“What did it smell like specifically?” Kimmel asked.
“So if you mix armpits, ketchup, makeup, and butt, it’s all going to be like that,” he said.
“Is that the Trump formula?” Kimmel said.
“I would say it has a slightly pungent smell,” he said. “You certainly wouldn’t want to bottle it and wear Trump cologne.”
Kinzinger added that people around Trump are afraid to talk about this issue, but it’s a fact, and he’s been there more than once.
Kinzinger caused a stir last year when he tweeted that he was “genuinely surprised” that Trump associates had made no mention of the smell.
“This is truly a sight to behold,” he tweeted to X. “Wear a mask if you can.”
Comedian Kathy Griffin also said last year that Trump failed the smell test, saying the former president had a “distinctive odor.”
Read more of Kimmel and Kinzinger’s conversation below.
