Stars Erupt Over Jimmy Kimmel’s Shock Suspension

Actors and musicians rallied around Jimmy Kimmel following the shock suspension of his late night show by ABC on Wednesday.

ABC put the show on indefinite hiatus amid threats from the Federal Communications Commission over Kimmel’s remarks following the assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.

Kimmel had 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 doing everything they can to score political points from it.”

“This isn’t right,” Ben Stiller said of Kimmel’s suspension on X, formerly Twitter.

Alison Brie, on Instagram, called it “unreal” and “very scary.”

Jamie Lee Curtis shared Kimmel’s comment in April that: “I don’t think anybody should be canceled. I really don’t.”

Henry Winkler wrote that Kimmel’s humor and “insights are important to keep showing us who we are.”

Halsey responded to the news: “We’re in the ‘tell on your friends and neighbors’ ‘extreme censorship’ ‘indistinguishable propaganda’ part of the fascism in case it wasn’t clear.”

Singer-songwriter John Legend shared a post by David Frum, a former George W. Bush speechwriter turned Donald Trump critic, that read: “How dare you call us fascists just because our appointees threaten government retaliation against broadcast networks if their comedians don’t say what we want them to say.”

Christie Brinkley posted a photo of Kimmel with other late night hosts and said: “I love these guys! The laughter they provide us is as important as the air we breathe! And they are taking another one of them off the air tonight! WE MUST PROTECT their and OUR 1st Amendment RIGHTS!!!!”