Jimmy Kimmel has been one of TV's staple late night hosts for years. However, the host revealed that he was “very intent” on retiring prior to the ongoing WGA strike.

During an episode of his new Spotify podcast [via People], Strike Force Five, which features other late night hosts Jimmy Fallon, Seth Myers, Stephen Colbert, and John Oliver, Kimmel revealed he nearly retired before the WGA strike.

“I was very intent on retiring around the time where the strike started [May 2],” Kimmel revealed. “And now I realize, oh yeah, it's kind of nice to work.”

Myers jumped in, “Kimmel, c'mon, you are the Tom Brady of late night… you have feigned retirement… Are we to take you at your word?”

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He replied, “I was serious, I was very, very serious.”

The Strike Force Five podcast was announced earlier this week. All five late night hosts talk about the strikes and more. The WGA strike has been going on since May 2. Simultaneously, the SAG-AFTRA strike is going on.

Jimmy Kimmel has been hosting his self-titled late night show since it premiered on ABC in 2003. Prior to landing that gig, which has now gone on for two decades, he was a co-host of Comedy Central shows The Man Show and Win Ben Stein's Money. Like him or not, Kimmel appears everywhere — even hosting the Oscars on three occasions (2017, 2018, and 2023).

Additionally, Kimmel has made his way into Hollywood on a few occasions. He has appeared as himself in the likes of Pitch Perfect 2 and Ted 2, but he had voice roles in The Boss Baby (and its sequel), Teen Titans Go! To the Movies, and PAW Patrol: The Movie.