Jimmy Kimmel Jokes His Wife Tries to Avoid Sex Every Valentine’s Day: ‘It’s Our Annual Tradition’ (Exclusive)

While Jimmy Kimmel may be getting his share of chocolate this Valentine’s Day, he admits he often asks his wife for a different kind of sugar!

While talking to PEOPLE about his favorites in Las Vegas ahead of the 2024 Super Bowl, the late-night host opens up about the romantic rituals he and his wife, Molly McNearney, undertake for the romantic getaway.

“When we had children, our Valentine’s Day changed significantly,” he explains. “Now we have dinner at home with the children and our tradition is chocolate fondue at the end of the meal, so we melt the chocolate and dip the fruit into it.”

He jokes: “Then my wife tries to avoid sex. It’s our annual tradition.”

Jimmy Kimmel and Molly McNearney.

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Kimmell and McNearney worked together six years later Jimmy Kimmel Live! before their workplace chemistry led to real-life romance.

As a writer and executive producer of the series, McNearney developed a friendship with Kimmel while the two dated other people. Eventually, they both became single, and after the late-night host prepared a meal of McNearney’s favorite foods, the couple made their relationship official. They got engaged on a safari in Africa and married in 2013 in Ojai, California.

During a podcast appearance Brainless In 2020, Kimmel admitted that work often interfered with his family life with McNearney.

“Sometimes I’ll dream a joke or think about something in the middle of the night and then, because I can’t hold it in, I’ll wait until she stirs and then I’ll tell her what I’ve been thinking [up],” he said. “Deep in my skull, I’m thinking to myself, ‘This is her job, so it’s okay for me to do it.’ That’s how I rationalize it.”

Jimmy Kimmel and Molly McNearney with their children. Stefanie Keenan/Getty Jimmy Kimmel wishes wife Molly a happy Mother’s Day — and jokes about their ‘strange little people’

Since then, McNearney and Kimmel have had two children together, daughter Jane (9) and son William “Billy” John (6). The television personality also has two children from his first marriage with Gina Kimmel, Katie (32) and Kevin (30). .

Elsewhere in his conversation with PEOPLE, Kimmel revealed that he and Kevin have their own Super Bowl Sunday tradition. Although the father-son duo usually watch the big games on TV, this year they will be rooting for their favorite teams in person.

“I’m not sure who I’m hoping to win,” he said of the upcoming game between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers. “I’ll probably bet on the game right before. Every team has its appeal, but I’m not sure who I’m rooting for yet.”

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Super Bowl LVIII will take place on Sunday, February 11, beginning at 6:30 PM ET on CBS.

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