--- title: Jimmy Kimmel Delivers Play-By-Play of Kavanaugh Hearing description: Jimmy Kimmel delivered a no-holds-barred rundown of Brett Kavanaugh's testimony in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. canonical: https://time.com/5409751/jimmy-kimmel-kavanaugh-hearing/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-09-28T15:02:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T17:20:07.000Z og:title: Jimmy Kimmel Delivers Blistering Kavanaugh Hearing Rundown og:description: "Like a frat out of hell" og:url: https://time.com/5409751/jimmy-kimmel-kavanaugh-hearing/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2663060088457015/69893b65457a523608d5f80b/screen-shot-2018-09-28-at-10-58-36-am.png?branch=production&width=1148&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1148 og:image:height: 646 og:image:alt: Jimmy-Kimmel-Kavanaugh-Hearing og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jimmy Kimmel Delivers Blistering Kavanaugh Hearing Rundown twitter:description: "Like a frat out of hell" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2663060088457015/69893b65457a523608d5f80b/screen-shot-2018-09-28-at-10-58-36-am.png?branch=production&width=1148&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'Like a Frat Out of Hell.' 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Christine Blasey Ford's Opening Remarks on Her Allegation of Sexual Assault Against Brett Kavanaugh_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Updated: Dec 12, 2023 5:20 PM UTCPublished: Sep 28, 2018 3:02 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Updated: Dec 12, 2023 5:20 PM UTCPublished: Sep 28, 2018 3:02 PM UTC Following both [Christine Blasey Ford](http://time.com/5409351/christine-blasey-ford-brett-kavanaugh-gender-dynamics/) and [Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s](http://time.com/5409564/brett-kavanaugh-drinking-age-maryland/) testimonies in front of the [Senate Judiciary Committee](http://time.com/5409667/senate-judiciary-committee-vote-brett-kavanaugh/), Jimmy Kimmel delivered a no-holds-barred rundown of the day’s events. During Thursday’s episode of _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_, the late-night host weighed in on the emotional hearing, which saw Dr. Ford detail her allegations that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in high school before Kavanaugh vehemently denied her claims. “Brett Kavanaugh sat down and delivered an impassioned 45-minute speech delivered like a frat out of hell,” Kimmel said. “If you watched the testimony, you know he was loud, he was angry, he was tearful. I haven’t seen this much crying and yelling since the Cubs won the world series. And whether or not he’s guilty of sexual assault, one thing we know for sure is that Brett Kavanaugh is the world’s worst celebrity spokesperson for beer.” What followed was a compilation of every time Kavanaugh mentioned beer during his testimony. Kimmel also addressed a tweet that Donald Trump Jr. posted in which he questioned [Dr. Ford’s fear of flying](http://time.com/5408885/christine-blasey-ford-flying/). “I’m no psychology professor but it does seem weird to me that someone could have a selective fear of flying,” Trump Jr. wrote. “Can’t do it to testify but for vacation, well it’s not a problem at all.” > [](https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1045350599166955520) “I agree, you’re not a psychology professor,” Kimmel said. “You are a dull-witted human canker sore.” Watch the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5409751/jimmy-kimmel-kavanaugh-hearing/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5409751/jimmy-kimmel-kavanaugh-hearing/"},"headline":"'Like a Frat Out of Hell.' 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