Jimmy Kimmel Gossip

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.