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We Can Do Hard Things

Jimmy Kimmel & Molly McNearney: What Really Happened

We Can Do Hard Things

Treat Media and Glennon Doyle

Society & Culture, Relationships, Education, Self-improvement

4.841.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

In this delightful, hilarious, and deeply honest conversation, our friends (and neighbors!) Jimmy Kimmel and Molly McNearney tell us: - What really happened the night the Jimmy Kimmel Live show was suspended,  - How they told their kids,  - How they loved each other through the crisis;  - How we can stay brave, be steady, love each other, and love our country—even during the worst of times; and - Of course, Jimmy’s favorite recent pranks. This conversation is a gift. You won’t want to miss it.  About Jimmy and Molly:   About Molly:  Molly McNearney is an Emmy winning writer, producer, and actor. She began her career as an assistant for JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE in 2004 and has since worked her way up to become Head Writer and Executive Producer which she has served for the last decade. McNearney has been a writer for THE OSCAR AWARDS four times and THE EMMY AWARDS three times. She can also be seen acting in DUMPLIN’ & MURDER MYSTERY for Netflix. McNearney, her husband Jimmy, and their two children live in Los Angeles. About Jimmy Jimmy Kimmel is the host and executive producer of the Emmy® Award-winning “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” With over 22 years on the air, the show produces some of the most popular comedy bits, and features a star-studded guest lineup including actors, musicians, athletes, comedians, authors, politicians and newsmakers. In 2019, Jimmy wrote and illustrated a children’s book titled “The Serious Goose.” All of Jimmy’s profits were donated to children’s hospitals across the United States. Kimmel lives in Los Angeles with his wife Molly McNearney and their children, Oprah and Steadman.  Follow We Can Do Hard Things on: Youtube — @wecandohardthingsshow   Instagram — @wecandohardthings TikTok — @wecandohardthingshow

Transcript

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0:00.0

Oh.

0:02.0

Wow.

0:03.4

The reason we're celebrating in this strange way is that we just finished the most delightful, hopeful, honest, funny, hilarious conversations with our friends and neighbors and two people who have been, well, in the news lately.

0:29.6

And their names are Jimmy Kimmel and Molly McNarney.

0:35.4

And you all just, you're going to learn everything in this interview.

0:39.4

They talk about the day everything went down with the show cancellation,

0:43.8

where they were, how it all felt.

0:45.2

Which we were supposed to be recording this conversation exactly at the time

0:50.3

where that day and that time where the news broke. And couldn't, for obvious reasons,

0:59.2

but that was wild to hear all about that. Yeah. I actually that morning got a text from Molly that

1:05.4

said, hey, I think everything's going to be fine for this afternoon, but just so you know, things are

1:11.7

a little weird. And then several hours later, I got another text that just said, not fine.

1:16.5

Things are not fine. And then all the news came out. So this is just a beautiful conversation

1:22.8

with two people who we adore and respect and appreciate so much. And I think it's going to help this

1:29.4

conversation. I think the way they're getting through has a lot to teach us about how to get

1:35.7

through and how to be brave and how to be steady and how to love our people and love our country

1:40.2

and love each other through this time. So we give you Jimmy and Molly.

1:54.1

Yes.

1:54.7

Hi, guys.

1:56.1

Hi.

1:56.8

There they are.

1:58.5

How's it going?

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