I can't believe I fell for this stuff yesterday. I now realize the interview with a librarian, who can't recall the title of a single book, is a tell. So I just googled fake Jimmy Kimmel, and sure enough:
It's All Fun and Games 'til Jimmy Kimmel Ruins Everything
Quote:
Mashable also talked with someone who claims the show altered her answers in the Coachella edition of the series. Due to professional circumstances, she requested to preserve her anonymity for this story.
"It was fake. They replaced some of the band names in post and also used my description of other groups/bands as answers to other questions," she said. The participant claims that the filming crew explained what was happening halfway through the interview, and was asked to "play along."
"I figured, "Why not?
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On the one hand, fake is far better than deliberately humiliating unwitting interviewees. On the other, I'm glad I read books rather than watch TV.