Jimmy Kimmel Is a Grandpa! Late Night time Host’s Daughter Katie Welcomes First Child

Jimmy Kimmel is formally a grandpa!

The Jimmy Kimmel Stay! host, 57, grew to become a grandparent after his daughter Katie welcomed her first child — a woman — with husband Will Logsdon.

Their completely happy information was shared by Kimmel on Tuesday, Might 20, throughout his speak present’s opening monologue. “The newborn’s very wholesome,” he stated, earlier than revealing his granddaughter’s title.

“Her title, they gave her a really cute title. Her title is Melania,” he joked, including, “It’s Melanie Thee Stallion…”

He went on to provide his granddaughter’s actual title: Patti Joan.

The new child’s first title is “just like the soften, however with an ‘I’ not a ‘Y,’ ” Kimmel stated, whereas her center title, Joan, comes from his mom’s title.

Kimmel had been absent from Jimmy Kimmel Stay! on Monday, Might 19, the day Katie’s gave beginning.

“We had been speculated to have a present final night time, however we didn’t as a result of my daughter had a child final night time,” Kimmel defined on the high of the present. “My oldest daughter – , individuals don’t understand, folks that know I’ve two little children, they don’t know I’ve two older children. My oldest daughter, she’s 83-years-old. Her title is Katie. Katie and her husband Will had a child lady proper on the time we shoot our present final night time. So I made a decision to be there as a substitute right here.”

It was the second time Kimmel had skipped a present in 22 years. The final was when he had his appendix out.

Loads of individuals had been by Kimmel’s facet for his daughter’s large day. “We had a military of individuals on the hospital, it was greater than Coachella,” Kimmel teased.

He gave further reward to longtime sidekick Guillermo Rodriguez. “You had been such a terrific doula,” he joked. “You had been reassuring, you had been calm, your palms had been gentle, you had been good. Thanks a lot, on behalf of the entire household.”

Kimmel shares daughter Katie, 33, and son Kevin, 31, with ex-wife Gina Maddy. He’s additionally dad to son Billy, 8, and daughter Jane, 10, whom he shares with spouse Molly McNearney.

On the Disney Upfront on Tuesday, Might 13, Kimmel revealed that his daughter was pregnant and about to provide beginning to his first grandchild. “My daughter, my oldest daughter, is about to have a child. I’m holding for applause,” Kimmel stated within the pre-recorded sketch. “I assume I’m getting applause, applause, applause, thanks. I’m going to be a grandfather.”

He joked that his grandchild’s naming rights had been up for provide on the occasion.

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Katie tied the knot along with her husband Logsdon in September 2021. Kimmel opened up about Katie’s ceremony when he stopped by The Ellen DeGeneres Show. “She really turned 30 two weeks in the past, which is unusual to have a 30-year-old daughter,” he stated. “And she or he is getting married this weekend, as a matter of reality, which is a giant deal.”

As host Ellen DeGeneres congratulated him, Kimmel stated: “Yeah, I assume.”

“Folks maintain saying congratulations,” he continued. “I do not know what I am being congratulated for. Congratulations on elevating a human that’s enticing sufficient to be taken by one individual. It is not like we had been making an attempt to do away with her, ? It is not like we’re promoting a houseboat on eBay or one thing like that. However I assume congratulations is the factor.”

Kimmel additionally confirmed that he does certainly like Katie’s partner Logsdon. “Folks ask that too like, ‘How’s the man?’ And I am going to let you know, the man is nice,” he shared. “His title is Will and he is a terrific man. And if he wasn’t, he’d be useless proper now.”