{"id":2132601,"date":"2025-11-03T16:03:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T16:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2132601"},"modified":"2025-11-03T16:03:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T16:03:37","slug":"over-400-celebrities-sign-petition-supporting-jimmy-kimmel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/over-400-celebrities-sign-petition-supporting-jimmy-kimmel\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 400 Celebrities Sign Petition Supporting Jimmy Kimmel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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More than 400 Hollywood stars have signed a petition supporting Jimmy Kimmel<\/a> after the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/a><\/p>\n

The letter defends \u201cfree speech\u201d following ABC bosses at Disney\u2019s decision to take Kimmel\u2019s show off air.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe the people must never accept government threats to our freedom of speech,\u201d reads an open letter<\/a> released by the American Civil Liberties Union. \u201cEfforts by leaders to pressure artists, journalists, and companies with retaliation for their speech strike at the heart of what it means to live in a free country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Celebrities including Jennifer Aniston<\/a>, Tom Hanks<\/a>, Robert De Niro<\/a>, Selena Gomez<\/a>, Jason Bateman<\/a>, Michael Keaton<\/a>, Natalie Portman<\/a>, Martin Short<\/a>, Maya Rudolph<\/a>, Pedro Pascal<\/a>, Kerry Washington<\/a>, Lin-Manuel Miranda<\/a>, Regina King<\/a>, and Diego Luna<\/a> are listed among the petition\u2019s signees. (See the full list below.)<\/p>\n

Citing Kimmel\u2019s suspension, the letter continues, \u201cIn an attempt to silence its critics, our government has resorted to threatening the livelihoods of journalists, talk show hosts, artists, creatives, and entertainers across the board. This runs counter to the values our nation was built upon, and our Constitution guarantees.\u201d<\/p>\n

The petition concludes, \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<\/p>\n

Disney indefinitely suspended<\/a> Kimmel\u2019s ABC late-night talk show on Wednesday, September 17, after Nexstar pulled the series from local affiliates in reaction to comments Kimmel made about the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Jimmy Kimmel in ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ on Monday, June 16, 2025<\/p>\n

Disney \/ Randy Holmes<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,\u201d Kimmel said on the Tuesday, September 16 episode of his show.<\/p>\n

Howard Stern<\/a> criticized Disney\u2019s decision on the Monday, September 22, episode of his SiriusXM show, noting how the move has been seen by many as the media giant acting in response to pressure by President Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s current administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just know when the government begins to interfere, when the government says,\u2019 I\u2019m not pleased with you, so we\u2019re gonna orchestrate a way to silence you.\u2019 It\u2019s the wrong direction for our country,\u201d Stern stated, per Deadline<\/a>. \u201cAnd I should know. I\u2019ve been involved in something like this and now ABC is put in the same position and it\u2019s unfortunate that ABC even has to be in this position. They shouldn\u2019t have to be in this position. I feel for them too, in this. But that someone\u2019s gotta step up and be f**king saying, \u2018Hey, enough, we\u2019re not gonna bow.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Stern also noted that he has chosen to cancel his Disney+ subscription in protest. \u201cI\u2019m trying to say with the pocketbook that I do not support what they\u2019re doing with Jimmy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Scroll down for the complete list of celebrities who signed the American Civil Liberties Union\u2019s open letter.<\/p>\n

