"TEARS FLOW AS JIMMY KIMMEL BIDS FAREWELL TO 2025: 'This has been the strangest, hardest year...' In his final monologue of the year, the late-night king suddenly choked up, voice cracking as he opened up about the brutal suspension from ABC that nearly ended everything... and the heartbreaking loss of his bandleader and best friend, Cleto Escobedo III. Wiping away tears, Kimmel looked straight into the camera: 'You literally pulled us out of a hole this year. We cannot thank you enough... perso