You’ve never before seen anything like this! In a wild turn of events, Jimmy Kimmel put MyPillow founder Mike Lindell in a claw machine while interviewing him on last night’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live. What once was every child’s dream was revealed to be a nightmare for the failed politician.
At the start of the segment, Lindell told Kimmel, “Remember when we were kids and we questioned these carnival games and whether they were rigged or not?”
He continued, “When we spoke up back then, we didn’t get sued, did we?”
Following up on the strange remark, Kimmel asked, “I know that you’re mistrustful of machines, now that you’re in one, do you feel differently?” Lindell answered, “No, same thing. Computers can be rigged out there, absolutely in elections.”
So, the big question arose: What’s going on? Is this a form of exposure therapy for the controversial figure, or just a way to poke fun? The answer simple: Kimmel doesn’t remember why he put Lindell in a claw machine.
While discussing the matter, Lindell argued that the idea was proposed on air in response to his anti-vaccine stance. “You tricked me,” he claimed, “You did it to be funny, huh?” The talk show host responded in confusion, denying that Lindell was in a claw machine because he was unvaccinated.
“No, I didn’t want you in there because you weren’t vaccinated,” Kimmel explained. “To be honest, I don’t remember why I decided you should be in there. It seemed like a good idea. When it happened, I have to say, I was very surprised when you said you would do it.”
The interview proceeded with a conversion about Lindell’s campaign for chairman of the Republican National Committee, which he lost after only receiving four votes, and other topics regarding election fraud as he supported Donald Trump’s unfounded claims that the 2020 election was rigged.
However, Kimmel made sure that none of Lindell’s misinformation was able to spread on his platform, given that (a) he spoke over the businessman whenever he began to go off on a tangent and (b) it was impossible to take anything Lindell said seriously as he appeared on the show in a claw machine.
Looking at the headlines of additional coverage and social media discourse about Lindell’s late-night appearance, nobody seems to care about anything other than the claw machine. Meaning, Kimmel accomplished whatever it was he set out to do.
Toward the end of Lindell’s appearance, Kimmel turned the bizarreness up another notch, bringing out a Lindell impersonator. “Oh my goodness, it’s another Mike Lindell,” he exclaimed as the impersonator paced around the claw machine frantically holding a stack of papers. Once the impersonator saw the arcade game, he reacted in fear and tried to rescue the real Lindell.
As a parting message, Kimmel told Lindell, “I have to say, one thing about you is that you are definitely committed and you should probably be committed.”
Last night wasn’t Lindell’s first appearance on Kimmel’s talk show – and his last one was also quite messy. During the chat, Kimmel shut down the business man’s ludicrous claims, saying, “I don’t think there’s any validity to any of this stuff that you’re saying. And I’ve studied you, I really have.”
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