Jimmy Kimmelis remembering his good friendBob Saget.
In a pre-taped opening monologue on Monday, the late-night talk show host got emotional while paying tribute to Saget, whodied on Sundayat age 65.
“If you’ve read anything about Bob online last night, if you saw any of the many thoughts from people who knew him personally, a word that came up a lot was ‘the sweetest,’ " Kimmel, 54, began.
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“Bob was the sweetest, he was the sweetest man, and the reason people wrote that is because it’s true. It’s the best word — if you had to pick one word to describe him, that was it: the sweetest,” he shared.
“I have so many wonderfully kind and supportive texts and emails, calls from Bob. He always had a compliment. He would write sometimes just to tell me he loved me, and I know he did that for many people,” the Emmy Award-winning talk show host said.
“He was so funny,” Kimmel continued, noting that he wasn’t just talking aboutFull House,America’s Funniest Home Videos, or any other projects Saget was a part of.
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“I mean funny for real, like when you walked into a party and you saw Bob and his wifeKelly [Rizzo]in the corner, you go straight to them and stay for as long as you could because he had something funny to say about everything and nothing bad to say about anyone,” added Kimmel.
Kimmel said that after he heard the news of Saget’s passing, he searched through old emails from theFull Housestar, including some “serious” emails about “life and the well-being of our children.”
TheJimmy Kimmel Live!host then pulled out a printed copy of an email from Saget, in which they talked about their children, that read: “One night soon let’s go out and have some meat and some good damn drinks and talk about how lucky we are that we have them.”
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Kimmel also noted that Saget often checked in with him whenhis sonWilliam “Billy” John Kimmelwas in the hospital. He then sent his love to the stand-up comedian’s three daughters — Aubrey, 34, Lara, 32, and Jennifer, 29, whom he shared with ex-wife Sherri Kramer — his wife, and everyone who knew him.
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Saget was found dead in his Ritz-Carlton hotel room in Orlando, Florida, on Sunday following a performance outside of Jacksonville on Saturday night.
Since his death, friends, family members, and costars, includingHow I Met Your MotherstarJosh Radnor,John Mayer,John Stamos, and therest of theFull Housefamilypenned emotional tributes to Saget, writing about the profound effect he had on those who knew him.
“Kelly is completely devastated. Bob was her best friend and the love of her life,“a source told PEOPLEof Saget’s wife. “They were so happy together and so happy that they found each other. They had the best marriage and they connected on such a deep level. She doesn’t know how to go on without him.”
source: people.com
