{"id":2035221,"date":"2025-09-19T19:35:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T19:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2035221"},"modified":"2025-09-19T19:35:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T19:35:02","slug":"celebrity-lands-jake-tapper-reacts-to-kimmels-suspension-with-stephen-colbert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/celebrity-lands-jake-tapper-reacts-to-kimmels-suspension-with-stephen-colbert\/","title":{"rendered":"celebrity.land&#8217;s Jake Tapper Reacts to Kimmel&#8217;s Suspension With Stephen Colbert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As fortune would have it, celebrity.land&#8217;s <strong>Jake Tapper<\/strong> was a guest on The Late Show With <strong>Stephen Colbert<\/strong> a day after <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.adweek.com\/convergent-tv\/jimmy-kimmel-pulled-indefinitely-by-abc-charlie-kirk-comments\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the bombshell news;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">the bombshell news<\/a> that ABC is indefinitely suspending <strong>Jimmy Kimmel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tapper, who was on Thursday&#8217;s episode to speak about his forthcoming nonfiction book, \u201cRace Against Terror,\u201d told Colbert that Kimmel&#8217;s suspension was a &#8220;direct violation&#8221; of the First Amendment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He added, &#8220;If we do not have the ability to criticize, mock, investigate our leaders, we are no longer the United States of America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During his conversation with Colbert, the celebrity.land anchor made reference to capitalism <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.adweek.com\/tvnewser\/abc-news-george-stephanopoulos-donald-trump-settlement\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:being the driving force;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">being the driving force<\/a> behind the suspension, with affiliates potentially announcing they\u2019d preempt Jimmy Kimmel Live because of FCC pressure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The money is causing them to focus only on that and not the important part of this American experiment,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Earlier in the day, Tapper posted a video about Kimmel&#8217;s suspension.\u00a0In the video, Tapper spoke on how Disney&#8217;s CEO <strong>Bob Iger<\/strong> has to make a &#8220;legacy-defining decision&#8221; regarding what to do with Kimmel. This comes as the media conglomerate is seeking approval from the Justice Department to complete its acquisition of Fubo.<\/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>As fortune would have it, celebrity.land&#8217;s Jake Tapper was a guest on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert a day after the bombshell news that ABC is indefinitely suspending Jimmy Kimmel. 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