Emotional Bob Saget tribute sees Jimmy Kimmel struggle to maintain composure on his late-night show

Jimmy Kimmel struggled to keep his composure during a heartfelt tribute to his friend and fellow comedian Bob Saget on his late-night show Monday.

An emotional Kimmel took to his late-night stage prior to his audience showing up for the night to discuss his friend and what he meant to him and the world. 

"If you've read anything about Bob online last night, if you saw any of the many thoughts from people who knew him personally, a word that came up a lot was 'the sweetest,'" Kimmel, 54, began. "Bob was the sweetest, he was the sweetest man, and the reason people wrote that is because it's true. It's the best word — if you had to pick one word to describe him, that was it: the sweetest."