Jimmy Kimmel Gossip

This is great stuff.

A day after Jay Leno threw himself a pity party on Oprah and referred to Jimmy Kimmel's appearance on his show as a "sucker punch," the ABC host has fired back - hilariously and accurately.

It all started when Kimmel impersonated Leno on an edition of Jimmy Kimmel Live a few weeks ago. Someone at NBC then made the ludicrous decision to invite Kimmel on to The Jay Leno Show, somehow not expecting him to mock Leno for his role in the network's late-night debacle.

As Kimmel explained in his sharp monologue last night, he expected this to be an actual comedic showdown, not some lame interview in which Leno offered no witty retorts. We'll let Jimmy take it from here...

"The mistake I made was thinking Jay would have anything other to say than what was written on the cue cards. I figured he'd get into it and mix it up. You know, at one time he was a comedian. But he just stood there, kind-of reading through the questions like a robot and then goes off and rats me out to Oprah.

"That's a sucker punch right there, he's a tattle tale.

"Oprah and I had a wonderful relationship and now it's ruined because of Jay. And by the way, watch out Oprah, don't think he won't take your show next."

Amen, in every possibly way, Jimmy. One of the most glaring results in this mess is the contrast in humor between Leno and his counterparts, Kimmel and David Letterman.

Think about Leno's funniest bits: Headlines, Jaywalking and 10@10, the segment on which Kimmel tore him apart. None of them involve actual wit or creativity on Leno's part. Literally anyone could do his job, but most people would do it with more class and professionalism.

WATCH TWO CLIPS FROM KIMMEL'S MONOLOGUE BELOW, INCLUDING SNIPPETS FROM LENO'S OPRAH INTERVIEW, PLAYED WITH THE IDEAL BACKGROUND MUSIC.

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NBC continues to dig its own hole.

As if the sheer mess executives have made for themselves in late-night programming isn't ridiculous enough, someone at the network had the brilliant idea last night to invite a rival, funnier talk show host from a different network on to The Jay Leno Show.

The result was uproarious for viewers, and should be an utter embarrassment for Leno.

A day after impersonating Jay on his program, Jimmy Kimmel appeared via satellite for Leno's interview segment "10 at 10." He proceeded to lay into NBC and his competitor, proving that he's much wittier than Jay and taking every shot imaginable at the comedian.

What the heck was NBC thinking with this segment?!? Watch in hilarious disbelief below:

There is one silver lining in this debacle:

The person that has kept Heroes on the air is no longer the dumbest person at NBC!

ABC's The Bachelor doesn't exactly have a strong track record.

Through 13 seasons, there have been no marriages and only one couple - last season's lovebirds Jason Mesnick and Molly Malaney - remain engaged.

Before this week's split by Byron Velvick and Mary Delgado, his partially insane Season Six final rose recipient, there were two. Now it's all on Jason.

Lamenting the sad breakup of Mary and Byron, Jimmy Kimmel didn't sound too hopeful about the upcoming season yielding a happy marriage either.

After all, you've seen who they've got starring on it. That guy's proven to be a real ladies man ... definitely not ready to settle down and tie the knot.

This promo for The Bachelor's new season makes that clear:

Just kidding. Jake Pavelka will be handing out roses, rather than Tiger Woods (he'd probably give out Ambien instead), and the pilot is ready for love.

At least that's what we've been led to believe about Jake, although everything last season of The Bachelorette may have been an act to get this gig.

Maybe the network should make Tiger an offer. With a fourth mistress (still unnamed) rumored to be surfacing, he's inching closer to 25 by the day:

Will you accept this rose ... and take your name off your phone?

Jimmy Kimmel is totally going David Letterman on us. Minus the $2 million extortion scandal and being in a relationship with someone else, that is.

After parting ways with Sarah Silverman, his girlfriend of five years, in March, the late night host rebounded with staff member Molly McNearney.

He has been dating McNearney, a longtime member of his staff on his ABC show, which is apparently still on the air, for several months now.

Kimmel's rep has confirmed the news, too!

While the relationship may draw comparisons to Letterman's recent scandals, an insider says, "during work hours, they keep things professional."

That's good to hear. Now if only Molly McNearney, who has been writing for the show in 2006 could write the guy some funny jokes sometimes.

This is Molly McNearney, we think. It's not entirely clear if this is a picture of her, but that's what our sources tell us. Either way, she's dating Jimmy Kimmel!

Letterman may not have a problem being funny, but his long-running affair with Stephanie Birkitt recently came to light - when he admitted it.

That affair landed him in hot water, both with Birkitt's boyfriend (and Dave's alleged blackmailer) Robert Halderman and his wife Regina Lasko.

Regardless, here's hoping Jimmy and Molly keep making each other happy, and kudos to him for going public to stave off any possible criticism.

Ben Affleck, who Kimmel declared he was f*%king in a hilarious music video directed at then-girlfriend Silverman last year, has no comment.

Stopping by Jimmy Kimmel Live to plug his blockbuster new film Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Josh Duhamel took a minute to address another topic:

The will.i.am-Perez Hilton fight.

Asked jokingly about his wife beating up Perez (he is married to Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas), Josh commented, “Yeah ... she’s a regular badass, my wife.”

He was kidding there, but he did offer his honest opinion regarding the war of words between Perez Hilton and will.i.am, which led to a physical fight and resulted in Perez getting punched in the head by the band’s manager, Polo Molina:

• Perez "hits below the belt" and when you do that so many times so blatantly, it's inevitable you're going to get whacked.
• Not only was Perez asking for this with his conduct, but Josh "kind of wishes he was there" to punch him personally.
• Perez has more press than he deserves from this.

Here's Josh Duhamel's interview with Kimmel ...

Hilton is suing Polo Molina, but in a series of statements since the assault, the most hated man in celebrity gossip seems almost more upset that no one feels sympathy toward his stupid ass than he is about getting clocked in the dome to begin with.

Cry us a river, Perez. The proof is in the poll below.

Whose side are you on?

Talk show host and alleged comedian Jimmy Kimmel and his girlfriend of five years, the foul-mouthed but humorous Sarah Silverman, have broken up.

Kimmel’s rep, Lewis Kay, and Silverman’s rep, Amy Zvi, both confirmed that Jimmy and Sarah are no longer dating and issued a joint statement:

“Jimmy and Sarah have and will have no further comment.”

Okay then.

Reps for Matt Damon and Ben Affleck also had no comment on the Silverman-Kimmel split. Primarily because they were not contacted for comment.