--- description: “She has all their birthdays memorized" title: Jimmy Kimmel Texted His Niece About the One Direction Break image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1608669a67474b37/698860b88e06017aa346208f/gettyimages-482488082.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Jimmy Kimmel Texted His Niece About the One Direction Break by [Ian Goldstein / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Ian Goldstein / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 25, 2015 3:38 PM CUT  LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 30: TV personality Jimmy Kimmel attends Clayton Kershaw's 3rd Annual PingPong4Purpose tournament at Dodger Stadium on July 30, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images,) LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 30: TV personality Jimmy Kimmel attends Clayton Kershaw's 3rd Annual PingPong4Purpose tournament at Dodger Stadium on July 30, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images,)Allen Berezovsky—Getty Images by [Ian Goldstein / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Ian Goldstein / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 25, 2015 3:38 PM CUT One Direction is taking a break [“at some point next year.”](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/24/niall-horan-confirms-one-direction-break "undefined") And news of the band’s [extended hiatus](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/24/one-direction-julian-bunetta-hiatus "undefined") is devastating for any fan of the group, especially Jimmy Kimmel’s niece, Allison. “She has all their birthdays memorized. She definitely doesn’t know my birthday,” Kimmel said during _Jimmy Kimmel Live_ Monday. The host then tried texting his niece to see how she was coping the band’s forthcoming hiatus. “Now you can focus on your education,” Kimmel texted Allison. She responded with alcohol emojis and it only got worse from there. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/25/jimmy-kimmel-texted-his-niece-about-one-direction "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com/ "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4009872/jimmy-kimmel-one-direction-break/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4009872/jimmy-kimmel-one-direction-break/"},"headline":"Jimmy Kimmel Texted His Niece About the One Direction Break","datePublished":"2015-08-25T15:38:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:25:17.561Z","description":"“She has all their birthday’s memorized\"","url":"https://time.com/4009872/jimmy-kimmel-one-direction-break/","keywords":["celebrities","Music","One Direction"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1608669a67474b37/698860b88e06017aa346208f/gettyimages-482488082.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ian Goldstein / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1608669a67474b37/698860b88e06017aa346208f/gettyimages-482488082.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Clayton Kershaw's 3rd Annual PingPong4Purpose","caption":"Clayton Kershaw's 3rd Annual PingPong4Purpose","creditText":"Allen Berezovsky—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":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4009872/jimmy-kimmel-one-direction-break/","name":"Jimmy Kimmel Texted His Niece About the One Direction Break"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"One Direction Fans Aren’t Happy About The Band’s Upcoming Hiatus","description":"Lifetime debuted “The Unauthorized Full House Story” Saturday night, and the reviews were less than friendly.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/xWvsw8iU/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-08-24T13:12:56.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/xWvsw8iU.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4009872/jimmy-kimmel-one-direction-break/","duration":"PT45S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4009872/jimmy-kimmel-one-direction-break/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```