Late night host slams Tommy Tuberville for backing Trump’s ‘cellmate’ Cabinet picks

Late night TV host Jimmy Kimmel summed up his thoughts on U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., in a segment on his show Wednesday night.

While discussing President-elect Donald Trump’s recent Cabinet picks, Kimmel referred to Tuberville as a “Trump sycophant/human jockstrap” and aired a clip of the senator defending Trump on Fox News.

“We’re going to look at facts, not rumors,” Tuberville said, referencing Matt Gaetz, who withdrew today as Trump’s pick for attorney general following continued scrutiny over a federal sex trafficking investigation.

Tuberville also referred to “rumors” about Trump’s defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth, who has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman in 2017.

Hegseth’s lawyer previously said Hegseth paid the woman in 2023 to head off the threat of a baseless lawsuit.

“All of them will have some kind of rumor when it comes down to it,” Tuberville said.

“But we’ve got to look at facts. We’ve got to help President Trump. He’s not going to pick somebody that’s a criminal; he’s not going to do that.”

Laughing, Kimmel responded: “Tommy I’ve got some news you might want to hear. The President is a criminal. Thirty-four times over he’s a convicted criminal.”

“Truth be told he’s not even looking for a Cabinet. He’s looking for cellmates.”

Tuberville did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

In May, a New York jury found Trump guilty of 34 felony charges in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through a hush money payment to a porn actor who said the two had sex. He faces sentencing next week despite his recent election.