--- title: Jimmy Kimmel on How to Solve the Stormy Daniels Conflict description: In the wake of Stormy Daniels filing a lawsuit against Donald Trump, Jimmy Kimmel stepped in to offer a solution to the disagreement. canonical: https://time.com/5191251/jimmy-kimmel-stormy-daniels-suing-trump/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-08T16:16:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:13.690Z og:title: Jimmy Kimmel Wants to Solve the Trump Stormy Daniels Conflict og:description: The adult film star filed a lawsuit against Trump and Kimmel thinks he can help og:url: https://time.com/5191251/jimmy-kimmel-stormy-daniels-suing-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35c3e6ca8c31a7fe/69892a237cdbac9d7cd5c388/donald-trump-stormy-daniels-lawsuit.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: donald-trump-stormy-daniels-lawsuit og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jimmy Kimmel Wants to Solve the Trump Stormy Daniels Conflict twitter:description: The adult film star filed a lawsuit against Trump and Kimmel thinks he can help twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35c3e6ca8c31a7fe/69892a237cdbac9d7cd5c388/donald-trump-stormy-daniels-lawsuit.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jimmy Kimmel Is Pretty Sure He Can Solve the Whole Stormy Daniels Conflict If He Just Steps In > Sponsored content. 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During Wednesday’s episode of _Live!_, the late-night host reviewed the claim made by Daniels’ lawyers that the agreement she signed before the 2016 election is not valid because Trump never signed it. “It’s interesting,” Kimmel said. “He remembers to put his name on everything else—water, vodka, steaks, Trump, Trump, Trump—but he has a problem with bills. He doesn’t sign them _or_ pay them.” Kimmel went on to suggest that the pair make an appearance on his show to resolve their issues. “I feel like there’s so much tension between Stormy Daniels and the president right now and I hate it when couples fight. So listen, guys, if you’re willing, I’d be happy to have you both on the show to act as mediator. I don’t know about you guys, but I’m still rooting for those two crazy kids.” Watch the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5191251/jimmy-kimmel-stormy-daniels-suing-trump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5191251/jimmy-kimmel-stormy-daniels-suing-trump/"},"headline":"Jimmy Kimmel Is Pretty Sure He Can Solve the Whole Stormy Daniels Conflict If He Just Steps In","datePublished":"2018-03-08T16:16:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:51:13.690Z","description":"The adult film star has filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump","url":"https://time.com/5191251/jimmy-kimmel-stormy-daniels-suing-trump/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Jimmy Kimmel","TV","jimmy kimmel live","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35c3e6ca8c31a7fe/69892a237cdbac9d7cd5c388/donald-trump-stormy-daniels-lawsuit.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/blt35c3e6ca8c31a7fe/69892a237cdbac9d7cd5c388/donald-trump-stormy-daniels-lawsuit.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"donald-trump-stormy-daniels-lawsuit","caption":"President Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels","creditText":"Samuel Corum—Anadolu Agency/Getty Images; Gabe Ginsberg—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/5191251/jimmy-kimmel-stormy-daniels-suing-trump/","name":"Jimmy Kimmel Is Pretty Sure He Can Solve the Whole Stormy Daniels Conflict If He Just Steps In"}}]}] ```