Watch: Jimmy Kimmel Holds Back Tears While Explaining His Son's Medical Condition

<div><p>As the host of his nightly talk show, we all count on Jimmy Kimmel to <a href="https://www.shared.com/united-airlines-new-honest-commercial-will-leave-you-in-stitches/" target="_blank">cheer us up and take our minds off the tougher parts of life</a>. But the TV funnyman got serious last night while discussing his newborn son William "Billy" Kimmel. </p><p>Kimmel, who already has a 2 1/2-year-old daughter with his wife Molly, says that Billy was was born a few weeks ago, and seemed happy and healthy at first.</p><p>But when a very careful nurse noticed the baby had a heart murmur and was turning purple, the comedian found himself living every parent's worst nightmare.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/K3-1.JPG" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p></p><p>Soon, Billy was transferred to the Los Angeles Children's Hospital. He was having trouble breathing, and Kimmel and his wife watched anxiously as doctors ran tests on him.</p><p>It turned out he was born with a blocked valve and a hole in the wall of his heart.</p><p>It took 3 hours of emergency surgery to save Billy's life, and while he's doing better now Kimmel says he will need at least 2 more surgeries. The host was moved to tears as he recounted these stressful events on his show last night.</p><p><strong>Click the next page to watch Jimmy's emotional monologue!</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>Kimmel tried to keep things light as he started his show last night, but the funnyman was choked up multiple times.</p><p>He thanked the nurses and doctors who saved his son, along with his band and his co-host Guillermo who all supported his family through the stressful experience, joking that even his TV nemesis Matt Damon sent flowers.</p><p>Through the tears, Kimmel managed to joke about <a href="https://www.shared.com/jimmy-kimmel-halloween-candy-2075836471/" target="_blank">adjusting to life with 2 young children</a>, including how he made his daughter feel comfortable around the new baby.</p><div><div><div><amp-youtube height="9" width="16" layout="responsive" data-videoid="MmWWoMcGmo0"></amp-youtube></div></div></div><p>Hopefully, there won't be any nasty surprises about Billy's health in the future. This just goes to show that even <a href="https://www.shared.com/17-celebrities-who-tragically-lost-children-2236412641/" target="_blank">Hollywood stars experience heart-breaking tragedies</a>, but its definitely hard to see someone as cheery as Kimmel break down and cry.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/K1.JPG" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/K1_GH_content_550px.JPG 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/K1_GH_content_650px.JPG 650w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p>Thank goodness Kimmel's whole family is healthy and together now, let's all pray that they stay that way!</p><p><strong>Share this story with someone you know!</strong></p><p></p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p></div>