It’s official*: Jimmy Kimmel makes way too much money.
The comedian has apparently answered the question of Who the Heck Would Pay $1.9 million for a Painting of Bea Arthur Nude with the following:
I would! As a joke at the expense of friend Jeffrey Ross!
“Biggest surprise of my life. Thank you @jimmykimmel – the most generous guy in the world! #BeaArthur,” Ross Tweeted yesterday, along with the above photo.
There’s been no official word from anyone in Kimmel’s camp yet, but the host apparently wrote back: “@realjeffreyross Bea is watching over all of us, but especially you.”
Amen, Ross replied, while the rest of the world sighed, slapped our foreheads… and laughed hysterically.
*UPDATE: Kimmel has Tweeted that it’s all a joke and the painting in the picture here is merely a prop.
“Contrary to ‘news’ reports, I didn’t buy the Bea Arthur painting – not even for @realjeffreyross – but I did buy the Mona Lisa Lampanelli,” wrote the talk show host online.