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Jimmy Kimmel Takes Aim at Mitch McConnell’s Hospital Photo in Latest Monologue (instagram)

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July 13, 2026

Jimmy Kimmel Takes Aim at Mitch McConnell's Hospital Photo in Latest Monologue (instagram)

Jimmy Kimmel Takes Aim at Mitch McConnell’s Hospital Photo in Latest Monologue, is having a laugh at Mitch McConnell’s expense … even while the Kentucky senator recovers in the hospital from his latest health scare.

On Jul 12 2026, the late night host posted an AI image to Instagram showing a smiling Kimmel sitting up in a hospital bed next to McConnell’s wife, Elaine Chao, who’s also grinning. In the caption, Jimmy wrote, For those who’ve been asking, I’m feeling great,

The fake image looks almost identical to the photo Mitch released with a statement hours earlier, but there was one big difference: Mitch — not Jimmy — was smiling in the hospital bed next to Elaine.

the Republican senator said he took nasty spill, which landed him in the hospital, but he didn’t break any limbs, nor did he suffer a heart attack or stroke. also said he doesn’t have any tumors or hemorrhages and was briefly unconscious before he was taken to the hospital with a mild case of pneumonia.

Jimmy clearly doesn’t give a rat’s ass about any of that because he’s poking fun at Mitch and/or implying that Mitch’s photo is AI. However, Mitch may have one upped Jimmy by including what appears to be a copy of Jul 12 2026 Washington Post sports section.