--- title: Jimmy Kimmel Rips Sean Hannity Over Michael Cohen Reveal description: Jimmy Kimmel apparently couldn't help but have some fun with the news that Sean Hannity is lawyer Michael Cohen's mystery "third client." canonical: https://time.com/5242992/jimmy-kimmel-sean-hannity-michael-cohen-client/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-17T15:25:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:52:13.399Z og:title: Jimmy Kimmel Rips 'Pal' Sean Hannity Over Michael Cohen Reveal og:description: The Fox News host was revealed as Cohen's secret "third client" og:url: https://time.com/5242992/jimmy-kimmel-sean-hannity-michael-cohen-client/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt24483eb2c163d652/69892dcd7cdbac4432d5c9b3/screen-shot-2018-04-17-at-9-57-34-am.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Jimmy-Kimmel-Sean-Hannity-Michael-Cohen og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jimmy Kimmel Rips 'Pal' Sean Hannity Over Michael Cohen Reveal twitter:description: The Fox News host was revealed as Cohen's secret "third client" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt24483eb2c163d652/69892dcd7cdbac4432d5c9b3/screen-shot-2018-04-17-at-9-57-34-am.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jimmy Kimmel Rips Into 'Pal' Sean Hannity Over Michael Cohen Client Reveal  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 17, 2018 3:25 PM UTC  ABC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 17, 2018 3:25 PM UTC [Jimmy Kimmel](http://time.com/5241435/emimen-jmmy-kimmel-mean-tweet/) apparently couldn’t help but have some fun with the news that [Sean Hannity](http://time.com/5242207/sean-hannity-michael-cohen-fox-news-trump/) is lawyer Michael Cohen’s mystery [“third client.”](http://time.com/5242110/sean-hannity-michael-cohen-third-client/) After President Donald Trump’s personal attorney revealed in federal court that Hannity secretly received legal advice from him in the past year, Kimmel dedicated part of Wednesday’s _Live!_ episode to poking fun at the Fox News host. Responding to a [tweet](https://twitter.com/seanhannity/status/985970632201564161) in which his “pal” Hannity claimed he has never paid Cohen—who is at the center of a [probe by the FBI](http://time.com/5242581/michael-cohen-fbi-raid-court/)—the late-night host eagerly shared his take on the matter. “That sounds normal. He has a lawyer he doesn’t pay,” Kimmel quipped. “By the way, I’m thinking of hiring Michael Cohen as my lawyer. He only has three clients and apparently, he works for free. He doesn’t take money from anyone.” This new controversy comes just over a week after the two television personalities engaged in a [heated back-and-forth](http://time.com/5232069/sean-hannity-jimmy-kimmel/) on Twitter that ended with an [apology from Kimmel](http://time.com/5232706/jimmy-kimmel-apology-sean-hannity/). 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