Aasif Mandvi<\/p>\n

Abbi Jacobson<\/p>\n

Abby McEnany<\/p>\n

Adam Chanler-Berat<\/p>\n

Adam Goldberg<\/p>\n

Adam Horovitz<\/p>\n

Adam Scott<\/p>\n

Adina Porter<\/p>\n

Adrienne Warren<\/p>\n

A.J. Shively<\/p>\n

Al Yankovic<\/p>\n

Alan Cumming<\/p>\n

Aldis Hodge<\/p>\n

Alex Serino<\/p>\n

Alfred Molina<\/p>\n

Alia Shawkat<\/p>\n

Alison Brie<\/p>\n

Allana Harkin<\/p>\n

Allie Re<\/p>\n

Allison Tolman<\/p>\n

Ally Sheedy<\/p>\n

Alysia Reiner<\/p>\n

Alyssa Milano<\/p>\n

Amber Ruffin<\/p>\n

Amber Sealey<\/p>\n

Amber Tamblyn<\/p>\n

America Ferrera<\/p>\n

Amy Landecker<\/p>\n

Ana Gasteyer<\/p>\n

Andrea Savage<\/p>\n

Angie Pontani<\/p>\n

Anjali Bhimani<\/p>\n

Ann Harada<\/p>\n

Anna Baryshnikov<\/p>\n

Anna Camp<\/p>\n

Annabel Oakes<\/p>\n

Annette Bening<\/p>\n

Annette O\u2019Toole<\/p>\n

Annie Murphy<\/p>\n

Anthony Anderson<\/p>\n

Anthony Jeselnik<\/p>\n

Aria Mia Loberti<\/p>\n

Arian Moayed<\/p>\n

Ariana DeBose<\/p>\n

Arlen Escarpeta<\/p>\n

Art Linson<\/p>\n

Ashlie Atkinson<\/p>\n

Ashly Burch<\/p>\n

Atsuko Okatsuka<\/p>\n

Auli\u2019i Cravalho<\/p>\n

Barry Levinson<\/p>\n

Ben Platt<\/p>\n

Ben Stiller<\/p>\n

Benito Skinner<\/p>\n

Betty Gilpin<\/p>\n

Billy Crystal<\/p>\n

Billy Eichner<\/p>\n

Bitsie Tulloch<\/p>\n

Bob Martin<\/p>\n

Bonnie Milligan<\/p>\n

Brad Hall<\/p>\n

Bradley Bredeweg<\/p>\n

Brandon Uranowitz<\/p>\n

Bradley Whitford<\/p>\n

Brian Newman<\/p>\n

Brian Usifer<\/p>\n

Briana Evigan<\/p>\n

Bridget Everett<\/p>\n

Bryan Cranston<\/p>\n

Busy Philipps<\/p>\n

Camryn Manheim<\/p>\n

Carrie Coon<\/p>\n

Carrie Preston<\/p>\n

Cecily Strong<\/p>\n

Celia Keenan-Bolger<\/p>\n

Chazz Palminteri<\/p>\n

Chelsea Handler<\/p>\n

Chelsea Peretti<\/p>\n

Cherry Jones<\/p>\n

Chris Chalk<\/p>\n

Chris Henry Coffey<\/p>\n

Christian Borle<\/p>\n

Christina Applegate<\/p>\n

Christine Baranski<\/p>\n

Christine Jones<\/p>\n

Christine Lahti<\/p>\n

Christine Taylor<\/p>\n

Claire Danes<\/p>\n

Corey Hawkins<\/p>\n

Craig Johnson<\/p>\n

Cyndi Lauper<\/p>\n

Cynthia Nixon<\/p>\n

Dallas Roberts<\/p>\n

Dan Gilroy<\/p>\n

Danny Burstein<\/p>\n

Daphne Rubin-Vega<\/p>\n

D\u2019Arcy Carden<\/p>\n

Dave Quay<\/p>\n

Daveed Diggs<\/p>\n

David Alan Basche<\/p>\n

David Arquette<\/p>\n

David Cross<\/p>\n

David Giuntoli<\/p>\n

David Harewood<\/p>\n

David Rysdahl<\/p>\n

Debbie Gibson<\/p>\n

Debra Messing<\/p>\n

Demi\u00e1n Bichir<\/p>\n

Denis O\u2019Hare<\/p>\n

Desi Lydic<\/p>\n

Diego Luna<\/p>\n

Donna Murphy<\/p>\n

Ebon Moss-Bachrach<\/p>\n

Eden Espinosa<\/p>\n

Edie Falco<\/p>\n

Edwin Hodge<\/p>\n

Eliot Glazer<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Banks<\/p>\n

Ellen Adair<\/p>\n

Ellen Fairey<\/p>\n

Emily Hampshire<\/p>\n

Emily Spivey<\/p>\n

Emily V. Gordon<\/p>\n

Emma Geer<\/p>\n

Eric Bogosian<\/p>\n

Eric Christian Olsen<\/p>\n

Eric Newman<\/p>\n

Erik Christopher Peterson<\/p>\n

Eunice Bae<\/p>\n

