{"id":2057834,"date":"2025-09-29T16:46:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T16:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2057834"},"modified":"2025-09-29T16:46:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T16:46:29","slug":"jimmy-kimmels-job-is-still-very-much-in-jeopardy-amid-return-after-abc-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jimmy-kimmels-job-is-still-very-much-in-jeopardy-amid-return-after-abc-suspension\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s Job Is Still \u2018Very Much in Jeopardy\u2019 Amid Return After ABC Suspension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Jimmy Kimmel<\/strong> may be <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/disney-announces-jimmy-kimmel-live-200721611.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:back on the airwaves for now;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">back on the airwaves for now<\/a>, but he\u2019s on borrowed time. A source tells the <em>National Enquirer<\/em> that there\u2019s still a chance the 57-year-old late-night host could get canceled, and the situation has him in a major state of panic behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHe\u2019s far from out of the woods and he must know that this is only a temporary reprieve,\u201d the source says. \u201cHis job is still very much in jeopardy. Jimmy [is] a dead man walking career-wise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While the source adds that Kimmel\u2019s tears during the opening monologue when <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em> returned were real, \u201che\u2019s one step away from completely losing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHe\u2019s up to his neck in trouble and his friends are supportive to a point, but there\u2019s only so much they can do,\u201d the source continues. \u201cThey may not be there to hold his hand for the long haul. Hollywood has a way of moving on, and they\u2019re likely to cut him loose at some point. Meanwhile, Jimmy\u2019s short on sleep and sick of being stuck with these lawyers. He\u2019s really struggling.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p> <span class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Acosta\/Image Press Agency\/MEGA<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kimmel\u2019s show was paused on September 17 after he criticized <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> and his supporters\u2019 reactions to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/charlie-kirk-dead-age-31-204625133.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:the death of Charlie Kirk;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">the death of <strong>Charlie Kirk<\/strong><\/a>. However, it returned five days later after public outcry and worries that the decision infringed on First Amendment rights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Prior to his suspension, Kimmel had talked about retiring.\u00a0 In February 2024, he told the <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em> that he had \u201ca little more than two years left\u201d on his contract and said that it \u201cseemed like enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On September 15, a separate source told the <em>National Enquirer<\/em> that Kimmel was saying \u201che doesn\u2019t have much time left in the business [because] that the whole genre is changing,\u201d and that he was \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/jimmy-kimmel-coming-across-insensitive-192540644.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:figuring out his next steps;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">figuring out his next steps<\/a>.\u201d<\/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>Jimmy Kimmel may be back on the airwaves for now, but he\u2019s on borrowed time. A source tells the National Enquirer that there\u2019s still a chance the 57-year-old late-night host could get canceled, and the situation has him in a major state of panic behind the scenes. \u201cHe\u2019s far from out of the woods and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2057835,"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":[25172],"tags":[23060,348658],"class_list":["post-2057834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-jimmy-kimmel","tag-the-national-enquirer"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmels-Job-Is-Still-\u2018Very-Much-in-Jeopardy-Amid.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2057834","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=2057834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2057834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2057835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2057834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2057834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2057834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}