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Jimmy Kimmel's Troll Campaign Against Roy Moore Sets Twitter Ablaze

© AFP 2023 / Mark RALSTONHost Jimmy Kimmel delivers a speech on stage at the 89th Oscars on February 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California
Host Jimmy Kimmel delivers a speech on stage at the 89th Oscars on February 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California - Sputnik International
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Celebrity comic Jimmy Kimmel unleashed a massive reaction on social media after unapologetically trolling Judge Roy Moore.

It all started two weeks ago when Kimmel, who hosts Jimmy Kimmel Live!, an American late-night talk show took a swing at Roy Moore, a controversial Republican candidate running for the seat in the US Senate from Alabama.

Moore is being accused by a string of women of sexually harassing them when they were underage, whilst the judge was in his 30s.

READ MORE: Roy Moore 'Should Step Aside' Amid Sex Allegations — Speaker Ryan

"He was reportedly so flirtatious with young girls when he was in his thirties they put him on a watch list at the mall," Kimmel said, addressing his audience.

"I want you to think about that for a second, how does a man in his thirties get on a watch list at the mall? What man in his thirties is even willingly going to the mall in the first place?"

The trolling against the Trump-backed Republican candidate only continued when comedian Tony Barbieri, who works for Jimmy Kimmel Live!, crashed  Moore's church rally this Thursday.

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Tony Barbieri, who went to the gathering, as his stage persona Jake Byrd, was recorded wearing a "Gimme Moore" t-shirt with the Republican's face on it, shouting his support for Moore, whose speech was being interrupted by protesters outside the church.

"The judge is a man's man", Byrd shouted back to the protesting crowds.

"Does that look like the face of a molester?"

Barbieri was then escorted by  security out of the church for his eccentric behavior.

"They're kicking out your number one fan, judge." he shouted to Moore as he was being dragged out.

"Does that look like the face of someone who hits on teenage girls?"

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Moore did not take kindly to Kimmel's continuous trolling, re-tweeting a provocative Brietbart article by his own senior adviser.

"If Kimmel wants to mock our Christian values, he should come down here and do it man to man instead of hiding behind a camera in Hollywood," the headline read.

This, however, only encouraged further ridicule from Jimmy, who promised to visit Alabama, when Moore "gets some Christian values."

In a follow-up video, Kimmel also said that he is a practicing Christian and that at his Church, "forcing yourself on underaged girls is a no-no."

"Some even consider it to be a sin!"

The reply sparked a hilarious Twitter reaction.

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