Jimmy Kimmel’s cousin and show mainstay Sal Iacono hinted over the weekend that there are still plenty of “bombshells” that could drop about the saga.
Iacono, known on the late-night ABC show as “Cousin Sal,” provided a snippet of insight on “The Bill Simmons Podcast” days after “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” was placed on indefinite hiatus by network bosses over Kimmel’s controversial remarks around the Charlie Kirk assassination.
“I wish I could say anything,” Iacono told Simmons, who briefly wrote for the show. “There are a couple bombshells still there so we’re gonna be alright, everything will be just fine.”
Iacono did not provide more details but said the past week has been “tumultuous” — even as Kimmel made light of the situation when the two families spent time together over the weekend.
Iacono said his kids felt “weird” asking Kimmel the question on everyone’s mind — his suspension — but his middle child finally broke down and asked.
“Jack, who’s a junior in high school, breaks the ice and says in his deadpan way, says, ‘Hey, some kids at school say it’s not right what happened to you’ and then just leaves it there,” Iacono recalled.
“And Jimmy says, ‘Well, what did you say?’ [Jack’s] like, ‘I said, yeah, I think you’re right.’
“And Jimmy says, ‘Well, next time tell them I’m not too worried about what happens. My cousin Jimmy is an excellent dancer,’ ” Iacono said. “I guarantee tomorrow he’s going to take this literally and say this to high-schoolers.”
The late-night show was pulled from the air Wednesday after Kimmel falsely claimed the “MAGA gang” was trying to label Kirk’s assassin “as anything other than one of them.” The funnyman also accused Trump supporters of “doing everything they can to score political points from” the murder of the conservative icon.
Tyler Robinson, 22, is accused of fatally shooting Kirk from 200 yards away on Utah Valley University’s campus Sept. 10. Authorities are claiming Robinson had become more ingrained in lefty ideology leading up to the murder.
Iacono added that there wasn’t anything he could reveal about the fate of the show for now.
“I know too much, it’s just very emotional,” Iacono said, before Simmons cut in, saying, “We both know too much and not only our cousin, but all the people working for the show and it’s better if we’re not talking about this in any way.”
A source previously told The Post in Disney execs were trying to find a way to get Kimmel back on the small screen — though cautioning the host could also just quit.
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