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Jimmy revealed that his newborn son had successfully undergone the life-threatening operation_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 26, 2018 1:30 PM UTC Jimmy revealed that his newborn son had successfully undergone the life-threatening operation  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 26, 2018 1:30 PM UTC As [Jimmy Kimmel](http://time.com/5201084/jimmy-kimmel-on-trump-merch/) has continued to dominate the late-night scene with [powerful opening monologues](http://time.com/5072384/jimmy-kimmel-health-care-politics-timeline/) and [hilarious mean tweets](http://time.com/5023162/jimmy-kimmel-mean-tweets-jennifer-lawrence-jon-stewart-kim-kardashian/), he has also managed to turn random interviews with people on the street into somewhat of an art form. With the help of his Lie Witness News team, Kimmel has repeatedly gotten unsuspecting passerby to reveal that they may not be as informed on a variety of topics as they think—not that that stops them from sharing their opinions. When asked for their takes on subjects such as Martin Luther King Jr., Coachella and North Korea, interviewees have typically offered hilarious—and frequently cringeworthy—responses to the _Live!_ crew’s questions. Here are the top 10 times Jimmy Kimmel discovered people on the street can be disappointing. ## **MLK Day** To commemorate President Donald Trump’s first Martin Luther King Jr. Day in office, Kimmel sent his team out to find out which side people were on in the completely fabricated Trump-MLK Twitter war. Unfortunately, the fact that the feud was fake wasn’t so obvious to some. ## Coachella Back in 2013, Kimmel trolled Coachella attendees by quizzing them on bands that weren’t only not playing the music festival, but didn’t even exist. Nevertheless, people had a lot to say about The Obesity Epidemic, Get the F—k Out of My Pool, The Chelsea Clintons and several other make-believe groups. ## North Korea Amid heightened U.S. tensions with North Korea over its nuclear program in August 2017, the Lie Witness News team took to the streets to find out if anyone strolling Hollywood Boulevard could pinpoint the country on a map. Spoiler alert: They couldn’t. ## Fashion Week In a special NYFW 2014 edition of the segment, some of fashion’s best and brightest took their turn under Kimmel’s microscope—and they did not disappoint. When asked for their thoughts on “designers” such as Chandler Bing, Betsy Ross and Antonin Scalia, the style mavens were quick to elaborate on their favorite aspects of the so-called brands. ## The 4th of July Faced with the prospect of the Governor of California supposedly rescheduling the 4th of July to February, interviewees made it clear how strongly they felt about maintaining the traditions of Independence Day. ## Trump’s White House Renovations In the wake of President Donald Trump’s 2016 election victory, the _Live!_ team took to the street to inquire about his “planned renovations” for the White House, including installing a champagne fountain, constructing a food court and replacing the current building with a 50-story penthouse. Of course, hilarity ensued. ## Wakanda Following the February 2018 release of the massively successful _Black Panther_, Kimmel gave passerby a chance to prove that they could recognize Wakanda as the fictitious African nation from the movie. Instead, people took the opportunity to weigh in on the crisis in T’Challa’s home country. “I think we need a strong presence there,” one man concluded when asked if it was time to bring the U.S. troops home from Wakanda. “I definitely support our troops. So if they’re in Wakanda, I think they have a reason to be there.” ## Awards Shows Are you a fan of the Outstanding Celebrity Excellence Awards? Despite the fact that they don’t exist, these people certainly aren’t—especially the supposed moment at the 2018 show when Alicia Keys killed a ladybug that landed on her arm during her acceptance speech. ## Beauty Products After Christian Louboutin released a $675 nail polish in the shade of his famous red-soled shoes, the Lie Witness crew set out to to discover whether people could tell the difference between that and a $5 bottle. “It definitely looks like the bottom of a Louboutin heel,” said one woman of the drug store polish. “This is their signature red color.” ## Trump’s Tax Returns Trump may have never actually released his tax returns, but that didn’t stop the Lie Witness News team from asking for people’s thoughts on a few of the “revelations” in the documents. From writing off his marriages as “entertainment” to donating $100,000 to the legal defense fund of the dentist that killed Cecil the lion, the news was a lot for everyone to unpack. ## Transcript [00:00] So this poor kid, this is what he looked like on Monday. [00:03] Aw. [00:05] But this is what he looked like yesterday. [ APPLAUSE ] [00:07] [ INAUDIBLE ] [ APPLAUSE ] Poor kid not only did he get [00:19] a bad heart he got my face [ LAUGH ] [00:23] Yeah that's Jimmy Kimmel tearfully revealing on his [00:25] show on Monday night that his new born son had [00:27] successfully undergone a lifesaving operation due to [00:30] being born with a congenital heart disease. Kimmel [00:32] and wife Molly McNearny's second child together Billy [00:35] Was born on April 21st but the late night host revealed [00:38] a nurse quickly realized something wasn't right. Saying [00:42] this, my wife was in bed relaxing, a very attentive [00:44] nurse at Cedars- Sinai heard a murmur and noticed he [00:47] was a bit purple, which is not common. During the 13 [00:50] minute monologue, Kimmel individually thanked every [00:52] nurse and doctor that helped his son. And revealed [00:56] Billy's diagnosis. Watch this [ MUSIC ] [00:59] They did an echocardiogram, which is a sonogram of [01:03] the heart, and found that Billy was born with a [01:08] heart disease. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [01:12] Something called tetralogy of fallot with pulmonary [01:15] atresia. Its hard to explain. Basically, the pulmonary [01:18] valve was completely blocked and he has a hole in the [01:22] wall between the left and right sides of his heart. Billy [01:28] successfully underwent open heart surgery, and six [01:30] days after he was born he was able to leave the [01:32] hospital. In addition to thanking Children's Hospital of [01:35] Los Angeles Jimmy spoke out about families having to [01:37] navigate the health care system, watch. [ SOUND ] You [01:41] know, before 2014, if you were born with congenital [01:44] heart disease like my son was, there was a good [01:46] chance you'd never be able to get health insurance [01:48] because you had a pre- existing condition. You were [01:51] born with a pre- existing condition. And if your parents [01:54] didn't have medical insurance, you might not live long [01:56] enough to even get denied because of A pre- existing [01:59] condition. If your baby is going to die, and it doesn't [02:02] have to it shouldn't matter how much money you make. [02:06] I think that's something that, whether you are a [02:08] Republican or Democrat or something else, we all [02:11] agree on that, right? I mean, we do. Really moving [02:14] stuff, Kimmel is now on paternity leave for the rest of [02:17] this week and his famous friends, including Will Arnett [02:20] Anthony Anderson, Kristen Bell and David Spade will [02:22] guest host the ABC show in his absence. 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