{"id":517844,"date":"2026-03-04T09:39:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T09:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/517844\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T09:39:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T09:39:18","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-gifts-gavin-newsom-his-own-fifa-peace-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/517844\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel Gifts Gavin Newsom His Own FIFA Peace Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gavin Newsom<\/a> appeared on Jimmy Kimmel<\/a> Live to discuss his new book Young Man In a Hurry and his relationship with Donald Trump<\/a>, giving host Jimmy Kimmel the opportunity to gift the California governor a trophy of his own.<\/p>\n

At the end of the interview, Josh Meyers, dressed as Newsom, came on stage to bestow Newsom with the 2026 FIFA<\/a> Skydance Paramount Netflix Warner Bros Big Ass Lipton Cup O Peace. \u201cWhat is that made of?\u201d Kimmel asked when the enormous trophy was revealed. \u201cPlated with platinum that was ethically sourced from all my expired Amex cards,\u201d Meyers revealed. \u201cAnd it holds an entire magnum of this sick ass soft blanc [wine].\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOn this historic honour, governor, would you like to say a few words?\u201d Kimmel asked. Newsom replied, \u201cLook, this is long overdue. And I assume it comes with a third term?\u201d He added, \u201cEat your heart out Donald!\u201d<\/p>\n

During his interview, Newsom spoke about his ongoing and very public feud with Trump, who received the inaugural<\/a> (and made up) FIFA Peace Prize in December. \u201cI think Trump secretly loves you,\u201d Kimmel noted.<\/p>\n

Newsom recounted how he\u2019s had \u201cmany interesting calls\u201d with Trump over the phone. \u201cThe last time I called him was right before he federalised the National Guard<\/a> here,\u201d Newsom said. \u201cHe sent 700 active duty Marines, not overseas but to the second-largest city in the United States of America. That happened last June. People should not forget that.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued, \u201cI had a conversation with him the night before where he alleged that he read me the riot act. Here\u2019s how it went. It was about 10:30 my time, 1:30 his time. And he goes, \u2018Hey, hey, Gav, Gav, what do you think of New Scum?\u2019 It\u2019s his nickname for me. I said, \u2018What are you talking about?\u2019 He said, \u2018It\u2019s pretty original, right?\u2019 I said, \u2018Actually, it\u2019s not. There was an eighth grade bully that did that when I was a kid.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are the conversations with Trump,\u201d Newsom added. \u201cYou can\u2019t make this stuff up. And about 12 hours later he said he had read me the riot act and then moved forward with the federalisation of the Guard.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Elsewhere in the interview, Newsom reflected on the need for Democrats to stand up to Trump and the Republicans. \u201cWe\u2019ve got to be tougher,\u201d Newsom said. \u201cWe\u2019ve got to be more aggressive and call this stuff out. We\u2019ll lose our country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Newsom has been an outspoken critic of Trump, often parodying his bombastic style on social media. In September, Newsom explained on The Late Show<\/a> that his social strategy came from both inspiration and desperation.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything we were doing to try to break through wasn\u2019t working any more,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd so we decided to do something, to your point, novel called humour. And, I gotta say, often times Democrats, we\u2019re a little \u2014 we\u2019re not as humorous as we should be. We can be a little stiff. And so we thought we\u2019d have some fun with it. I never imagined it would break through like it has and get under the skin of the president of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n

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