It all started when Jimmy Kimmel sent a comedian to an event for Roy Moore, Alabama’s Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, who is also an accused child molester. When protesters interrupted the event to ask Roy Moore why he says the women who’ve accused him are lying and whether the entire town is lying, Kimmel’s comedian jumped to the front of the crowd and enthusiastically, sarcastically defended Moore, calling him a “man’s man.” That led to Roy Moore publicly tweeting at the late night comedian, seemingly offering to fight him. See the bizarre exchange, and Kimmel’s scorching monologue below.
Kimmel saved his harshest words for his show. He not only didn’t shy away from challenge, he said he will happily accept Roy Moore’s challenge to a fight, sell tickets, and, if Kimmel wins, he’ll donate all the money to the women who’ve accused Roy Moore of preying on them when they were teenage girls. This fantastic knock-out monologue is below: