In honor of the late night host receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, here are five things you may not know about Jimmy Kimmel:
-He’s a cooking enthusiast and has a pizza oven and meat smoker at his home, regularly entertaining for 100-150 people, and is especially partial to Italian food. Kimmel makes a mean thin-crust proscuitto pizza with dough from scratch
–He’s a fly fishing lover, like David Letterman, and loves to go Montana and Utah to partake in what he considers a very soothing, relaxing sport—so much so that he has a mock fly fishing pole in his office.
–Kimmel owns a “tread-desk,” a desk and a treadmill. Because he works all hours and doesn’t get to exercise much, he reviews email and jokes while using it in his office.
–He is an excellent sketch artist, doodles a lot and draws characters, including other staffers. As a kid, he drew a series of superheroes he created.
–He is an excellent gift giver and invests much of free time tracking down extremely thoughtful and useful gifts for friends and family. Known to be outrageously generous, he orders things online at all hours of the night.
–Hillary Atkin
