Jimmy Kimmel Was Set to Clarify Charlie Kirk Killing Comments Before ABC Suspension
Before ABC pulled the plug on Jimmy Kimmel Live! “indefinitely” on Wednesday (September 17) night, Jimmy Kimmel was reportedly expected to clarify the comments he made on the previous episode of his talk show about the murder of Charlie Kirk that drew ire from the chairman of the FCC and others on the right.
Deadline reports that the late-night host was planning to address his controversial quote about Tyler Robinson, the man accused of killing Kirk last week, while the political activist was speaking at an open forum event at a Utah university.
The quote Kimmel said on his Tuesday (September 16) show that courted such backlash was, “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 doing everything they can to score political points from it.”
According to the trade, Kimmel was going to explain that he was not suggesting Robinson was a member of the Donald Trump faithful, but that he was ribbing those who were scrambling to distance themselves from the accused shooter.
ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! after one of the network’s major affiliate partners, Nexstar, announced its intention to preempt the late-night talk show “indefinitely” after the FCC commissioner, Brendan Carr, publicly pressured ABC affiliates to do so.
Earlier in the day, Carr said in a podcast appearance, “This is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney. We can do this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to take action on Kimmel, or there is going to be additional work for the FCC ahead… They have a license granted by us at the FCC, and that comes with it an obligation to operate in the public interest… Disney needs to see some change here, but the individual licensed stations that are taking their content, it’s time for them to step up and say, ‘This garbage, to the extent that that’s what comes down the pipe in the future, isn’t something that we think serves the needs of our local communities.’ But this sort of status quo is obviously not, not acceptable where we are.”
The news of Kimmel’s suspension also comes in the wake of CBS’s cancellation of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, another program that was sharply critical of Donald Trump and received the president’s ire as a result, ahead of a merger that required federal approval.
In response to the news of Kimmel’s suspension, Trump wrote on his social media that he wanted NBC to do the same for Late Night With Seth Meyers and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
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So they still let the View still on the air, they spew so much hatred, kick them off too
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omg those ladies just make up stuff.. cant believe anyone watches that stuff in the mornings.... nothing but hate talk.
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VERY RELIEVED...the actual shooter was one of YOU!!!
LISTEN People...by the end of this year, 2025, we are going to be stripped of ALL the few Liberties we have left... LOOKS LIKE YOU WANTED US TO SUFFER but guess what YOU TOO WILL BE PAYING THE PRICE... FOR WHAT, I ask??? HATRED
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Buying right into the Kimmel Lie. Well done ABC !!
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This is not communist country not Russia nor china. This is USA I thought a free country that speak what we ge l even if hurts. I can’t imagine.what people are thinking and saying about all those people up there
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If the equivalent of a Charlie Kirk ( course there isn’t one ) was Murdered in cold blood the left would be out burning down cities, assaulting law enforcement, assaulting innocent people, and of course the obligatory ( but justified they’d say) looting of local businesses. They are crying in their stew over Jimmy Kimmel a main stream TV personality being suspended by ABC who has full right to do so. But Charlie Kirk and independent podcaster was Killed for his words. One commenter trying to lecture me about Kimmel’s “goldfish” comment. No Kimmel was Glorying in Charlie’s death very plain and simple, and his audience Loved it !! Jimmy with a little smirky smile on his face. Love him, hate him, like him, dislike him, Charlie was a very young husband, father, son, American and above all human being. Kimmel could have took the high road and offered condolences but No that’s not what his like minded audience wants. They are gleeful at the death of Charlie and Kimmel just as he normally does played right to it. ABC did right in suspending the Lying cold hearted so called comedian. It was their option and they took it, good for them !!
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The quote that offended the government and FCC commissioner occurred on Monday, not Tuesday, and before the press conference led the next afternoon by the Utah investigators and Utah prosecutors, which revealed the text messages the accused killer had with his roommate/love interest. It was only at that point that we in the general public knew more about the accused killer, his MAGA family and the gun culture they embraced, and the accused killer's break presumed break with many of the MAGA beliefs expressed by Charlie Kirk. It also was at this point that the true reasoning behind the murder were likely quite personal to the killer and not part of some vast left-wing conspiracy. Of course that is only a glimpse of what may eventually come out at trial.
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The quote was on his Monday show, not Tuesday.
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Give me a break Jimmy Kimmel is not sorry. Just move to Italy already. Hard to believe this was once a funny person on The Man Show
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No explanation was needed. We could understand it perfectly. You said what you meant to say.
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So tired of seeing so many in the media bending the knee to fascism.. will never watch this network again
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I’m just glad Real Americans are standing against the Communism trying to take over our country. We have a great President now who will help fight against it.
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Too little too late. You know the saying...ya slow ya blow...
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This was a good move by ABC. Jimmy Kimmel is a despicable person for comparing the death of Charlie to that of a goldfish. And for Lying about the shooter’s political beliefs. Yes he was raised in a conservative family but in the last few years According To His Own Family and multitudes of stuff on his computer he had become hard left as he lived with his trans lover. Kimmel knew all that and deliberately tried to reconstruct it. So He gets suspended. Charlie got Killed for his words. Huge difference.
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Kimmel was referring to tRump's quick switch when asked about how he (trump) was doing re: his good friend Kirk. Go and see for yourself on something other than Faux News! tRump immediately talked about his new ballroom being built - seemingly with no real thoughts or concern about Kirk. SO when Kimmel said "like a 4 yr old mourning a goldfish" he was commenting on tRump's behavior. Picture how a child is distraught over the loss of a pet goldfish. Once the "fish funeral" is done, it's back to jumping, playing, etc. Out of sight, out of mind. That's exactly how trump's reaction came across. Do you understand now? Btw, why is Brian Kilmeade still on the air? His words were very evil & clear AND he is not a comedian. Such blatant hypocrisy!
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Uh Huh yeah right. Hypocrite !! Why don’t You go and see the things Charlie Really said in Full Context instead of the sliced and diced things the liberal left media Claimed he said !! Kimmel got suspended for his words. Charlie lost his LIFE for his. Huge Difference !!
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For the record LJ “Faux” news did show the entire clip, goldfish and all. I watched it live.
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No, we know what you said Jimmy Kimmel. No excuses, no backpedalling.
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where was the lie?
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Why dont you tell us
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The lie was that the kid was MAGA. He was not. He was a radicalized lefty with a trans lover.
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Exactly. Well said.
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Where was the lie you ask ? The moment Jimmy Kimmel stepped on stage as he IS a Liar.
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MAGA had nothing to do with the murder of Charlie Kirk. It was a deranged trans-left liberal that murdered Charlie. Kimmel lied by saying it was MAGA. And he never said he was sorry for lying about this. Kimmel needs to be taken off the air. He destroys America and is not funny.
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kimmel refused to apologize - Search
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Absolutely disgusting fck abc and the fcc and esp trump
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If all the people up there only knew what USA citizens think and saying about all of them up there behind their backs. Sorry for what jimmy said but don’t condemn him by taking him off television if we knew what they have said about US citizens up there behind our backs, they should be ripped out of their offices
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Too late Kimmel, take your hate and rhetoric to your other dual citizenship country!! You deciding to speal your unfunny negative comments torward the right will kill your ratings. Bravo 🙂
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All u trumpets are gon learn trump doesn’t care about anyone or anything except his pathetic revenge over Biden getting elected over him
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You mean group of people with the AutoPen. Biden was never in charge.
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You lost me at gon learn
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