{"id":2037555,"date":"2025-09-20T19:08:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T19:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2037555"},"modified":"2025-09-20T19:08:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T19:08:06","slug":"jimmy-kimmels-indefinite-suspension-sparks-calls-for-disney-boycott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jimmy-kimmels-indefinite-suspension-sparks-calls-for-disney-boycott\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s indefinite suspension sparks calls for Disney boycott"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As the fallout continues from the indefinite suspension of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/jimmy-kimmel-went-way-too-140002880.html\" rel=\"\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jimmy Kimmel Live!;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/a> by Disney-owned ABC, celebrities and politicians are calling for a boycott of Disney-owned streaming services <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/articles\/bye-hulu-app-streaming-fully-145131095.html\" rel=\"\" data-ylk=\"slk:Hulu;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Hulu<\/a>, Disney+ and ESPN.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The outcry comes after Nexstar Media <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nexstar.tv\/nexstar-abc-affiliates-to-preempt-jimmy-kimmel-live-indefinitely-beginning-tonight\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:announced;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">announced<\/a> Wednesday that it would not air episodes of Kimmel\u2019s show across its ABC affiliate stations. Kimmel\u2019s suspension comes two days after he made comments about the response to conservative activist Charlie Kirk\u2019s assassination on \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The move followed Federal Communications Commission Chairman <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/trump-official-past-comes-back-134634557.html\" rel=\"\" data-ylk=\"slk:Brendan Carr;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Brendan Carr<\/a> threatening to \u201ctake action\u201d against both Disney and ABC over the comments, including possibly pulling ABC affiliate licenses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWhen government intimidation and corporate cowardice meet, free speech dies. Boycott ABC and Disney until they stand up to Brendan Carr\u2019s censorship,\u201d former Congressman Adam Kinzinger posted to his <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamKinzinger\/status\/1968681607385981405?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1968681607385981405%7Ctwgr%5Ef67d31f624a374915c6b1e60329923623ec250b7%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdeadline.com%2F2025%2F09%2Fcelebrities-disney-boycott-kimmel-1236548919%2F\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:X account;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">X account<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt\u2019s pretty easy to cancel your Disney+ subscription, and a coordinated, national day of cancellations would send a very clear message about our values as Americans,\u201d actor Wil Wheaton posted Thursday <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/wilwheaton.net\/post\/3lz4si56nfc2x\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:to BlueSky;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">to BlueSky<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tatiana Maslany, who starred in Marvel\u2019s \u201cShe-Hulk: Attorney at Law,\u201d on Disney+, posted a call to her followers on Instagram to \u201ccancel your @disneyplus @hulu @espn subscriptions!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Actor Misha Collins posted on his <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mishacollins\/status\/1968470915664199865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1968470915664199865%7Ctwgr%5Ec47e269c1e30135f9f8766ba1ff1086e2f8482d8%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fentertainment%2Ftv%2F2025%2F09%2F19%2Fdisney-plus-cancellations%2F86249954007%2F\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:X account;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">X account<\/a> that he will be canceling his Disney+ subscription \u201cindefinitely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Social media users have been posting their <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/franknoc\/status\/1968471806588686696\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:cancellation;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">cancellation <\/a> notices of various Disney-owned services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cCancelled my Disney+ Plus and Hulu bundle. This isn\u2019t a slippery slope, it\u2019s a cliff, and Disney just went off it,\u201d one <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Anticonsumption\/comments\/1nk4hd0\/another_one_down\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Reddit user;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Reddit user <\/a>wrote.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\"><b>Related coverage:<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/entertainment\/2025\/09\/jimmy-kimmels-indefinite-suspension-sparks-calls-for-disney-boycott.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:NJ.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">NJ.com<\/a>. Add <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:NJ.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">NJ.com<\/a> as a Preferred Source by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=www.nj.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:clicking here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">clicking here<\/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>As the fallout continues from the indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live! by Disney-owned ABC, celebrities and politicians are calling for a boycott of Disney-owned streaming services Hulu, Disney+ and ESPN. The outcry comes after Nexstar Media announced Wednesday that it would not air episodes of Kimmel\u2019s show across its ABC affiliate stations. 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