{"id":503562,"date":"2026-03-04T17:11:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T17:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/503562\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T17:11:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T17:11:09","slug":"gavin-newsom-talks-call-with-trump-on-jimmy-kimmel-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/503562\/","title":{"rendered":"Gavin Newsom talks call with Trump on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

If, as expected, California Gov. Gavin Newsom runs for president, you can count on seeing Josh Meyers spoofing him on \u201cSaturday Night Live.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Meyers, the brother of New Hampshire-raised \u201cSNL\u201d alum Seth Meyers<\/a> and an occasional Newsom impersonator, made a surprise appearance on \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d<\/a> Tuesday and did a decent job caricaturing the Democratic governor \u2013 while the real deal looked on.<\/p>\n

Wearing a tailored suit and white collared shirt (no tie) \u00e0 la Newsom, Meyers turned up on a skateboard to greet Newsom. \u201cOh, man. I am so psyched to be here for a Newsom twosome,\u201d Meyers said. \u201cI mean, I just came from a ribbon-cutting sesh at a shelter for non-binary chihuahuas.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Meyers then presented Newsom with a giant trophy for his \u201ctireless work uniting the people of Cali\u201d \u2013 \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

Calling Newsom \u201cGov. Gav,\u201d Meyers\u2019 imposter pol said the trophy was \u201cplated with platinum that was ethically sourced from all my expired AMEX cards. And it holds an entire magnum of this thick-ass Sauv Blanc.\u201d <\/p>\n

Newsom was on Kimmel\u2019s show for the same reason he\u2019s seemingly everywhere<\/a> at the moment \u2013 he was hyping his new book, \u201cYoung Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery<\/a>,\u201d a memoir in which, one reviewer wrote<\/a>, Newsom grapples with his tendency to be both \u201cirritatingly slick and refreshingly resolute.\u201d<\/p>\n

Newsom didn\u2019t make any news in his sitdown with Kimmel, but he did relate a phone conversation he had with President Trump a year ago, just before the president deployed 700 Marines to Los Angeles. He said the president wasn\u2019t interested in talking policy. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe goes, \u2018Hey Gav, what do you think about Newscum? It\u2019s pretty original, right?\u2019\u201d Newsom told Kimmel. \u201cI said, \u2018Actually, it\u2019s not. There was an eighth-grade bully that did that when I was a kid.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n

Mark Shanahan can be reached at mark.shanahan@globe.com<\/a>. Follow him @MarkAShanahan<\/a>.<\/p>\n