Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Trumper Peyton Manning MIA from Jimmy Kimmel Live Despite Announced Booking

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Where is Peyton Manning tonight?

He was supposed to be on Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight.

But Manning, a Trumper, was MIA. He was replaced by Julia Louis Dreyfus, who was not scheduled and had nothing to promote. She was great anyway, charming and funny.

So what happened? Manning, retired NFL star and broadcaster, is a friend of Donald Trump. They play golf etc., take pictures together. Manning has even defended the friendship. So you do the math. Manning fumbled at the 50 yard line. He’s a coward. He either withdrew voluntarily or Trump pulled him off the show. After all, Trump was fuming yesterday when ABC reinstated Kimmel from the suspension Trump and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr caused.

Kimmel, by the way, made no mention of Manning’s absence. He was probably thrilled not have him on the show.

His loss, our gain. We love JLD even if she’s just coming on the show as a friend.

stay tuned…

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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