David Letterman<\/strong> is not too worried about Jimmy Kimmel<\/strong> following ABC\u2019s decision to pause Jimmy Kimmel Live!\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n On Thursday, September 18, the 78-year-old legendary talk show host spoke with The Atlantic\u2019s<\/em><\/a> Jeffrey Goldberg<\/strong> at The Atlantic Festival, and revealed he and the comedian, 57, had texted that morning.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s sitting up in bed taking nourishment,\u201d Letterman explained. \u201cHe\u2019s going to be fine.\u201d<\/p>\n However, the former Late Show<\/em> host \u2014 who hosted the series from 1993 to 2015 before Stephen Colbert<\/strong> took over \u2014 expressed concern about the media landscape<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cWe all see where this is going, correct? It\u2019s managed media,\u201d Letterman remarked.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd it\u2019s no good, it\u2019s silly, it\u2019s ridiculous, and you can\u2019t go around firing somebody because you\u2019re fearful or trying to suck up to an authoritarian,\u201d he added.\u00a0\u201cThat\u2019s just not how this works.\u201d<\/p>\n As the National Enquirer<\/em> previously reported,<\/a> Disney\u2019s ABC told NPR<\/em><\/a> and other outlets that \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live<\/em> will be preempted indefinitely\u201d on Wednesday, September 17, following remarks Kimmel made on Monday\u2019s episode about Charlie Kirk\u2019s<\/strong> murderer.<\/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 stated. \u201cIn between the finger-pointing, there was grieving.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/staging.nationalenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/admphotostwo943691-scaled.jpg\")