In a photo with Kimmel from later that night, Brunson seemed to take the joke pretty well — and even got a little revenge.
“I know Jimmy Kimmel, and I don’t know, I feel like the bit didn’t bother me that much. I don’t know what the internet thinks,” she said at the time, adding that Kimmel had given her her"first big late-night spot.""He was one of the first people to see 'Abbott Elementary.' He was the first person to message me on Instagram. He was so excited it was going to be on ABC," she said."I was happy it was Jimmy. He’s one of the comedy godfathers.
Brunson added that she was slated to be on Kimmel's show on Sept. 14, so there was still time for her to get mad.Entertainment Tonight"It was one of the weirdest things that’s ever happened to me,” Kimmel said, going on to congratulate Brunson for her hit show. “She is so unbelievably talented. And I saw her pilot before it came out on ABC, and I wrote to her, and I was like, ‘I don’t know how we got this, but congratulations. You made a pilot that any network would be ecstatic to get,’” Kimmel said, adding “She’s a lovely person as well.”
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