{"id":109868,"date":"2025-10-29T07:04:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T07:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/109868\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T07:04:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T07:04:08","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-baffled-by-irish-civility-during-presidential-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/109868\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel baffled by Irish civility during presidential election"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ireland\u2019s presidential election has made its way to Hollywood, with Connolly vs Humphreys being the subject of Jimmy Kimmell\u2019s Monday night monologue.<\/p>\n

Detailing his recent trip to the Emerald Isle alongside his family, the Jimmy Kimmel Live<\/a> host discussed the glaring differences he noticed between Ireland\u2019s election process and the one they\u2019ve become accustomed to Stateside.<\/p>\n

The newly reinstated late night talk show host also chatted about the perception of US politics abroad, stating that the Irish seemed \u2018very, very worried\u2019 about our friends across the pond.<\/p>\n

\"\"Ireland\u2019s presidential election has made its way to Hollywood, with Connolly vs Humphreys being the subject of Jimmy Kimmell\u2019s Monday night monologue. Pic: Randy Holmes\/Disney via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u2018We didn\u2019t know it until we got there, but we were there during their presidential election, Friday was their election and no one seemed terrified,\u2019 the broadcaster joked.<\/p>\n

Sharing an image of Ms Connolly and Ms Humphreys shaking hands following the Prime Time debate, Kimmel was aghast at how amicable the pair seemed.<\/p>\n

\u2018What about this photograph seems different to you?\u2019 he queried the audience. \u2018Two women, yes that\u2019s a big one, but also the day before the election, sharing a warm embrace.<\/p>\n

\u2018Connolly won, and get this, her opponent said \u201cCatherine will be a president for all of us and she will be my president and I really would like to wish her all the very, very best,\u201d two verys, no caps, no whining about the election being rigged,\u2019 he further joked.<\/p>\n

\u2018Makes you wonder what\u2019s wrong with these people,\u2019 the host laughed, garnering a rapturous applause from the audience.<\/p>\n

Catherine Connolly was officially elected the 10th President of Ireland over the weekend.<\/p>\n

\"Vote\"Presidential candidates Catherine Connolly and Heather Humphreys. Pic: Leah Farrell\/RollingNews.ie<\/p>\n

The independent candidate<\/a>, who was backed by a number of left-wing parties, beat Fine Gael\u2019s Heather Humphreys comfortably by 63.3% to Ms Humphreys\u2019 29.5%.<\/p>\n

Jim Gavin, who was set to run on the Fianna F\u00e1il ticket before sensationally withdrawing from the race, still received a number of votes since he was still on the ballot due to a technicality \u2014 with him ending up with 7.2% of the vote.<\/p>\n

The number of spoiled votes was also unprecedented compared to previous elections, with 213,738 of the votes being spoiled. Some of the boxes in some constituencies, particularly in parts of Dublin where Ms Humphreys was expected to do well, had more spoiled votes than votes for her \u2014 but Ms Connolly ended up the winner in those constituencies.<\/p>\n

Ms Humphreys conceded the election to Ms Connolly shortly after 2pm as counts continued, with her congratulating Ms Connolly on her victory.<\/p>\n

Ms Connolly<\/a> was endorsed by a number of left-wing parties, including Sinn F\u00e9in, the Social Democrats, Labour and People Before Profit.<\/p>\n