--- title: Jimmy Kimmel Tearfully Reveals Newborn Son Had Heart Surgery description: The late night talk show host tearfully revealed on Monday’s show that his newborn son had successfully undergone open-heart-surgery canonical: https://time.com/4762882/jimmy-kimmel-baby-heart-surgery/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-02T06:23:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T04:42:00.315Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Jimmy Kimmel Tearfully Reveals Newborn Son Had Heart Surgery og:description: Billy was born last week with a congenital heart disease og:url: https://time.com/4762882/jimmy-kimmel-baby-heart-surgery/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc3c5d4d107a5ddd4/6988cb9097cdff09dd6b083c/gettyimages-672910906.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" - Season 15 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jimmy Kimmel Tearfully Reveals Newborn Son Had Heart Surgery twitter:description: Billy was born last week with a congenital heart disease twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc3c5d4d107a5ddd4/6988cb9097cdff09dd6b083c/gettyimages-672910906.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jimmy Kimmel Tearfully Reveals His Newborn Son Had Open Heart Surgery > Sponsored content. 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(Randy Holmes/ABC via Getty Images) JIMMY KIMMEL JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE - "Jimmy Kimmel Live" airs every weeknight at 11:35 p.m. EST and features a diverse lineup of guests that includes celebrities, athletes, musical acts, comedians and human-interest subjects, along with comedy bits and a house band. The guests for Thursday, April 20 included Magic Johnson, Gabourey Sidibe (Book, "This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare) and musical guest Dua Lipa. (Randy Holmes/ABC via Getty Images) JIMMY KIMMELRandy Holmes—ABC/Getty Images by [Karen Mizoguchi / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Karen Mizoguchi / People Contributor May 2, 2017 6:23 AM UTC [Jimmy Kimmel](http://people.com/tag/jimmy-kimmel/) and his wife [Molly McNearney](http://people.com/celebrity/jimmy-kimmel-molly-mcnearney-marry/) welcomed their second child together, William “Billy” Kimmel on Apr. 21\. But at three days old, Billy had to have open heart surgery at [Children’s Hospital Los Angeles](http://chla.org/donate). The late night talk show host [tearfully revealed on Monday’s show](http://people.com/babies/jimmy-kimmel-baby-open-heart-surgery/) that his newborn son had successfully undergone the life-threatening operation. “We call him Billy, six pushes he was out, he appeared a normal healthy baby,” Kimmel, 49, began his opening monologue while fighting back tears. The new parents were moved to the recovery room, where the couple’s eldest child, 2-year-old [Jane](http://people.com/babies/jimmy-kimmel-molly-mcnearney-daughter-impersonates-pregnant-mom/), was there to meet her baby brother, who was named after Kimmel’s longtime TV partner Guillermo. (Guillermo is the Spanish form of the name William). But three hours later, a nurse noticed something was wrong with Billy. “My wife was in bed relaxing, a very attentive nurse at Cedars-Sinai heard a murmur in his heart and noticed he was a bit purple, which is not common,” Kimmel explained. “\[Nurses\] determined he wasn’t getting enough oxygen in his blood, either in his heart or lungs … It’s a terrifying thing, you know my wife is back in the recovery room, she has no idea what’s going on.” Billy’s heart surgeon explained to Kimmel and McNearney that their son was born with a congenital heart disease and that there was a “hole in the wall of the left and right side of his heart.” On Monday morning, Billy successfully underwent open heart surgery. “He’ll have to have another surgery in 3-6 months,” Kimmel shared, adding that Billy will need a third “non-evasive surgery when he’s older.” “Poor kid, not only did he get a bad heart, he got my face,” Kimmel lightheartedly joked. Six days after he was born, Billy was able to leave the L.A. hospital and go home. Kimmel was sure to thank his friends and family and, shockingly, even [Matt Damon](http://people.com/tag/matt-damon/): “Every one of my friends was there 100%. We had atheists praying for us, okay? We had people who do not believe in God praying to him. And I hate to even say, but even that son-of-a-bitch Matt Damon sent flowers.” But he saved his kindest words for his wife Molly. “Most of all, I want to thank my wife Molly. First of all, for allowing me to have sex with her in the first place.,” he joked. “But also for being so strong and level-headed and positive and loving during the worst nightmare a new mother could experience. I couldn’t as for a better partner and I’m so happy we had this baby together. I’m definitely getting a vasectomy after this.” > [](https://twitter.com/jimmykimmel/status/859267353627865088) The couple announced they were [expecting their second child](http://people.com/babies/jimmy-kimmel-molly-mcnearney-expecting-second-child/) together in early December 2016. Kimmel, who’s also dad to older kids Kevin, 23, and Katie, 25, [told PEOPLE last year](http://celebritybabies.people.com/2015/10/16/jimmy-kimmel-daughter-jane-brings-joy-show-back-in-brooklyn/) that fatherhood is “really great.” And despite having initial jitters about being the father of a little kid again, said, “It does add a little bit of joy to each day. Maybe more than a little bit.” Kimmel is now on paternity leave for the rest of this week and his famous friends will guest host the ABC show in his absence. Here’s the lineup: Tuesday: Host Will Arnett, with guests Maya Rudolph and Ben McKenzie and musical guest Incubus Wednesday: Host Anthony Anderson, with guest George Lopez and musical guest Future Thursday: Host Kristen Bell, with guests Charlie Hunnam and Adam Scott and musical guest Alison Krauss Friday: Host David Spade, with guest Guy Ritchie and musical guest alt-J _This_ [_article_](http://people.com/babies/jimmy-kimmel-baby-open-heart-surgery/) _originally appeared on P_[_eople.com_](http://www.people.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4762882/jimmy-kimmel-baby-heart-surgery/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4762882/jimmy-kimmel-baby-heart-surgery/"},"headline":"Jimmy Kimmel Tearfully Reveals His Newborn Son Had Open Heart Surgery","datePublished":"2017-05-02T06:23:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T04:42:00.315Z","description":"“Poor kid, not only did he get a bad heart, he got my face,” Kimmel lightheartedly joked","url":"https://time.com/4762882/jimmy-kimmel-baby-heart-surgery/","keywords":["Television","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc3c5d4d107a5ddd4/6988cb9097cdff09dd6b083c/gettyimages-672910906.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Karen Mizoguchi / People"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc3c5d4d107a5ddd4/6988cb9097cdff09dd6b083c/gettyimages-672910906.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"ABC's \"Jimmy Kimmel Live\" - Season 15","caption":"ABC's \"Jimmy Kimmel Live\" - Season 15","creditText":"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":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4762882/jimmy-kimmel-baby-heart-surgery/","name":"Jimmy Kimmel Tearfully Reveals His Newborn Son Had Open Heart Surgery"}}]}] ```