Jimmy Kimmel defends freedom of speech for an emotional return
Jimmy Kimmel submitted a powerful monologue, defending freedom of speech and clarifying his controversial joke after Charlie Kirk’s death.
Jimmy Kimmel didn’t hold back from coming back late at night.
The comedian slammed President Donald Trump in a monologue on September 23, making it back into the air for the first time since being suspended over comments he made after the murder of Charlie Kirk. His suspension comes after the Federal Communications Commission chair pressured the ABC to take action.
In a monologue on his return home, Kimmel played a clip of Trump, claiming he was “dismissed” because he “has not been rated.”
“Well, I’ll do it tonight,” he shot back, plucking cheers from the audience.
“You almost need to feel sorry for him. He tried his best to cancel me. Instead, he forced millions of people to watch the show.
Kimmel thanked Disney, who owns ABC, for reclaiming the show, and blamed Trump for pushing him to be fired.
“I would like to thank them because (Disney) you welcomed me,” Kimmel said. “Unfortunately, this puts them at risk. The US President has made it very clear that me and the hundreds of people who work here want to be fired from our work.
Kimmel claimed he was Trump’s next target after the president was able to “squeeze” Stephen Colbert on CBS, which canceled Colbert’s “Late Show” in July.
“Then he turned his eyesight on me, and now he’s openly cheering for NBC to fire Jimmy Fallon and Seth Myers and hundreds of Americans who work for their show that aren’t making millions of dollars,” Kimmel said. “And I hope that if it happened, or even a hint as to what it’s going on, you’ll be 10 times louder than this week.”
In a true social post after Kimmel’s suspension, Trump urged NBC to fire Jimmy Fallon and Seth Myers. “It left two total losers Jimmy and Seth on fake news NBC,” he wrote. “Their reviews are also scary. NBC!!!”
“He’s not stopped, so we have to disagree with this. It’s not just a comedy,” Kimmel said. “He’s targeting our journalists too. He’s suing them, he’s bullying them.”
ABC says “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” For almost a week after the Magger Gang said “deeply trying to characterise Tyler Robinson” the suspect who killed Charlie Kirk “is something other than one of them and is doing everything he can to score political points from there.”
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While appearing on the YouTube show, FCC president Brendan Kerr appears to have threatened ABC to “take action against Kimmel,” and Disney has stopped production of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Indefinitely. The show returned on September 23rd, but both Nexstar Media Group and Sinclair Broadcast Group refused to broadcast it on ABC affiliates, broadcasting Kimmel to parts of the country.
During his return monologue, Kimmel choked as he said “it was never my intention” of Kirk’s murder, or “condemning a particular group of people for the actions of individuals who were clearly deeply disturbed,” but “I understand that I felt worse or unclear, or both.”
However, Kimmel said it was “important” that “we can live in a country where we can do shows like this,” and he argued Kerr’s comment that putting pressure on the ABC was a “direct violation of the First Amendment.”
“The government’s threat to silence comedians that the president hates is anti-American,” he said.
Kimmel also played an old clip of Trump, highlighting the importance of freedom of speech. He then played the FCC president and acted like a mob boss, Robert De Niro, who joined the show.
“It appears that the FCC is using mob tactics to curb free speech,” Kimmel said, beginning to anger at De Niro. The De Niro character declared that he was no longer “free” unless his speech was a pro-trump.
In a true social post just before Kimmel returned to Japan, Trump threatened to sue ABC, saying he “unbelievable” that the comedian was getting his job back. “I think we’re going to test ABC on this,” Trump wrote. “Let’s see how we do it.”
