Don Johnson Stuns Jimmy Kimmel With Wild Story About Johnny Depp, Hunter S. Thompson And “Shotguns Loaded With Blanks”

Published Nov. 8, 2024, 3:47 p.m. ET

Don Johnson took a travel down prank representation lane connected Thursday night’s (Nov. 7) Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Host Jimmy Kimmel, who is neighbors pinch nan Miami Vice alum’s girl Dakota Johnson, told Don that Dakota had informed him that he was neighbors pinch nan precocious writer Hunter S. Thompson increasing up. Don shared that “Hunter was for illustration [his] champion friend for 25 years,” and, for illustration his daughter, “would ever propulsion pranks and stuff.”

Kimmel was past reminded of a communicative he heard from Johnny Depp, prompting his impermanent to capable successful nan blanks.

“I called complete to Hunter’s to spot if he had immoderate weed. Of people he had, I deliberation a ton retired back,” Don quipped, per Page Six. “So I said, ‘Listen, I’m gonna travel complete and get immoderate weed because I sewage a small group of group here.’ So he said, ‘Sure, yeah, travel connected over.'”

Don sent his adjunct complete to unafraid nan goods, who, according to his retelling, “drives up into Hunter’s driveway, and Johnny Depp and Hunter were hiding down Hunter’s car pinch shotguns loaded pinch blanks.”

“My adjunct sewage retired of nan car, and they some jumped retired and said, ‘Die mother!'” Don shared, proceeding to imitate nan sound of nan shotguns. “And blasted. And my assistant, God bless him, he peed his pants.”

Kimmel joked “that’s nan slightest point [he] would do successful [his] pants” earlier asking if nan adjunct is “still with” Don, who replied, “Oh, no.”

Kimmel past asked, “Is that adjunct still pinch us?”

Don said, “I deliberation he’s still pinch us. I’m not judge successful what benignant of intelligence condition.”

Depp, who had a adjacent narration pinch Thompson, antecedently portrayed him successful Fear and Loathing successful Las Vegas (1998) and The Rum Diary (2011), nan second of which came retired six years aft Thompson’s decease by termination successful 2005.

Jimmy Kimmel Live! airs connected weeknights astatine 11:35/10:35c connected ABC.