{"id":2031275,"date":"2025-09-18T10:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T10:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2031275"},"modified":"2025-09-18T10:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T10:15:08","slug":"what-exactly-did-jimmy-kimmel-say-about-charlie-kirk-before-his-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/what-exactly-did-jimmy-kimmel-say-about-charlie-kirk-before-his-suspension\/","title":{"rendered":"What Exactly Did Jimmy Kimmel Say About Charlie Kirk Before His Suspension?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jimmy Kimmel has been pulled off the air indefinitely after his comments about Charlie Kirk\u2019s shooting sparked outrage among conservatives and Donald Trump supporters. An ABC spokesperson said, \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live will be preempted indefinitely,\u201d without giving any further explanation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Here\u2019s what Jimmy Kimmel said that led to this huge controversy.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s comments about Charlie Kirk before ABC suspension explained<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In what is an extremely unusual circumstance for a talk show, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comingsoon.net\/tv\/news\/2029362-jimmy-kimmel-live-suspension-canceled-hollywood-reaction\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jimmy Kimmel Live! was pulled off the air;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jimmy Kimmel Live! was pulled off the air<\/a> hours before its planned airing. This is because of some comments that Kimmel made about Charlie Kirk\u2019s shooting on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In Monday\u2019s opening monologue, Kimmel accused Donald Trump and the \u201cMAGA gang\u201d of trying to \u201cscore political points\u201d from Kirk\u2019s death. He emphasized how they blamed the left even before anything was established about the murder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe MAGA gang (is) desperately trying to characterise this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,\u201d Kimmel had said on the show, \u201cIn between the finger-pointing, there was grieving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kimmel has always been a vocal critic of Donald Trump. In this instance, too, he criticized the way the President reacted to the death. Kimmel added, \u201cThis is not how an adult grieves the murder of someone he calls a friend. This is how a four-year-old mourns a goldfish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">These remarks angered the conservatives enough and ultimately led to Trump pushing back. This led to the suspension of Kimmel\u2019s show indefinitely. It is unclear if Kimmel will ever return to ABC after this. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/report-jimmy-kimmel-plans-leave-083810045.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sources say that he has other plans lined up;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Sources say that he has other plans lined up<\/a> and would not return to the network ever.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This suspension and controversy have also raised bigger questions about freedom of speech in America.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Few can predict what will go down in the coming years for talk show hosts. But it seems that after Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel, talk show hosts will have to measure their words carefully if they need to stay on air.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comingsoon.net\/guides\/news\/2029531-what-exactly-did-jimmy-kimmel-say-about-charlie-kirk-before-his-suspension\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:What Exactly Did Jimmy Kimmel Say About Charlie Kirk Before His Suspension?;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">What Exactly Did Jimmy Kimmel Say About Charlie Kirk Before His Suspension?<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comingsoon.net\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ComingSoon.net - Movie Trailers, TV &amp; Streaming News, and More;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">ComingSoon.net &#8211; Movie Trailers, TV &amp; Streaming News, and More<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jimmy Kimmel has been pulled off the air indefinitely after his comments about Charlie Kirk\u2019s shooting sparked outrage among conservatives and Donald Trump supporters. An ABC spokesperson said, \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live will be preempted indefinitely,\u201d without giving any further explanation. Here\u2019s what Jimmy Kimmel said that led to this huge controversy. 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