Jimmy Kimmel Emotional Speech: The United States popular Television host Jimmy Kimmel has spoken out regarding his newborn Son Billy’s illness and death. In his show of The Jimmy Kimmel Live, he made his emotional talk about the complications following the birth of his son Billy. (Kimmel and his wife, Molly McNearney have a two-year-old daughter, Jane).
In this show’s end, he made a plea for people to support the Affordable Care Act. As per the report of variety.com, the after Billy was born on April 21, Kimmel has broken down during his 15-minute-long monologue on the show on Monday as he recounted the “terrifying.”
A nurse in the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles where Billy was born and rushed for a heart surgery. Kimmel said that it was his longest three hours of his life.
Jimmy Kimmel Emotional Speech about his newborn Son’s Heart Surgery
As previously said that, he made a plea for politicians on both sides of the aisle to make sure Americans have access to health care especially for those with pre-existing conditions, as his son has after being born with a heart defect.
He said:
If your baby is going to die, it shouldn’t matter how much money you make.
Also, he added that “did some kind of magic I can’t even begin to explain. It was the longest three hours of my life.”
His son Billy went through open heart surgery at three days old. He tanked all the nurse and the doctors for their efforts. Read more about his Emotional Sory HERE.