Jimmy Kimmel talked about news that Iran might prefer Vice President JD Vance as a negotiator instead of the usual team from the White House, which includes special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner. He joked that it’s like choosing between a canker sore and herpes.
During his show on Wednesday, Kimmel was surprised that Iran might think Vance is a better choice than the others.
He said it’s unclear if any real talks with Iran are happening, but if they are, they won’t involve Jared Kushner or Steve Witkoff.
The White House called the claims false, saying they’re part of a foreign propaganda effort to harm the president.
But Kimmel didn’t back down.
He started by making fun of Trump’s usual group for dealing with Iran: “It’s unclear what, if any, actual conversations are happening with Iran, but one thing we do know is they won’t be happening with Jared Kushner, aka Sheldon Cooper’s evil twin.
The Iranians have said they will not accept Jared Kushner or Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, as negotiators.”
“You know, the Iranians have a nickname for Jared,” he said. “
They call him the sorrowful broomstick, which sounds better in Farsi, and it’s weird that the Iranians don’t want to negotiate with Trump’s son-in-law, whose primary job experience before this was holding Ivanka’s purse.” He added, “It seems very unfriendly.”
Instead, he said, based on a report from CNN, Iran wants JD Vance to be the main person for talks.
“Which is funny,” he said.
“I mean, this is the first time anyone’s ever wanted to talk to JD Vance.”
He continued: “Even his wife Usha was like, ‘Are you sure they said JD?'”
“Source said that Iran sees JD Vance as a more acceptable diplomatic figure than Witkoff and Kushner in the same way a canker sore is more acceptable than herpes,” he joked, adding: “But do you know how much you have to suck for someone to demand you be replaced by JD Vance?”
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