--- description: Jimmy Kimmel has fired back at Roy Moore after the Republican Alabama Senate candidate issued a challenge to confront him "man to man." title: Jimmy Kimmel Fires Back at Roy Moore's 'Man to Man' Challenge image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3e6a049d9c6560ff/6988f33c0a4a22520b9d0e19/jimmy-kimmel-roy-moore.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Roy Moore Challenged Jimmy Kimmel to Confront Him 'Man to Man.' He Fired Back.  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Nov 30, 2017 9:32 PM CUT  Drew Angerer—Getty Images; Randy Holmes—ABC/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Nov 30, 2017 9:32 PM CUT [Jimmy Kimmel](http://time.com/5025433/jimmy-kimmel-hillary-clinton-impeach/ "undefined") has fired back at [Roy Moore](http://time.com/5029172/roy-moore-accusers/ "undefined") after the [Republican Alabama Senate candidate](http://time.com/5038367/roy-moore-lee-busby-alabama-senate-race-doug-jones/ "undefined") issued a challenge to confront him “man to man.” In the wake of Tony Barbieri — a comedian who has appeared on _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_ under the stage name Jake Byrd — [reportedly](http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/29/politics/roy-moore-protester/index.html "undefined") disrupting an event at an Alabama church where Moore was speaking on Wednesday, Moore took to Twitter to call out Kimmel. “.[@jimmykimmel](https://twitter.com/jimmykimmel "undefined") If you want to mock our Christian values, come down here to Alabama and do it man to man,” Moore tweeted on Thursday. However, the late night host was quick to deliver a response that made it clear he had no intention of making the trip from Los Angeles to Alabama. “Sounds great Roy,” he wrote. “Let me know when you get some Christian values and I’ll be there!” Moore is currently [facing sexual misconduct allegations from multiple women who say they were teenagers at the time](http://time.com/5031448/leigh-corfman-roy-moore-accuser/ "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5043752/jimmy-kimmel-roy-moore-christian-values/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5043752/jimmy-kimmel-roy-moore-christian-values/"},"headline":"Roy Moore Challenged Jimmy Kimmel to Confront Him 'Man to Man.' He Fired Back.","datePublished":"2017-11-30T21:32:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:49:00.055Z","description":"The late night host and Alabama Senate candidate are battling it out on Twitter","url":"https://time.com/5043752/jimmy-kimmel-roy-moore-christian-values/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","politics","celebrities","viral","twitter","Politicians","Jimmy Kimmel","TV","Late Night Television","Roy Moore"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3e6a049d9c6560ff/6988f33c0a4a22520b9d0e19/jimmy-kimmel-roy-moore.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3e6a049d9c6560ff/6988f33c0a4a22520b9d0e19/jimmy-kimmel-roy-moore.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"jimmy-kimmel-roy-moore","caption":"","creditText":"Drew Angerer—Getty Images; Randy Holmes—ABC/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5043752/jimmy-kimmel-roy-moore-christian-values/","name":"Roy Moore Challenged Jimmy Kimmel to Confront Him 'Man to Man.' He Fired Back."}}]}] ```