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Hannity called him a "despicable disgrace" and an "ass clown" and insulted his previous programme on the Comedy Central network, The Man Show. Kimmel responded using similar language, telling the host of Hannity: "If I'm an ass clown He immediately faced a backlash online by people who viewed the tweet as "a derogatory gay insult".

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Kimmel had come under fire during an Twitter exchange with Hannity in which he encouraged Hannity to "get back on top. Hire me to write you better gay jokes. Hire any queer person to write you literally any other jokes," one user wrote. In his statement, Kimmel admitted he enjoyed the back-and-forth but the "level of vitriol from all sides" turned out to be harmful.