Ever Carradine<\/p>\n

Florence Pugh<\/p>\n

Frances Fisher<\/p>\n

Frances McDormand<\/p>\n

Gabe Liedman<\/p>\n

Gabriel Luna<\/p>\n

George Takei<\/p>\n

Gianmarco Soresi<\/p>\n

Gideon Glick<\/p>\n

Gina Gershon<\/p>\n

Gloria Steinem<\/p>\n

Griffin Dunne<\/p>\n

Gus Halper<\/p>\n

Hank Azaria<\/p>\n

Hannah Bos<\/p>\n

Harvey Keitel<\/p>\n

Holly Robinson Peete<\/p>\n

Ike Barinholtz<\/p>\n

Ilana Glazer<\/p>\n

Irwin Winkler<\/p>\n

Isis King<\/p>\n

J. Smith Cameron<\/p>\n

Jack Gilpin<\/p>\n

Jack Schlossberg<\/p>\n

Jacqueline Toboni<\/p>\n

Jaime King<\/p>\n

James Monroe Iglehart<\/p>\n

Jamie Lee Curtis<\/p>\n

Jane Fonda<\/p>\n

Jane Krakowski<\/p>\n

Jane Rosenthal<\/p>\n

Janet Hubert<\/p>\n

Jason Alexander<\/p>\n

Jason Bateman & Amanda Anka<\/p>\n

Jason George<\/p>\n

Jay Gonzalez<\/p>\n

Jean Smart<\/p>\n

Jeff Hiller<\/p>\n

Jen Statsky<\/p>\n

Jen Tullock<\/p>\n

Jenn Lyon<\/p>\n

Jennifer Aniston<\/p>\n

Jennifer Ehle<\/p>\n

Jennifer Hale<\/p>\n

Jennifer Mudge<\/p>\n

Jenny Slate<\/p>\n

Jeremy Pope<\/p>\n

Jesse Peretz<\/p>\n

Jesse Tyler Ferguson<\/p>\n

Jessy Hodges<\/p>\n

Jill Eikenberry<\/p>\n

Jill Kargman<\/p>\n

Jim Parsons<\/p>\n

Jim True-Frost<\/p>\n

Joaquin Phoenix<\/p>\n

Jodi Balfour<\/p>\n

Jodie Sweetin<\/p>\n

Joe Keery<\/p>\n

Joel Coen<\/p>\n

Joel Kim Booster<\/p>\n

John Cho<\/p>\n

John Ellison Conlee<\/p>\n

John Hamburg<\/p>\n

Jon Cryer<\/p>\n

Jon Huertas<\/p>\n

Jonathan Groff<\/p>\n

Jonathan Tropper<\/p>\n

Jordan Gelber<\/p>\n

Jordan Klepper<\/p>\n

Jose Llana<\/p>\n

Josh Hamilton<\/p>\n

Josh Radnor<\/p>\n

Josh Singer<\/p>\n

Josh Zuckerman<\/p>\n

Joshua Jackson<\/p>\n

Judd Apatow<\/p>\n

Judy Gold<\/p>\n

Judy Kuhn<\/p>\n

Julia Knitel<\/p>\n

Julia Louis-Dreyfus<\/p>\n

Julianne Nicholson<\/p>\n

Julie Halston<\/p>\n

June Squibb<\/p>\n

Justin Theroux<\/p>\n

Kate Hamill<\/p>\n

Katherine LaNasa<\/p>\n

Kathleen Chalfant<\/p>\n

Kathleen Hanna<\/p>\n

Kathryn Erbe<\/p>\n

Kathryn Gallagher<\/p>\n

Kathryn Grody<\/p>\n

Kathryn Hahn<\/p>\n

Katie Finneran<\/p>\n

Katrina Bowden<\/p>\n

Katy O\u2019Brian<\/p>\n

Keith Cotton<\/p>\n

Keith Powell<\/p>\n

Kelley Curran<\/p>\n

Kelli O\u2019Hara<\/p>\n

Kellie Overbey<\/p>\n

Kelly Carlin-McCall<\/p>\n

Kelly Jenrette<\/p>\n

Kenneth Lonergan<\/p>\n

Kerry Washington<\/p>\n

Kevin Bacon<\/p>\n

Kevin Cahoon<\/p>\n

Kirsten Dunst<\/p>\n

Kristen Johnston<\/p>\n

Kristin Davis<\/p>\n

Kristine Nielsen<\/p>\n

Kumail Nanjiani<\/p>\n

Kyra Sedgwick<\/p>\n

Lake Bell<\/p>\n

LaToya Tonodeo<\/p>\n

Laura Benanti<\/p>\n

Laura Dave<\/p>\n

Laura Linney<\/p>\n

Lee Rose<\/p>\n

Lena Dunham<\/p>\n

Lennon Parham<\/p>\n

Lesli Linka Glatter<\/p>\n

Lewis Black<\/p>\n

Lilah Richcreek Estrada<\/p>\n

Lilly Wachowski<\/p>\n

Linda Emond<\/p>\n

Linda Powell<\/p>\n

Lin-Manuel Miranda<\/p>\n

Lisa Guerrero<\/p>\n

Lisa Kron<\/p>\n

Lucy Freyer<\/p>\n

Luis & Luz Miranda<\/p>\n

Maddie Corman<\/p>\n

