Obviously he was referring to Jay Leno, the ex-Tonight Show host who, just six months ago, was still grumbling about the time Kimmel “humiliated” him on his own show. AdvertisementNow Leno has been asked to weigh in on the controversy during an appearance on Spike's Car Radio, hosted by former Seinfeld writer Spike Feresten. “That was the perfect scandal, because ‘Oooh, it’s naughty.’ It’s that kind of deal. AdvertisementOf course the President didn’t enlist the FCC to go after Leno in his ‘90s, because his meanest jokes targeted someone who had absolutely no political power to abuse! Leno also theorized that “the weird thing about any of this is, if the joke is really funny, it’s okay.