In a late-night takedown that’s left the Vice President-elect red-faced and rage-tweeting into the void, Jimmy Kimmel unleashed holy hell on JD Vance last night, December 6, 2025, transforming the Ohio senator’s already infamous donut-shop disaster into a parody ad so brutally accurate that Vance’s attempts to clap back only fueled the fire. “JD walks around like he’s the smartest guy in every room – until a cashier asks what he wants and he short-circuits,” Kimmel cackled to a roaring studio audience, before rolling a star-studded spoof starring Haley Joel Osment as a dead-ringer Vance: heavy eyeliner, robotic stare, and social skills dialed to full awkward. The bit – which has already clocked 18 million views across platforms in under 24 hours – had Osment’s Vance cutting lines, punching bakery cases, and dropping lines like “How long you been Black?” and “When do you spawn?” to a pregnant customer. The internet? Absolute pandemonium. Memes, stitches, and slow-mo replays are flooding timelines, with even MAGA die-hards admitting the resemblance is uncanny. And when Vance tried to brush it off as “nothing happened,” Kimmel eviscerated him live: “Your ratings are somewhere between a hair in your salad and chlamydia.” Game, set, meltdown.

Let’s rewind to the original sin that started it all: that excruciating August 2024 campaign stop at a Holt’s Donuts in Valdosta, Georgia. Fresh off his VP nod, Vance – in a desperate bid to shed the “Hillbilly Elegy elitist” tag – strolled into the shop with cameras rolling, determined to prove he’s just a regular Joe who loves glazed goods. What ensued was pure social cyanide. Approaching a bewildered cashier behind the glass, Vance leaned in with that trademark blank stare and asked, “How long you worked here?” No matter her answer, he nodded robotically: “Good.” Then, staring at the trays like they were quantum physics, he muttered the now-immortal line: “Gimme… whatever makes sense.” The workers exchanged glances that screamed “Is this guy okay?” while Vance plowed on with more stiff small talk, ordering a dozen assorted before posing for the most uncomfortable group photo in political history. The clip went mega-viral overnight, spawning #WhateverMakesSense hashtags and endless edits of Vance as a malfunctioning android. “It was like watching a hostage video, but the hostage is charisma,” one X user quipped at the time.

Fast-forward to Kimmel’s masterclass in mockery. The ABC host, never one to let low-hanging fruit rot, recruited Haley Joel Osment – the former child star of The Sixth Sense, now 37 and sporting an uncanny Vance vibe with that sharp jaw and haunted gaze – to reincarnate the senator as “JD Glazed.” The parody ad, styled like a dystopian campaign spot titled “JD Vance: Man of the People,” opens with Osment’s Vance barging into a donut shop, eyeliner thick enough to make Timothée Chalamet jealous. He cuts straight to the front, punches through the display case like a budget Hulk, and starts interrogating customers with robotic precision: To a Black employee: “How long you been Black?” To a pregnant woman cradling her belly: “When do you spawn?” To a bewildered kid: “You must be the father.” The pièce de résistance? Osment’s Vance staring blankly at the menu before declaring, “I’ll take… whatever makes sense,” then grabbing a box and muttering “Good” to no one in particular. The studio audience lost it; Kimmel wheezed through tears: “Haley didn’t even have to act – he just watched the tape and channeled pure Vance energy!”

The internet detonated like a sugar bomb. Within hours, #JDVanceDonuts was the No. 1 U.S. trend, with 2.8 million posts and counting. TikTok teens stitched Osment’s lines over everything from job interviews to first dates; one viral edit swapped Vance’s face onto Data from Star Trek, captioned “Fully functional… socially.” The eyeliner jokes resurfaced with a vengeance – “JD’s Smokey Eye Game Stronger Than His People Skills” trended alongside revived couch memes. Even Osment leaned in, posting a deadpan selfie in character: “I see cringey people.” Late-night rivals piled on: Stephen Colbert dubbed it “the most accurate political satire since Tina Fey’s Palin,” while Seth Meyers quipped, “JD Vance walks into a donut shop… and somehow leaves looking less human than the donuts.”

Vance, holed up in his Senate office pre-transition frenzy, tried to play it cool at first. On Truth Social, he fired off: “Another night, another nothing-burger from Hollywood elitists. Kimmel’s ratings are in the toilet – nobody watches!” It was classic deflection, but Kimmel was ready. Back on air the next segment, the host read Vance’s post aloud before unleashing the kill shot: “JD, buddy, your approval ratings right now are somewhere between a hair in your salad and chlamydia. And guess what? People still ate the salad.” The crowd erupted; cut to a graphic of Vance’s favorability plummeting on screen. Vance’s follow-up? A furious Fox News hit where he called the bit “racist, sexist, and beneath the office I’m about to hold.” But the internet wasn’t buying: “Bro, you made it weird first,” one top reply read, liked 300k times.

The fallout’s been brutal and bipartisan. Progressive outlets like The Daily Beast hailed it as “the roast Vance deserved,” while even some conservative commentators – hello, The Bulwark – admitted the parody “nailed the awkwardness.” Vance’s team reportedly scrambled crisis PR, with one aide leaking to Axios that the senator “hates being the punchline more than policy fights.” Memes have evolved into merch: Etsy’s flooded with “Whatever Makes Sense” mugs and “Spawn Date?” tees. And the couch jokes? They’re back with a vengeance, layered atop fresh eyeliner burns – one viral Photoshop has Vance on a couch, heavily lined eyes staring at a box of donuts labeled “Human Interaction.”

As Vance preps for his January 20, 2025, swearing-in alongside Trump – a transition already chaotic with cabinet musical chairs – this Kimmel carnage is the unwelcome sideshow. Sources close to Mar-a-Lago whisper Trump himself found the parody “hilarious – but don’t tell JD,” reportedly texting aides: “Our guy needs to loosen up… or at least learn to order breakfast.” For Kimmel, it’s ratings gold: last night’s episode spiked 42% in the key demo, proving America still loves a good political evisceration.

In the end, Vance’s donut debacle wasn’t just a gaffe – it was a mirror. And thanks to Kimmel and Osment, the whole country’s staring into it, laughing through the cringe. JD may act like the smartest guy in the room, but right now? He’s the guy who can’t even order a dozen without short-circuiting the internet. Whatever makes sense, Senator – maybe skip the pastries next time.