Author: Emily Heil / Source: Washington Post
Will the hatchet be buried between two publicly feuding info-tainers with an eye on their ratings? The soooo surprising answer: Stay tuned!
Fox News host Sean Hannity, one of President Trump’s biggest defenders, and late-night comic Jimmy Kimmel, who has emerged as a prominent Trump critic, had been engaged in a running fight on their respective TV shows and over social media, and Hannity on Monday night had promised to answer Kimmel’s attempt to end the beef.
But in true cable-news fashion, the conservative host just kept teasing it. On his Monday show, Hannity kept the suspense up. First, he had to address the Monday afternoon news that FBI agents had raided the home and office of Trump’s personal attorney. “Everything we warned you about is now coming to fruition,” Hannity darkly warned viewers. After segments on the “witch hunt” and plenty of venting at former Trump rival Hillary Clinton (also, Syria!), he finally unveiled his verdict at the close of his show.
In his ending monologue, Hannity grudgingly accepted the olive branch, though he called it a “forced, Disney apology.” He invited Kimmel onto his…
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