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'Fox & Friends' Tried Booking Dead Celebrity For Interview, And Jimmy Kimmel Has The Receipts - NewsBreak

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Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows you’re dead, to borrow slightly from the “Cheerstheme song.

But apparently that wouldn’t be Fox News.

Host Jimmy Kimmel this week alleged that “Fox & Friends” sent an email to representatives of the late “Cheers” star Kirstie Alley requesting an interview with her to discuss castmate George Wendt’s death this week ― and Kimmel showed the apparent proof. (Watch the video below.)

“This is an exclusive,“ Kimmel said Wednesday. ”This is an e-mail I obtained from a source. ... This was sent from a talent booker at ‘Fox & Friends’ yesterday to the people who represented Kirstie Alley.”

“The names have been blurred to protect the stupid,” the host added before reading the request.

“We would love to have Kirstie Alley on tomorrow morning’s show, May 21st, to talk about George Wendt,” the note read. “It would be a 3-5 minute interview sometime between 6-9 am ET. Please let me know if she’s available!”

Kimmel said, “Sadly, Kirstie Alley is not available because she, too, passed away three years ago. Just like most of the viewers at Fox News.”

HuffPost reached out to representatives for Fox News and “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and a former publicist for Alley, who played Rebecca Howe on the sitcom classic from 1987 to 1993. She died in 2022.

Wendt, who played beer-loving Norm, died on Tuesday.

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