Jimmy Kimmel roasted the post-pandemic broadcast television landscape at Disney’s annual upfront presentation Tuesday. But, 'I felt that that was not their responsibility,' the late-night host said. Jimmy Kimmel revealed that Ben Affleck and Matt Damon offered to pay his staff during the ongoing writers’ strike.He also revealed that he declined Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's offer to pay his staff for two weeks. The “Jimmy Kimmel Live” host shared in the first episode of Spotify’s “Strike Force Five” that he was “intent on retiring” before the Writers Guild of America strike shut down his show.Jimmy announces that after almost 18 years of doing this show he will be taking the summer off and some very talented and capable people will be filling in f.CNN - Jimmy Kimmel was ready to throw in the towel as the host of “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” but it seems the host has had a change of heart.