Overview
- On the We Can Do Hard Things podcast, McNearney said she has lost relationships with relatives who back President Trump and views their votes as a rejection of her immediate family.
- She described growing up in a conservative St. Louis household, said her politics shifted as an adult, and recalled emailing relatives before the 2024 election pleading with them not to vote for Trump.
- McNearney said the divide leaves her feeling persistently angry, though she expressed some sympathy for relatives she believes are being deliberately misinformed.
- She and Kimmel recounted telling their children the show was suspended, saying their daughter burst into tears and their son asked if the president was responsible, a question they answered yes to.
- The couple’s disclosures followed September’s backlash over Kimmel’s monologue about Charlie Kirk’s killing, when Nexstar and Sinclair preempted the show, an FCC commissioner criticized the comments, and Disney suspended then restored the program within about a week.