Jimmy Kimmel to return to television Tuesday after suspension over Charlie Kirk comments
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is returning to television on Tuesday evening, multiple news sources are reporting.
The late night show was suspended last Wednesday after Kimmel’s comments following the death of Charlie Kirk, the MAGA-aligned influencer who was killed nearly two weeks ago while speaking at Utah Valley University.
On his show last Monday night, Kimmel said “We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and with everything they can to score political points from it,” Deadline reported.
The comments led Brendan Carr, the Federal Communications Commission chairman, to call on ABC to sanction Kimmel. The Disney-owned network later suspended the show indefinitely. It prompted a significant backlash and debate, both among conservatives and liberals and Hollywood stars and fellow comedians and talk-show hosts about the limits of free speech and the pressure put on media groups by Donald Trump’s administration.
On Monday afternoon, a spokesperson from ABC said there had been “thoughtful conversations” over the past week, and that Kimmel’s show would return.
“Last Wednesday, we made the decision to suspend production on the show to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country. It is a decision we made because we felt some of the comments were ill-timed and thus insensitive,” the spokesperson said, according to Deadline. “We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday.”
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