LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jimmy Kimmel is no defender of democracy.

At least he turned down the title when a reporter suggested he might be.

“Those are heavy thoughts and I have a tendency to to reject them,” he said backstage this weekend at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards . “I don’t really feel like I’m defending democracy.”

He said he’s doing something much smaller when he lays into President Donald Trump.

“I’m giving this guy a little poke, and he deserves it, and I enjoy it, and I hope that people enjoy it too,” Kimmel said.

As the 57-year-old TV personality spoke he was holding his fourth Primetime Emmy Award , this one for best game show host for his helming of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” He’s up for another Sunday for “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

Kimmel is, undoubtedly though, a defender

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