One of this week’s strangest stories came courtesy of New York Mayor Eric Adams who, for some reason, decided to insult the state of Kansas. But on Wednesday night’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” Kimmel came to the rescue with a swift comeback Kansas should have used against out-of-state dissent.
So, Adams’ comments came Tuesday, when he spoke about why it’s important for New York to be involved in the recovery efforts in the Caribbean after the most recent devastating hurricane, saying, “This city is telling people that it’s going to be a disaster.” It was that they matter. We have a brand. New York has a brand, and when people see it, it means something.”
“Kansas has no brand. New York has a brand. That brand means diversity, that brand means we care, that brand means we are kind,” he said.
Now a lot of Kansans were outraged by this senseless humiliation – apparently the right wing argued for a general rote culture war prone to bigotry and implicit violenceWhile general Kansas who are not affected by made-up complaints made more significant rebuttals of his own, But in his monologue, Kimmel highlights a corner reaction and offers a better response of his own.
Playing a clip of Adams’ remarks, Kimmel said, “The former President of the Borough of Brooklyn and the current mayor of New York, Eric Adams, of all places, is receiving some heat for the remarks he made about Kansas.”
“First of all, I just want to say that my wife went to Kansas and I have to defend her. Kansas has a brand. It’s a rectangle next to other rectangles. But more importantly, Kansas got what it’s worth. did?” Kimmel continued.
“I mean, they’re minding their own business and then they get an unplanned attack from the mayor of New York! Clearly, the insult didn’t go down well with the people of Kansas, who put this very kink on their local news. issued the rebuttal,” Kimmel added, citing a local news program.
That news show listed several positive things about Kansas, that 2.9 million people live in Kansas, that Dodge City is the de facto windiest city in America (“It’s not Chicago,” said the anchor), and that the state Has more than 400 caves.
“Great. Wow. Wow. Wow. No need to get the bad guys. Come on now,” Kimmel responded after the video ended. “Someone needs to help Kansas with his snaps. They are bragging about how many caves they have. ,
And then Kimmel provided a great snap: “And the truth is, New York and Kansas have a lot more in common than you might think. For one thing, Eric Adams doesn’t like both places, right?”
Kimmel was right: Adams Very poor turnout since taking office,
Soon after, Kimmel took a detour to discuss how Elon Musk defeated Jeff Bezos As America’s richest man, and in the process great humiliation against both of them.
“Oh, hey, speaking of people – unexpected ones – ‘America’s richest man’ is now Elon Musk. According to the new Forbes 400 list, Elon Musk is worth about $251 billion. He beat Jeff Bezos, who topped the list last year,” Kimmel explained.
“Bezos took his number one spot to show solidarity with employees who aren’t allowed to go number one on the job,” Kimmel joked. After that, he cracked a few jokes about Donald Trump, but we’ll let you see them. You can watch the entire monologue at the top of the page.