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Billy's helping me write tonight's monologue. I'll give our thoughts on the #GrahamCassidy health \"care\" bill. @BillCassidy @LindseyGrahamSC pic.twitter.com/IOmJ4am5D7

— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) September 19, 2017

Kimmel said Billy is currently doing well, and described his son as \"very smiley\" and \"very cute.\"

\"We're getting ready to have another operation,\" Kimmel added of his son.

\"We needed him to just get big because it makes an operation easier,\" he added. \"A bigger heart is easier to operate on. And he's been doing very well with that.\"

Thanks to all who stood up and spoke out from this happy guy and his less-fortunate friends #GoodbyeGrahamCassidy pic.twitter.com/8QyavZElxu

— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) September 26, 2017

When asked by Robach what made him veer from his usual comedy routines to tackling issues such as the health care, Kimmel said that it wasn't \"something that I discussed with anyone, other than my wife.\"

\"But I did know that I had to say something when I came back,\" he said. \"I'd been talking about the fact that my wife was pregnant for some time. And then all of a sudden, I was gone for a week.\"

Kimmel also explained his swift reaction when President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., questioned why he didn’t immediately speak publicly on Harvey Weinstein, the powerful movie producer now facing dozens of accusations of sexual misconduct.

Thoughts on Harvey Weinstein? #askingforafriend https://t.co/iyHhvrlDXO

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) October 7, 2017

Great I look forward to your monologues next week. You're probably due for a change if only for a moment or two. https://t.co/hoEbRApHeT

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) October 7, 2017

“Harvey Weinstein is … not a friend of mine. I'm not in the movie business,” said Kimmel, who added that Trump Jr.’s “job seems to be tweeting.”

“And I'll add that story came out, like, I think moments before we went to tape on Thursday, and we didn't have a show on Friday,” Kimmel continued.

Kimmel discussed the allegations against Weinstein on his show Monday. He called it “convenient” that Trump Jr., as well as pro-gun advocates, are criticizing his reactions to Weinstein and the recent Las Vegas mass shooting. “Now what they’re doing now is they're trying to drag up any kind … take any comedy bit I did out of context and use it as some kind of proof,” he said. “They're saying that I'm calling myself the moral conscience of America, which I most certainly never did and most certainly never would.”

Kimmel said that fans can expect some \"surprises\" from his Brooklyn shows.

\"We have some people that are going to show up. We have some events that I think will be meaningful to tell people about,\" he added. \"We hope it'll be a great week.\"

The first of the five \"Jimmy Kimmel Live: Back to Brooklyn\" shows will air on Monday, Oct. 16, on ABC.

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PHOTO: Comedian Jimmy Kimmel opens up about his new shows in Brooklyn in an interview with ABC News' Amy Robach, Oct. 13, 2017.
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ABC News' Lesley Messer contributed to this report

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