Jimmy Kimmel is filming a week of “Jimmy Kimmel Live” shows in Brooklyn, and the program includes an interaction with Brooklyn Mayor Zohran Mamdani. According to reports, Kimmel asked Mamdani to text Donald Trump a selfie of them together, but the mayor refused.
Variety and Rolling Stone describe the same basic sequence: Kimmel’s show is back in Brooklyn for a run at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, where he is filming multiple episodes. Both outlets also frame the selfie request as part of the show’s engagement with local public figures. While the stories agree on the refusal, they focus primarily on different surrounding details of the broadcast context—Variety emphasizes Kimmel’s history with filming in Brooklyn, while Rolling Stone spotlights the refusal itself as the central moment.
The accounts therefore align on what happens publicly—Kimmel requests a texted selfie to Trump and Mamdani declines—while differing in the amount of background provided about Kimmel’s Brooklyn appearances and the broader setup for the week’s performances.
