Back in July of 2008 when Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman parted ways, it was rumored that Kimmel was rebounding with a member of his staff, Molly McNearney (pictured above picketing for the writer’s strike in Los Angeles.) The rumors were quickly denied by all involved in the story and it went away.

Thankfully, my mind is a vault for nearly useless information, because when I saw today on People.com that Kimmel is officially and publicly dating a member of his staff named– wait for it– Molly McNearney, I couldn’t help but put the two together. So do you think those interludes of Sarah and Jimmy dating again were a farce and/or appreciated by his girlfriend of a year? I would think not.

However, sources close to the pair say that they seem to be doing well and that they are “really happy together”. Awesome for them, but doesn’t a talk show host hookin’ up with a young, blond staff member sound slightly familiar? The source assures People that, unlike Letterman and his broad, “during work hours, they keep things professional.”

One paragraph I found troubling in the People story was this:

McNearney, 31, who first joined the show’s staff as an assistant to the executive producer in July 2003, began writing on the show in 2006, and was promoted to her current position as co-head writer in May 2008

Uhhh, from assistant to co-head writer in only six years? I guess that happens from time to time, but that sounds like an awfully quick sprint through the ranks to me. Perhaps these two have had a little somethin’ somethin’ going on for longer than they admit to?

There has been a lot of media coverage about Paula Abdul’s contract negotiations for the next season of American Idol.  She’s even Tweeting about how no deal has been reached.  I suspect that there will be a last minute, hail Mary type deal which will ensure at least one more year of  Paula “I Swear There’s Just Water In My Product Placement Coca-Cola Glass” Abdul.  But if it doesn’t pan out the way I and millions of others hope that it will, I think Jimmy Kimmel has a brilliant idea.

On the opening monologue of last night’s show, Kimmel proposed a new game show vehicle for Paula, called What the Fuck is Paula Abdul Talking About?  It was an idea that started out as a joke, but I would actually totally watch that.  Paula, if the money is there, I say “Go for it!”  

Stay tuned to the end of the clip, where Ryan Seacrest briefly appears with a seemingly afro’d child on a spoof promo for Are you Tanner Than A 5th Grader.  Offensive?

I’m completely obsessed with this interview Jamie-Lynn Sigler did on Jimmy Kimmel this week. First off, I’m blown away that she’s still dating Jerry Ferrara. Don’t get me wrong, Jerry seems like a cool guy, but he’s a far cry in the looks department from AJ DiScala or Scott Sartiano. But I guess it didn’t work out with those guys, so she’s trying something different? Whatever makes you happy.

Jamie also dishes about her addiction to Tiger Woods Golf on Xbox, which I find hilarious. She says she plays up to four hours a day, and spends the whole time thinking about things she should be doing. I guess Jerry also has his friends in Brooklyn spying on her on there, so he always knows when she’s wasting a day on Tiger Woods. This is especially amusing to me, because back in LA I dated a guy who did the exact same thing. We’d make plans for the night, and I’d come over at the appointed time, and he would not only not be ready to go out, he’d be stoned and on hour six of a Tiger Woods game. That stuff is like crack.

I’m taking thirty seconds off from my disdain for Jimmy Kimmel, because he was actually sort of amusing, and willing to admit to being the douche that he is, on The View today. Jimmy recently broke up with his awesome on-again-off-again girlfriend, Sarah Silverman, and dressing up like Rosie O’Donnell didn’t keep the nosy ladies of The View from grilling him about it. When they asked him what happened, Jimmy responded: I’m a 41-year-old man with a bra filled with Koosh balls. What do you think happened? I’m an imbecile and she couldn’t date an imbecile anymore.”

Wiser words were never spoken.

Poor Sarah. First her show budget gets crapped on, and now, this.

Despite a reconciliation that gave them both cause for laughs, late-night talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel, 41, and comedian Sarah Silverman, 38, have split.

No reason was revealed for their second breakup. The funny duo dated for five years before they called it quits last July. But they rekindled their relationship just a few months later. “They’re taking it slow,” a source told PEOPLE last fall. “They’re on the road back to being together.”

For my own selfish reasons, I hope there’s another Matt Damon collab in the works but those kinds of things really only happen once in a lifetime.

Sarah Silverman may be unwilling to talk about the status of her relationship with Jimmy Kimmel, but, listen, friends don’t let friends put their hands there. I’m just saying.

Leaving Howard Stern’s wedding.

After breaking all our hearts by splitting up, it looks like Sarah Silverman and Jimmy Kimmel have reconciled, and are back in each other’s hearts and pants.

Cameras caught the two of them holding hands and looking very much together in LA this weekend.

As much as I hate Jimmy Kimmel, this is kind of heart warming. It’s like when I heard Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling got back together. You just hate to see true love broken apart.

As much as I hate Jimmy Kimmel — and I can’t even quite recall why anymore, but I’m certain I do — I have to give him some props for this hilarious interview with Lauren Conrad.

Just start around 4:05 and don’t stop until it’s over. Honestly. Don’t stop until it ends. You have to watch the clip of The Hills they run at the very end. The whole thing is LOL-tastic.

Here’s a spoiler: Jimmy forces her to watch one of Heidi Montag’s music videos.

God bless tipsters.

Gawker’s got one that says Jimmy Kimmel’s already getting into the pants of one Molly McNearney, who’s been promoted rapidly from assistant to head writer on Jimmy Kimmel Live. She’s pictured above.

Ah, sleeping your way to the top. A time-honored tradition. At least Sarah Silverman had the dignity to be an established comedian before she let Jimmy stick it in her.

Oh, and in case I haven’t mentioned it yet today, Jimmy Kimmel sucks.

The long-term Hollywood couple — you’ll recall Jimmy left his wife for Sarah about five years back — have called it quits.

“Jimmy and Sarah have no further comment,” said Kimmel’s publicist, although both Jimmy & Sarah’s publicists did confirm the break-up.

I’d be sad here, but I think Sarah rocks and I think Jimmy’s a piece of shit, so I’m happy about this.

I DO wanna know what went wrong, though.

Check out Hugh Hefner on Jimmy Kimmel.

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