Kimmel Reads His Producers’ Text Messages Obsessing on Luigi Mangione: ‘I Would Visit Him in Prison’

EXCERPT:

KIMMEL: “These are screen grabs of actual exchanges between members of our staff and their friends, relatives, whatever. I’ve changed the names to protect the guilty, but — 

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Lorraine C asks, 'Do you guys think the UnitedHealthcare CEO killer is hot?' Fran replies, 'Yes, I love Luigi, I think he’s gay though.'

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This is an exchange between two of our producers, we'll call them Elphaba and Glinda.

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'My TikTok is flooded.' 'My mom chains going nuts. That’s my TikTok.' 'Everyone is obsessed. People are saying a New York jury has the power to find him innocent because we all love him.' 'I’m not mad at him.'

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This one is from Susie D. She got this text from her mother: 'Am I the only person wondering that if the gunman had tweezed and reshaped his eyebrows, he would have never been caught?' 'Ha-ha, good point, his eyebrows are very defined.' 'Please tell me you're obsessed as I am with this handsome CEO killer.' 'Yes, so many questions.' 'Like, 'Can I fix you?'' And Veronica says, 'I need him so bad. No, like, so bad, so, so bad.' 'Okay, so, I would visit him in prison. And bake him cookies, maybe. Perhaps more, but I haven’t thought that far ahead.' And it’s not just women. This is from the husband of one of our staffers: 'Did you see the assassin?' 'Yessssss. I’m so upset.' 'Like, excuse me, LOL.' 'I’m about to be a jailhouse bride. ’cause damn, shorty is so foooine. I’m dead... or willing to be.' And one more from a young woman in our segment department: 'Texting all my friends in New York that I hope they get called to jury duty. God, I want to do jury duty so bad.'

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Well, at least it’s stirring up a passion for civic duty, I guess.

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What is going on?”