--- title: Donald Trump Cancels on Jimmy Kimmel description: "Tonight we’re gonna give everyone in the audience a basketball dipped in cologne so you can fully experience what it would have been like” canonical: https://time.com/4081022/jimmy-kimmel-donald-trump/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-21T12:44:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:26:12.207Z og:title: Jimmy Kimmel Didn't Let Donald Trump Off the Hook For Canceling og:description: “Why did he cancel? 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Presidential candidate Donald Trump attends the fight between Gennady Golovkin and David Lemieux at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Oct. 17, 2015. Al Bello—Getty Images  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Oct 21, 2015 12:44 PM UTC Donald Trump was supposed to make an appearance on _Jimmy Kimmel Live_ on Tuesday night but had to cancel because of an “major political commitment,” according to a representative for the presidential hopeful. That didn’t stop Kimmel, who said Trump’s team was “cryptic” about the scheduling conflict, from having some fun at Trump’s expense anyway. “Why did he cancel? We told him there were cameras here, right?” the late-night host quipped. “Don’t worry, tonight we’re gonna give everyone in the audience a basketball dipped in cologne so you can fully experience what it would have been like had Donald Trump been here.” That joke might make things a little awkward when Trump finally does stop by—campaign spokesperson Hope Hicks [told _Variety_](http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/donald-trump-cancels-jimmy-kimmel-live-appearance-1201622199/) over email that Trump has “rescheduled to join in-studio in LA over the next few weeks.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4081022/jimmy-kimmel-donald-trump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4081022/jimmy-kimmel-donald-trump/"},"headline":"Jimmy Kimmel Didn't Let Donald Trump Off the Hook For Canceling Appearance","datePublished":"2015-10-21T12:44:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:26:12.207Z","description":"“Why did he cancel? 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