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Meg Ryan reminisces about trip to Dildo with 'unofficial mayor' Jimmy Kimmel

American actress Meg Ryan and late-night host Jimmy Kimmel reminisce about their shared experiences with the residents of Dildo.

In 2019 American late night host Jimmy Kimmel was proclaimed towns unofficial mayor

A woman sits on a couch and smiles.
Actor Meg Ryan appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Wednesday night. (ABC)

Earlier this week, actorMeg Ryan appeared on American late night show Jimmy Kimmel Liveand shegot to talking abouta trip she made to Dildo, N.L.,almost 20 years ago.

The Trinity Bay outportwith the eyebrow-raising name has been a favourite topic for Kimmel for several years.In 2019, he was named the honorary mayor of Dildo, featuring the town on his show and sending down staffer and comedian Guillermo Rodriguez. As a local service district committee, Dildo does not have an actualmayor.

Ryan was on the show with David Duchovnyon Wednesday night to promote their new romantic comedy, What Happens Later, andKimmel asked her about a photo she took.

The black and whitephotograph was ofthe late Carrie Fisher, her daughter Billie Lourd and stepsonHarperSimon posing in front of a Dildo sign.

"You're not in this photograph, but it's meaningful to me. Look at that. Because you're in the town of Dildo, which is in Newfoundland," Kimmel said during the program.

Ryan explained Fisher, who diedin 2016, wrote a travel article forthe New York Times in 2005 about a trip to Newfoundland. Ryan tagged along as a photographer.

"We shopped a lot. We got merch. I got, like, a T-shirt with a big happy face and then the name of the town underneath," recalled Ryan.

During the interview, Kimmel mentioned he was Dildo's honorary mayor but that he hadn't visited yet, explaining, "I heard it takes three flights to get there and that's just too many flights."

Ryan also had fun with N.L. names, saying Dildo is near Conception Harbour and across from Spread Eagle.

Kimmel noted he and his team had donated a Hollywood-style sign for the town and people had travelled there to bephotographed in front of it.

Sign on hill saying Dildo
Jimmy Kimmel sent a Hollywood-style sign to Dildo that has become an attraction. (Mark Quinn/CBC)

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