Detailing his recent trip to the Emerald Isle alongside his family, the Jimmy Kimmel Live host discussed the glaring differences he noticed between Ireland’s election process and the one they’ve become accustomed to Stateside.
The newly reinstated late-night talk show host also chatted about the perception of US politics abroad, stating that the Irish seemed "very, very worried" about our friends across the pond.
"We didn’t know it until we got there, but we were there during their presidential election, Friday was their election, and no one seemed terrified," the broadcaster joked.
Sharing an image of Ms Connolly and Ms Humphreys shaking hands following the "Prime Time" debate, Kimmel was aghast at how amicable the pair seemed.
Presidential candidates Catherine Connolly and Heather Humphreys at RTE for the "Prime Time" live debate, which was be the final debate ahead of the election.
"What about this photograph seems different to you?" he queried the audience.
"Two women, yes, that’s a big one, but also the day before the election, sharing a warm embrace.
"Connolly won, and get this, her opponent said 'Catherine will be a president for all of us and she will be my president and I really would like to wish her all the very, very best,' two verys, no caps, no whining about the election being rigged," he further joked.
"Makes you wonder what’s wrong with these people," the host laughed, garnering a rapturous applause from the audience.
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Catherine Connolly was officially elected the 10th President of Ireland over the weekend.
The independent candidate, who was backed by a number of left-wing parties, beat Fine Gael’s Heather Humphreys comfortably by 63.3% to Ms Humphreys’ 29.5%.
Jim Gavin, who was set to run on the Fianna Fáil ticket before sensationally withdrawing from the race, still received a number of votes since he was still on the ballot due to a technicality, with him ending up with 7.2% of the vote.
Photo shows Independent winning presidential candidate supported by a united left alliance Catherine Connolly with being congratulted by Heather Humphreys and Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin in Dublin Castle.
The number of spoiled votes was also unprecedented compared to previous elections, with 213,738 of the votes being spoiled. Some of the boxes in some constituencies, particularly in parts of Dublin where Ms Humphreys was expected to do well, had more spoiled votes than votes for her — but Ms Connolly ended up the winner in those constituencies.
Ms Humphreys conceded the election to Ms Connolly shortly after 2pm as counts continued, with her congratulating Ms Connolly on her victory.
Ms Connolly was endorsed by a number of left-wing parties, including Sinn Féin, the Social Democrats, Labour and People Before Profit.
* This article was originally published on Extra.ie.
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