Madeline Weinstein<\/p>\n

Maggie Gyllenhaal<\/p>\n

Maia Mitchell<\/p>\n

Malachi Weir<\/p>\n

Marc Kudisch<\/p>\n

Marcia Cross<\/p>\n

Maria Dizzia<\/p>\n

Marin Ireland<\/p>\n

Marjan Neshat<\/p>\n

Mark Duplass<\/p>\n

Mark Ruffalo<\/p>\n

Martha Plimpton<\/p>\n

Martin Short<\/p>\n

Mary Beth Barone<\/p>\n

Mary Catherine Garrison<\/p>\n

Mary Elizabeth Ellis<\/p>\n

Mary-Louise Parker<\/p>\n

Matt Walsh<\/p>\n

Maude Apatow<\/p>\n

Max Silvestri<\/p>\n

Maya Rudolph<\/p>\n

Megan Byrne<\/p>\n

Melissa Benoist<\/p>\n

Melissa Fumero<\/p>\n

Melissa Gilbert<\/p>\n

Melissa Villase\u00f1or<\/p>\n

Meredith Salenger<\/p>\n

Merrin Dungey<\/p>\n

Meryl Streep<\/p>\n

Michael Cerveris<\/p>\n

Michael Ian Black<\/p>\n

Michael Keaton<\/p>\n

Michael Kosta<\/p>\n

Michael McKean<\/p>\n

Michael Nouri<\/p>\n

Michael Shannon<\/p>\n

Michael Sucsy<\/p>\n

Michael Tucker<\/p>\n

Michaela Watkins<\/p>\n

Michelle Visage<\/p>\n

Miriam Shor<\/p>\n

Miriam Silverman<\/p>\n

Misha Collins<\/p>\n

Molly Bernard<\/p>\n

Molly Gordon<\/p>\n

Molly Ringwald<\/p>\n

Murray Hill<\/p>\n

Naomi Watts & Billy Crudup<\/p>\n

Natalie Portman<\/p>\n

Nathan Lane<\/p>\n

Neal Brennan<\/p>\n

Nia DaCosta<\/p>\n

Nicole Brydon Bloom<\/p>\n

Nicole Eggert<\/p>\n

Nicole Maines<\/p>\n

Nicolette Robinson<\/p>\n

Nimesh Patel<\/p>\n

Nnamdi Asomugha<\/p>\n

Noah Galvin<\/p>\n

Noah Wyle<\/p>\n

Olivia Rodrigo<\/p>\n

Olli Haaskivi<\/p>\n

Orfeh<\/p>\n

Padma Lakshmi<\/p>\n

Paige Hurd<\/p>\n

Pamela Adlon<\/p>\n

Parker Posey<\/p>\n

Patricia Clarkson<\/p>\n

Patton Oswalt<\/p>\n

Paul Feig<\/p>\n

Paul McCrane<\/p>\n

Paul Scheer<\/p>\n

Paul Thureen<\/p>\n

Paul W. Downs & Lucia Aniello<\/p>\n

Pauline Chalamet<\/p>\n

Pedro Pascal<\/p>\n

Pete Holmes<\/p>\n

Peter Friedman<\/p>\n

Peter Gallagher<\/p>\n

Piper Perabo<\/p>\n

Punkie Johnson<\/p>\n

Rachel Bloom<\/p>\n

Rachel Dratch<\/p>\n

Rachel Morrison<\/p>\n

Rafael Casal<\/p>\n

Rainn Wilson<\/p>\n

Ramy Youssef<\/p>\n

Raoul Peck<\/p>\n

Regina Hall<\/p>\n

Regina King<\/p>\n

Retta<\/p>\n

Richard Kind<\/p>\n

Richard Schiff<\/p>\n

Rick Barrio Dill<\/p>\n

Rita Wilson<\/p>\n

Rob Delaney<\/p>\n

Rob Morrow<\/p>\n

Robert DeNiro<\/p>\n

Robert Horn<\/p>\n

Roma Maffia<\/p>\n

Ronny Chieng<\/p>\n

Rooney Mara<\/p>\n

Rosario Dawson<\/p>\n

Rosemary Harris<\/p>\n

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Roy Wood Jr.<\/p>\n

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Ruth Negga<\/p>\n

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Sally Kohn<\/p>\n

Sam Means<\/p>\n

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Sarah Ramos<\/p>\n

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Scott Silver<\/p>\n

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Sharon Stone<\/p>\n

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Sherri Saum<\/p>\n

Sheryl Crow<\/p>\n

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