--- title: Jimmy Kimmel Says He's Not Behind That Dennis Quaid Meltdown Video description: Jimmy Kimmel set the record straight Tuesday night, saying the video of Dennis Quaid having a meltdown wasn't a prank for his show canonical: https://time.com/3822366/jimmy-kimmel-dennis-quaid-meltdown-viral-video/ author: Helen Regan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-15T09:25:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T06:24:26.649Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Jimmy Kimmel and That Dennis Quaid Meltdown Video og:description: Kimmel says it's not a stunt for his show. og:url: https://time.com/3822366/jimmy-kimmel-dennis-quaid-meltdown-viral-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jimmy Kimmel and That Dennis Quaid Meltdown Video twitter:description: Kimmel says it's not a stunt for his show. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Jimmy Kimmel Says That the Viral Dennis Quaid Meltdown Video Isn’t a Stunt for His Show by [Helen Regan](https://time.com/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Apr 15, 2015 9:25 AM UTC by [Helen Regan](https://time.com/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Apr 15, 2015 9:25 AM UTC After numerous reports speculated that a viral video of Dennis Quaid having a full-blown meltdown was in fact a stunt for an episode of _Jimmy Kimmel Live,_ the late-night host set the record straight, saying he had nothing to do with it. “I watched this a bunch of times last night,” Kimmel said on his Tuesday night show. “And when I woke up, I was being blamed for it.” Kimmel, who has a reputation for [pranks](http://time.com/3768373/rihanna-prank-jimmy-kimmel/), added, “You play like 50 pranks and all of a sudden people don’t trust you anymore.” The [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOjUSjghGI8) \[caution: contains the _F_ word\] was uploaded to YouTube on April 10, shows the 61-year-old _Day After Tomorrow_ star unleash a torrent of expletive-filled abuse onto his production crew when an assistant walks onto the set. “I can’t even get a line out, until Dopey the \[expletive\] starts whispering in your ear and you’re not even watching anymore,” he shouts, adding, “This is the most unprofessional set I’ve ever been on.” According to the Wrap, Quaid’s reps have [declined](http://www.thewrap.com/jimmy-kimmel-addresses-dennis-quaid-meltdown-video/) to comment on the video and the production company behind his latest movie _The Truth_ said the tirade didn’t take place on their set. _Read next:_ [_Watch Rihanna Prank Jimmy Kimmel While He Sleeps_](http://time.com/3768373/rihanna-prank-jimmy-kimmel/?iid=time%5Freadnext) [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/autoplay/?xid=spl-fullbrief-article) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3822366/jimmy-kimmel-dennis-quaid-meltdown-viral-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3822366/jimmy-kimmel-dennis-quaid-meltdown-viral-video/"},"headline":"Jimmy Kimmel Says That the Viral Dennis Quaid Meltdown Video Isn’t a Stunt for His Show","datePublished":"2015-04-15T09:25:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:24:26.649Z","description":"“You play like 50 pranks and all of a sudden people don’t trust you anymore\"","url":"https://time.com/3822366/jimmy-kimmel-dennis-quaid-meltdown-viral-video/","keywords":["Television","viral","jimmy kimmel live"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Helen Regan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/helen-regan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"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":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3822366/jimmy-kimmel-dennis-quaid-meltdown-viral-video/","name":"Jimmy Kimmel Says That the Viral Dennis Quaid Meltdown Video Isn’t a Stunt for His Show"}}]}] ```