As many of you have already heard Jimmy Kimmel made an emotional speech earlier in the week and revealed that his newborn son had major heart surgery. Kimmel spoke from the heart, got teary eyed and touched many people in the nation as well as made a staunch pledge to support healthcare in particular to those with children. Given his situation, Kimmel’s been supporting his family at home and has been having guest hosts throughout the week. Last night it was Kristen Bell’s turn to host. While she’s been a guest before, this was her first turn at being a guest host and she handled it quite well.
“I think I’ll be OK,” Bell said. “I mean, I can read words off a teleprompter, and I legitimately hate Matt Damon. Hosting a late-night show is super exciting for me. I have two kids so I haven’t been up this late since 2012. And there’s very little chance I will know any of the guests tonight, unless one of them wrote Goodnight, Moon–or is Moana.”
“There’s one thing I’ve been hearing a lot since I agreed to do this: ‘Kristen, are you sure you’re ready to host a late night show? You’re completely unqualified.” And to them I said, ‘Zip it, [Dax Shepard]. Zip it,'” she said. “I’m putting all my training to use tonight. You know, I went to NYU for acting – but I dropped out because I got cast in a Broadway show. S, let that be a lesson to the kids out there: Stay in school…until something better and far more lucrative comes along.”
Her monologue was solid but perhaps the highlight of the night was when Bell made a “Promposal” come true right on the show. Check out the clip below:
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