Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. on Finding Larry David & Jimmy Kimmel’s Roots & How He Started His Show

Henry talks about Larry David finding out his distant relatives owned slaves, Jimmy’s deep German roots, Larry’s DNA results revealing that he’s related to Senator Bernie Sanders, and Jimmy’s distant cousin is Martha Stewart, Jimmy and Larry being miracles based on their family history, starting his show to help Black people find their roots, why he started doing it for white people, LL Cool J’s surprising discovery, and booking Julia Louis Dreyfus for the new season. SUBSCRIBE to get the latest #Kimmel: http://bit.ly/JKLSubscribe Follow Jimmy Kimmel on Instagram: https://bit.ly/KimmelInstagram Follow Jimmy Kimmel Live on Instagram: http://bit.ly/JKLInstagram Follow Jimmy Kimmel Live on TikTok: https://bit.ly/JKLTikTok Like Jimmy Kimmel on Facebook: http://bit.ly/KimmelFB Like Jimmy Kimmel Live on Facebook: http://bit.ly/JKLFacebook Visit the Jimmy Kimmel Live Website : http://bit.ly/JKLWebsite About Jimmy Kimmel Live: Jimmy Kimmel serves as host and executive producer of Emmy® nominated “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” ABC’s late-night talk show. “Jimmy Kimmel Live” is well known for its viral video successes, with over 16 billion views and more than 19 million subscribers on the show’s YouTube channel. Some of Kimmel’s most popular comedy bits include Celebrities Read Mean Tweets, Lie Witness News, Halloween Candy YouTube Challenge, Jimmy and Cousin Sal pranking Aunt Chippy and music stars like Rihanna and Dua Lipa surprising Jimmy in the middle of the night.