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Kimmel Makes Amends with Motown
Jimmy Kimmel is down with Detroit.
The late-night host, who made incendiary comments about the Motor City during the 2004 NBA Finals, is set to broadcast his Jimmy Kimmel Live from Detroit the entire week before the Super Bowl.
During halftime of Game 2 between the Pistons and his favored Los Angeles Lakers, Kimmel cracked wise at the city's expense.
"They're going to burn the city of Detroit down if the Pistons win, and it's not worth it," he joked to sportscaster Mike Tirico.
Grace Gilchrist, manager of Detroit's ABC affiliate WXYZ, announced she was yanking the show the following day, after learning that it contained more Detroit dissing. ABC subsequently decided to pull the June 9, 2004, show from its stations nationwide.
Kimmel quickly tried to minimize any hurt feelings and issued a mea culpa of sorts: "What I said about Pistons fans during halftime was a joke, nothing more. If I offended anyone, I'm sorry. Clearly, over the past 10 years, we in L.A. have taken a commanding lead in post-game riots. If the Lakers win, I plan to overturn my own car."
Unfortunately for Kimmel, his attempt at humor didn't play in D-Town. WXYZ news director Andrea Parqueto-Taylor threatened to pull the show for good. "He tried to turn it into another bad joke," she told USA Today at the time.
In an effort to appease offended Detroit denizens, Kimmel issued a second apology.
"When you're 2,000 miles away from a city you've never lived in, it's hard to understand the sadness people felt from something that happened in their town--even if it happened many years ago," Kimmel said.
"It was never my intent to cause anyone pain. I was trying to make a joke and I'm sorry it resulted in anything other than laughter."
That seemed to soothe the hard feelings, and WXYZ lifted its temporary ban on the show.
Now Kimmel will bring his circus to town in late January. The show will be broadcast from the Gem Theater.
ABC representatives and Kimmel could not be reached for comment Friday. But a network rep suggested to the Detroit News that the movie wasn't necessarily to make peace with the locals, pointing out that Kimmel took his show to the 2004 Super Bowl in Houston.
Super Bowl XL takes place Feb. 5 at Ford Field. It will be the city's second time hosting the big game--Motown previously was the setting for Super Bowl XVI in 1982.
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