{"id":2043527,"date":"2025-09-23T11:56:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T11:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2043527"},"modified":"2025-09-23T11:56:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T11:56:11","slug":"jon-stewart-addresses-kimmels-abc-return-disneys-tentacles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jon-stewart-addresses-kimmels-abc-return-disneys-tentacles\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Stewart Addresses Kimmel\u2019s ABC Return &#038; Disney\u2019s \u2018Tentacles\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/jon-stewart\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jon Stewart;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jon Stewart<\/a> returned to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/the-daily-show\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Daily Show;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>The Daily Show<\/em><\/a> on Monday night (September 22), where he reacted to the news of ABC reinstating <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/jimmy-kimmel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jimmy Kimmel;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jimmy Kimmel<\/a> after pulling his late-night show from the schedule last week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Stewart opened his monologue by poking fun at President <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/donald-trump\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Donald Trump;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s new claim that Tylenol used during pregnancy causes autism in children, saying, \u201cYoung Jimmy Kimmel is coming back to television! I\u2019ll tell you, Jimmy Kimmel is flying high like Advil today. Acetaminophen is like boom, Advil\u2019s like, \u2018What\u2019s up, motherf***ers? You got a headache, where are you going to turn?&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The comedian then spoke directly to his audience, mocking, \u201cThe campaign that you all launched, pretending that you were going to cancel Hulu while secretly racing through four seasons of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/1214055\/only-murders-in-the-building-season-5-steve-martin-short-selena-gomez-interview\/#:~:text=The%20quirky%20comedy%2Ddrama's%20fifth,mobster%20husband%20Nicky%20(Bobby%20Cannavale)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Only Murders in the Building;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Only Murders in the Building<\/em><\/a>, really worked. Congratulations!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWasn\u2019t it interesting, to try and figure out all the tentacles Disney has in your daily life?\u201d Stewart continued. \u201cIt\u2019s one thing to swear off cruises, but the <em>Avengers<\/em>? Nah. How is it possible that by getting rid of one company, I can\u2019t watch\u00a0Winnie the Pooh\u00a0or\u00a0Monday Night Football? Or listen to early Hilary Duff?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/jimmy-kimmel-live-blocked-abc-223724633.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kimmel was \u201csuspended indefinitely\u201d;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Kimmel was \u201csuspended indefinitely\u201d<\/a> on Wednesday (September 17) over comments he made about <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/charlie-kirk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Charlie Kirk;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Charlie Kirk<\/a>\u2018s fatal shooting on Monday\u2019s (September 15) <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live<\/em>. This came after powerful station group Nexstar announced it would preempt the show on its 32 ABC affiliate stations late Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Earlier that day, Trump-appointed Federal Communications Commission chairman\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1968359685045838041\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Brendan Carr\u00a0told right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Brendan Carr\u00a0told right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson<\/a>, \u201cWe can do this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to change conduct and take actions on Kimmel, or there\u2019s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Stewart said this turnaround shocked him because he was told the decision to pull Kimmel off the air \u201chad nothing to do with the Trump administration and their explicit FCC threat that they could remove the show the easy way or the hard way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He then threw to a clip of a Fox News correspondent saying, \u201cMy gosh, this had nothing to do with Donald Trump not agreeing with anything Jimmy Kimmel said or not. If Donald Trump wanted to take everyone off the air who had criticisms for him, there would basically only be a handful of individuals left on television.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThat is funny, but it also may be a cause for self-reflection?\u201d Stewart responded. \u201c\u2018Hey, if everybody on TV is criticizing me, except for, like, four people, and one of them is my daughter-in-law, am I the drama?&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em><strong>The Daily<\/strong><\/em><strong>\u00a0<em>Show<\/em>, Weeknights, 11\/10c, Comedy Central, Next-Day Streaming on Paramount+<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the latest entertainment news on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TV Insider;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">TV Insider<\/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>Jon Stewart returned to The Daily Show on Monday night (September 22), where he reacted to the news of ABC reinstating Jimmy Kimmel after pulling his late-night show from the schedule last week. 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