Steve Harveyis opening up about theBob Sagethe knew when the cameras were off.
During an appearance onJimmy Kimmel Live! Monday, the 64-year-old television host and comedian reflected on his friendship with Saget, whodied on Sundayat age 65. TheFamily Feudstar said he received an email from Saget just days before his death requesting he join theFull Housestar on a podcast.
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“My staff just told me today, he just emailed me two days ago and they read the email to me this morning and he wanted me to come do this new podcast he had, man. He really respected the moral stances that I take. He was just talking about all the good times we had and they read the email to me. It was a little hard. He was a great dude. Great dude.”
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“Bob had the darkest sense of humor of any nice person I ever met. … Shocking dark, and not just profane, but also twisted and very fun to experience,” Kimmel explained.
In apre-taped opening monologueon Monday, the late-night talk show host got emotional while paying tribute to Saget.
“If you’ve read anything about Bob online last night, if you saw any of the many thoughts from people who knew him personally, a word that came up a lot was ‘the sweetest,’ " said Kimmel.
“Bob was the sweetest, he was the sweetest man, and the reason people wrote that is because it’s true. It’s the best word — if you had to pick one word to describe him, that was it: the sweetest,” he shared.
TheAmerica’s Funniest Home Videosstar was found dead in his Ritz-Carlton hotel room in Orlando, Florida, on Sunday following a performance outside of Jacksonville on Saturday night.
source: people.com
