{"id":2111741,"date":"2025-10-24T01:41:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T01:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2111741"},"modified":"2025-10-24T01:41:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T01:41:13","slug":"hundreds-of-stars-sign-aclu-letter-defending-free-speech-after-jimmy-kimmels-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/hundreds-of-stars-sign-aclu-letter-defending-free-speech-after-jimmy-kimmels-suspension\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds of stars sign ACLU letter defending free speech after Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s suspension"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Hundreds of Hollywood and Broadway stars \u2014 including Robert De Niro, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Selena Gomez, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep \u2014 are urging Americans \u201cfight to defend and preserve our constitutionally protected rights\u201d in the wake of Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s suspension.<\/p>\n

WATCH:<\/strong> Kimmel suspension and self-censorship set dangerous precedent, FCC commissioner says<\/a><\/p>\n

More than 430 movie, TV and stage stars as well as comedians, directors and writers added their names to an open letter Monday from the American Civil Liberties Union that argues it is \u201ca dark moment for freedom of speech in our nation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The move comes less than a week after ABC suspended Kimmel\u2019s late-night talk show<\/a> following comments he made about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. After a group of ABC-affiliated stations said they wouldn\u2019t air \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d The Walt Disney Co. pulled the show Wednesday just before air, prompting a firestorm of debate over free speech.<\/p>\n

\u201cRegardless of our political affiliation, or whether we engage in politics or not, we all love our country,\u201d the letter says. \u201cWe also share the belief that our voices should never be silenced by those in power \u2014 because if it happens to one of us, it happens to all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

The list of signatories includes newly crowned Emmy-winner Noah Wyle, Oscar-nominated Florence Pugh, comedian David Cross, Tony-winner Kelli O\u2019Hara and veteran actor Molly Ringwald. Pedro Pascal, Billy Crystal, Nathan Lane, Kerry Washington and Kevin Bacon also signed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the moment to defend free speech across our nation. We encourage all Americans to join us, along with the ACLU, in the fight to defend and preserve our constitutionally protected rights,\u201d the letter concludes.<\/p>\n

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NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Hundreds of Hollywood and Broadway stars \u2014 including Robert De Niro, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Selena Gomez, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep \u2014 are urging Americans \u201cfight to defend and preserve our constitutionally protected rights\u201d in the wake of Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s suspension. WATCH: Kimmel suspension and self-censorship set dangerous […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2111742,"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":[25173],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2111741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Hundreds-of-stars-sign-ACLU-letter-defending-free-speech-after.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2111741","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=2111741"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2111741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2111743,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2111741\/revisions\/2111743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2111742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2111741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2111741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2111741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}