Sometimes, the deepest heartbreak doesn’t come from strangers — it comes from your own family. Molly McNearney, the wife of late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, recently shared how politics tore her family apart.

As head writer and executive producer of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, McNearney has lived through some tense moments in recent years. But nothing, she says, hurt quite like seeing people she loves take sides that felt personal. “I’ve lost relationships with people in my family,” she admitted with emotion.

It all began before the 2024 election, when she sent heartfelt emails to relatives, pleading with them not to vote for Donald Trump. “I’m begging you,” she wrote. “Here are ten reasons not to vote for this guy.” Most never replied. A few sent what she called “truly insane” responses.

The divide deepened when Jimmy Kimmel Live! was briefly taken off the air after Kimmel criticized right-wing reactions to the death of activist Charlie Kirk. For McNearney, it wasn’t just political — it was personal. “To me, them voting for Trump is like not voting for my husband, or for our family,” she said softly.

Despite the pain, she hasn’t lost her empathy. She calls her relatives “deliberately misinformed,” yet admits she still feels sympathy. In the end, politics may have built walls — but her story reminds us that love, even when fractured, still lingers beneath the hurt.