Choking back tears, Jimmy Kimmel brought his adorable, nearly eight-month-old son, Billy, out on stage last night (December 11). While the baby seemed poker-faced, the sensitive late-night comedian was anything but.
“Daddy cries on TV, but Billy doesn’t,” joked Kimmel, as he explained that he was absent last week from the show because Billy was having another heart surgery at Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles, to help repair a congenital heart defect. The little guy was diagnosed with multiple heart defects just a few hours after he was born and had to undergo the first of many heart surgeries he will need during his lifetime. 
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Kimmel was obviously so proud of his dapper-dressed son?who, by the way, seemed totally unfazed by the audience, the applause, and all the excitement. Thankfully, the surgery went perfectly: “He’s fine everybody! He may have pooped, but he’s fine. In fact, the doctors say he’s on track to win a bronze.”
Since Billy’s first surgery, Kimmel has become a vocal advocate for affordable healthcare and last night he went on to make a passionate plea for viewers to show supp...