World-famous drag queen Trixie Mattel appeared on Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show to read a book to kids, as drag queens do. And the book she read was one "written" by Donald Trump's "least favorite son," Eric Trump. Trixie held up a copy of Eric Trump's Under Siege and told the kids: "Hey listen, we have to pay respect because this ghost writer worked really hard on this."
How long after the initial episode where you made the comments about the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the Monday episode, did you realize there was a problem?
So I go into the bathroom, and I'm on the phone with the ABC executives, and they say, 'Listen, we want to take the temperature down. We're concerned about what you're going to say tonight,'
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Here is my last point on Kimmel. If Kimmel came on and apologized like this the day after his remarks he probably wouldn't have been suspended. But by all accounts he wanted to double down. Again for the billionth time this isn't a free speech issue. He works for Mickey Mouse on NETWORK TV. Nobody said he was going to jail.
Where has all the leadership gone? If not for university presidents, law firm managing partners, and corporate chief executives standing up against bullies, who then will step up for the first amendment? The 'suspending indefinitely' of Jimmy Kimmel immediately after the Chairman of the FCC's aggressive yet hollow threatening of the Disney Company is yet another example of out-of-control intimidation.
It was never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man. I don't think there's anything funny about it.... Nor was it my intention to blame any specific group for the actions of what - it was obviously a deeply disturbed individual. That was really the opposite of the point I was trying to make. But I understand that to some, that felt either ill-timed or unclear, or maybe both. And for those who think I did point a finger, I get why you're upset. If the situation was reversed, there's a good chance I'd have felt the same way.
Yes, Jimmy got emotional. So what. He's emotional for himself because he almost torched his entire career. Kimmel is an unrepentant liar who tried to blame Charlie's assassination on the part of the country that just spent the last 2 weeks praying and holding vigils. What he's really saying is that he still thinks it's fair game to slander conservatives. He would rather advance his own political and cultural agenda than confront the truth.
The late-night host's show returned after a brief suspension over comments regarding Charlie Kirk. In case you missed it, or you're in a market where local affiliates are still refusing to air the show, we've got a rundown of all the highlights. Kimmel teared up, explaining that he never intended to make light of Kirk's death. And he called political efforts to sway networks and affiliates from airing the show "un-American," noting it wasn't just about comedy.
Jimmy Kimmel's definitely a loser, but let's give him credit. For a man who's not particularly funny, he's hard to look at, he's not very talented, he's a poor writer, he has drafted his entire career behind Adam Carolla, what the man is apparently gifted at is blackmail because I don't know what he has on the ABC and Disney execs.
He added that he wasn't trying to blame any specific group "for the actions of what ... was obviously a deeply disturbed individual. That was really the opposite of the point I was trying to make." He said he understood his remarks last week to some "felt either ill-timed or unclear or maybe both." But he made no apologies. And he criticized the ABC affiliates who took his show off the air.
Jimmy Kimmel opened his return to Jimmy Kimmel Live! with a line ripped from late-night lore, staring into the camera after nearly a week off the air and borrowing another host's defiant comeback. As the boisterous audience cheers settled Tuesday night, Kimmel began: As I was saying before I was interrupted The move was a deliberate echo of Jack Paar, the mercurial host who while on air dramatically quit NBC's Tonight Show in 1960 after network censors cut one of his jokes about a bathroom.
I can't believe ABC Fake News gave Jimmy Kimmel his job back. The White House was told by ABC that his Show was cancelled! complained Trump in a Truth Social post: Something happened between then and now because his audience is GONE, and his talent was never there. Why would they want someone back who does so poorly, who's not funny, and who puts the Network in jeopardy by playing 99% positive Democrat GARBAGE.
