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\n Related: <\/span>Revisiting How Jimmy Kimmel Initially Reacted to Charlie Kirk’s Death<\/span><\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tJimmy Kimmel spoke about Charlie Kirk\u2018s shooting before the controversial monologue that led to his late night show being suspended. Kimmel, 57, shared his thoughts via X as news broke of the incident at Utah Valley University on September 10, writing, \u201cInstead of the angry finger-pointing, can we just for one day agree that it [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cOur great administration has laid out very clear rules on free speech. Now some naysayers may argue that this administration\u2019s speech concerns are merely a cynical ploy. A thin gruel of a ruse. A smoke screen to obscure an unprecedented consolidation of power and unitarian intimidation and coldly antithetical to any experiment in a constitutional republic governance,\u201d Stewart proclaimed. \u201cSome people would say that. Not me though. I think it\u2019s great.\u201d<\/p>\n
He wrapped up his opening segment with his correspondents, who all wore red ties and blue blazers similar to what Trump often wears, singing a high pitched anthem honoring the president.<\/p>\n
Stewart \u2014 who also recently blasted CBS<\/a> for choosing to cancel The Late Show With Stephen Colbert<\/em> in May 2026 \u2014 typically hosts The Daily Show<\/em> on Mondays, though he seemingly altered his schedule in order to react to the shocking late-night news.<\/p>\nA spokesperson for ABC confirmed to Us Weekly<\/em> on Wednesday, September 17, that Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em><\/a> would be\u201cpre-empted indefinitely\u201d over comments that Kimmel, 57, made in his Monday, September 15, monologue. Kimmel took issue with Utah Governor Spencer Cox<\/strong> claiming on Meet the Press<\/em> that Kirk\u2019s suspected killer, Tyler Robinson<\/strong>, had a \u201cleftist ideology.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cThe MAGA Gang [is] 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,\u201d Kimmel claimed on Monday. \u201cIn between the finger-pointing, there was grieving.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kirk died at age 31 after being shot while giving a speech at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on September 10. Police apprehended Robinson on September 13 and the 22-year-old-suspect has since been charged with a capital offense, aggravated murder, and felony discharge of a firearm, as well as multiple lesser counts of obstruction of justice, witness tampering and commission of a violent offense in the presence of a child. He is being held in custody at Utah County Jail without bail at least until a waiver hearing on Monday, September 29.<\/p>\n
In response to Kimmel\u2019s monologue on Monday, the country\u2019s largest TV station operator, Nexstar Media, said that \u201cits owned and partner television stations affiliated with the ABC Television Network will preempt Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em> for the foreseeable future, beginning with tonight\u2019s show.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\nThank You!<\/h3>\n
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Kimmel has yet to comment on his suspension, though sources told Us<\/em> that Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em> staffers are in the dark<\/a> over the show\u2019s future and what a return to work could eventually look like.<\/p>\n\n![\"Jon](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2219938221-jimmy-kimmel-e1758233454651.jpg?w=1000&quality=86&strip=all\")
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\n Jimmy Kimmel in June 2025.<\/span> Disney\/Randy Holmes<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nABC\u2019s decision to bench has been widely condemned<\/a> throughout Hollywood, including late-night legend David Letterman<\/strong> directly linking Kimmel\u2019s suspension to his feud with President Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cIn the world of somebody who\u2019s an authoritarian, maybe a dictatorship, sooner or later everyone is going to be touched. But this is me, for 30 years, I did this for a living,\u201d Letterman, 78, said. \u201cI feel bad about this because we all see where this is going, correct? It\u2019s managed media, and it\u2019s no good. It\u2019s silly. It\u2019s ridiculous. You can\u2019t go around firing somebody because you\u2019re fearful or trying to suck up to an authoritarian criminal administration in the Oval Office. That\u2019s just not how this works.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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A spokesperson for ABC confirmed to Us Weekly<\/em> on Wednesday, September 17, that Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em><\/a> would be\u201cpre-empted indefinitely\u201d over comments that Kimmel, 57, made in his Monday, September 15, monologue. Kimmel took issue with Utah Governor Spencer Cox<\/strong> claiming on Meet the Press<\/em> that Kirk\u2019s suspected killer, Tyler Robinson<\/strong>, had a \u201cleftist ideology.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe MAGA Gang [is] 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,\u201d Kimmel claimed on Monday. \u201cIn between the finger-pointing, there was grieving.\u201d<\/p>\n Kirk died at age 31 after being shot while giving a speech at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on September 10. Police apprehended Robinson on September 13 and the 22-year-old-suspect has since been charged with a capital offense, aggravated murder, and felony discharge of a firearm, as well as multiple lesser counts of obstruction of justice, witness tampering and commission of a violent offense in the presence of a child. He is being held in custody at Utah County Jail without bail at least until a waiver hearing on Monday, September 29.<\/p>\n In response to Kimmel\u2019s monologue on Monday, the country\u2019s largest TV station operator, Nexstar Media, said that \u201cits owned and partner television stations affiliated with the ABC Television Network will preempt Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em> for the foreseeable future, beginning with tonight\u2019s show.\u201d<\/p>\n You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n Kimmel has yet to comment on his suspension, though sources told Us<\/em> that Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em> staffers are in the dark<\/a> over the show\u2019s future and what a return to work could eventually look like.<\/p>\n ABC\u2019s decision to bench has been widely condemned<\/a> throughout Hollywood, including late-night legend David Letterman<\/strong> directly linking Kimmel\u2019s suspension to his feud with President Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cIn the world of somebody who\u2019s an authoritarian, maybe a dictatorship, sooner or later everyone is going to be touched. But this is me, for 30 years, I did this for a living,\u201d Letterman, 78, said. \u201cI feel bad about this because we all see where this is going, correct? It\u2019s managed media, and it\u2019s no good. It\u2019s silly. It\u2019s ridiculous. You can\u2019t go around firing somebody because you\u2019re fearful or trying to suck up to an authoritarian criminal administration in the Oval Office. That\u2019s just not how this works.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jon Stewart responded to ABC pulling his late-night rival Jimmy Kimmel off the air due to comments about the murder of conservative pundit Charlie Kirk. Stewart, 62, opened the Thursday, September 18, episode of The Daily Show by declaring he would be proceeding as a \u201cpatriotically obedient\u201d host on a \u201cgovernment approved\u201d show. \u201cWe have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2033660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[24003,21738,306169],"class_list":["post-2033659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-news","tag-scandal"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jon-Stewart-Speaks-Out-on-Jimmy-Kimmels-ABC-Suspension.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2033659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2033659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2033659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2033660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2033659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2033659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2033659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Thank You!<\/h3>\n
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\n Jimmy Kimmel in June 2025.<\/span> Disney\/Randy Holmes<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n