extensive pushback, with critics tearing her apart for prioritizing politics over family.

“When your hate for Donald Trump outweighs the love for your family, it’s time to get help,” former Trump administration official Kellyanne Conway said Monday on Fox News’ “The Five.”

Writing for the New York Post, columnist Kirsten Fleming added that “Queen Molly is too self-absorbed to understand that voting is a personal choice — not a personal betrayal.”

“We should care not how our nearest and dearest vote,” Fleming continued. “They have their reasons, we have ours. There can be spirited discussions, and there should be disagreements. There shouldn’t be schisms, at least not among mature, secure adults.”

Critics on the social media platform X also reacted:

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