‘Kimmel Live’ Star Guillermo Apologizes for Rescue Dogs Ending Up at Shelter

Jimmy Kimmel‘s late-evening sidekick, Guillermo Rodriguez, is in the doghouse with a rescue agency that suggests two pups he adopted ended up at a shelter, but he suggests the entire ordeal started with a misunderstanding within his spouse and children.

Mutt Scouts, a doggy rescue team centered in SoCal, tells TMZ … Guillermo adopted two chihuahuas — Chase and Rey — back again in 2021 when they had been just puppies. He was stoked about the addition to his household, posting pictures of them on IG soon just after receiving them.

Nevertheless, Mutt Scouts claims they lately received a get in touch with from an animal shelter in the L.A. place … stating the dogs ended up surrendered to them by an unnamed girl. The shelter named Mutt Scouts since both equally pups ended up microchipped and registered to the org prior to Guillermo adopting them.

Mutt Scouts provided TMZ a copy of the deal Guillermo signed just before adopting — which says the rescue would be the initial stage of make contact with to enable rehome the canine if he no extended wanted the dogs or could not treatment for them.

The org took to social media this week to contact him out, and some ‘Kimmel’ fans have been pissed and mentioned Guillermo’s past write-up with the canines is no extended on his web site.

Guillermo tells TMZ … this all begun when he was questioned to get care of his grandmother’s big doggy for the reason that she’s battling dementia. At the same time, he went in for knee surgical procedure … so his stepsister experienced to view Chase, Rey and grandma’s big dog.

He suggests his stepsister panicked the big pet was going to damage the two chihuahuas, and that’s when she made a decision to take them to the shelter. When Guillermo identified out, he says he straight away advised her she’d make a big slip-up. He understood they must have absent to Mutt Scouts and states he contacted the team on Friday and said he “was sorry from the base of his heart.”

Mutt Scouts tells us they hope Guillermo’s circumstance is a teachable second for any one seeking to adopt a pet. It really is regular treatment for adopted animals to be returned to the rescue company if the operator can for a longer period care for them.

Chase and Rey are now with Mutt Scouts, which is hoping to find a new home for them. Mutt Scouts tells us Guillermo created a $5k donation to aid them treatment for the pups in the interim.