{"id":503367,"date":"2026-03-04T14:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T14:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/503367\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T14:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T14:50:08","slug":"gavin-newsom-mocked-during-jimmy-kimmel-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/503367\/","title":{"rendered":"Gavin Newsom mocked during Jimmy Kimmel appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gavin Newsom suffered a ruthless send-up at the hands of an impersonator during the governor\u2019s appearance on Live with Jimmy Kimmel! Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Toward the end of his interview with Kimmel \u2014 which he used to plug his new memoir \u201cYoung Man in a Hurry\u201d \u2014 a Newsom imitator arrived onstage riding a skateboard to deliver a stinging impersonation of the governor.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Gavin Newsom appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Tuesday Jimmy Kimmel Live<\/p>\n<p>Josh Meyers delivered a ruthless send-up of the governor. Jimmy Kimmel Live<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, man. I am so psyched to be here for a Newsom twosome,\u201d joked Josh Meyers, who is known for his impressions of the governor and is the brother of late-night host Seth Meyers. \u201cI mean, I just came from a ribbon-cutting sesh at a shelter for non-binary chihuahuas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meyers, sporting matching gray hair and Newsom\u2019s trademark suit-and-tieless look, then awarded the governor a mock trophy \u201cfor your tireless work in uniting the people of Cali.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the meth dealers of Riverside to the shapely Armenians of the Glendale Galleria, from chakra doulas and yoga thems to farmers market furries and rollerbladers with gluten sensitivities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meyers awarded the governor a mock trophy \u201cfor your tireless work in uniting the people of Cali.\u201d  Jimmy Kimmel Live<\/p>\n<p>Newsom chuckled awkwardly as Meyers continued with his act. Jimmy Kimmel Live<\/p>\n<p>Newsom chuckled awkwardly as Meyers continued with his act, with Kimmel asking what the trophy was made from.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlated with platinum that was ethically sourced from all my expired AMEX cards. And it holds an entire magnum of this thick-a\u2013 Sauv Blanc,\u201d Meyers replied.<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel opened his show by jokingly suggesting that Newsom was there to announce a run for president. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Speculation has swirled around the governor\u2019s potential 2028 ambitions, while he continues to catch flak back home several recent trips overseas while problems continue to plague California. <\/p>\n<p>This week, came under fire for <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/03\/us-news\/gavin-newsom-accused-of-passing-the-buck-on-cas-problems-as-he-eyes-white-house\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shifting blame to counties for his struggling homelessness plan<\/a> \u2014 the latest example of him \u201cpassing the buck\u201d on California\u2019s problems as he eyes a presidential bid, critics say.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gavin Newsom suffered a ruthless send-up at the hands of an impersonator during the governor\u2019s appearance on Live&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[2356,88,17114,5871,111,92,194],"class_list":["post-503367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-california","tag-entertainment","tag-jimmy-kimmel","tag-metro","tag-politics","tag-tv","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}