Cleto Escobedo, a longtime friend of Jimmy Kimmel has recently passed. His sudden death reportedly had a significant toll on the late-night host emotionally.
“Jimmy is spiraling,” a source tells the Globe. “He’s known Cleto since he was just a kid, and he never expected him to be gone this soon.”
“It’s got Jimmy facing his own mortality and questioning everything. He’s in a very dark place.”
The insider also points out that Jimmy faced immense backlash over his commentator, Charlie Kirk’s, murder comments.
“Jimmy got back on the air, so a lot of people assume that he’s moved past this and is feeling like a champ, but that’s not the case. He feels very beaten down,” the tipster tattled.
“He’s used to people not liking him, but the level of hate was more than he ever anticipated. He was getting death threats. No one should have to endure that.”
