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Full Transcript Of What Jimmy Kimmel Said That Got His Show Suspended, As Hollywood Stars React
Jimmy Kimmel’s popular talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live! was pulled off television indefinitely on September 17 after he made “insensitive” comments about the late Charlie Kirk.
The 31-year-old conservative activist lost his life in a fatal attack during an event at Utah Valley University on September 10.
While discussing the situation on his show, the comedian made “offensive” remarks that did not sit well with the broadcasting network.
Highlights
- Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live! was pulled indefinitely after he mocked Donald Trump’s reaction to Charlie Kirk’s passing.
- Broadcasting group Nexstar confirmed the suspension, saying the show will remain off-air “for the foreseeable future.”
- The move sparked backlash online, with stars like Ben Stiller, Sophia Bush, and more defending Kimmel.
“So, freedom of speech only applies when it’s something they want to hear?” commented one user online.
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Jimmy Kimmel’s talk show has been taken off the air following his remarks about Charlie Kirk’s tragic passing
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During the September 15 episode, Kimmel spoke about the right-wing political commentator’s untimely passing after he was fatally struck in the neck by an armed assailant.
The suspect, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, has since been identified and charged with first-degree homicide.
Taking a dig at President Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan, commonly associated with him and his supporters, Jimmy addressed Robinson’s arrest.
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“We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who m***dered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.”
He then commented on a viral clip of Trump speaking to reporters outside the White House, mocking his “grieving” as the president was reportedly close friends with Kirk.
A 22-year-old has been arrested and charged in connection with the fatal attack on Charlie
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“In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving. On Friday, the White House flew the flags at half staff, which got some criticism, but on a human level, you can see how hard the president is taking this.”
A clip of the President was then shown where, when asked by a reporter how he was holding up following the passing of Kirk, he replied, “I think very good, and by the way, right there where you see all the trucks, they just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House.”
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— LateNighter (@latenightercom) September 17, 2025
The comedian quipped to this, “Yes, he’s at the fourth stage of grief, construction. This is not how an adult grieves the m**der of someone he called a friend.”
“There’s something wrong with him, there really is. Who thinks like that?”
However, these remarks were “strongly” objected to by broadcasting group Nexstar, which announced the temporary cancellation of the ABC show.
The 57-year-old mocked the U.S. President’s “grieving” in a viral clip following the passing of his “friend”
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In a statement to People, the network shared that all “television stations affiliated with the ABC Television Network will preempt Jimmy Kimmel Live! for the foreseeable future…”
“Mr. Kimmel’s comments about the d**th of Mr. Kirk are offensive and insensitive at a critical time in our national political discourse, and we do not believe they reflect the spectrum of opinions, views, or values of the local communities in which we are located.”
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On September 8, two documents from the now-disgraced Jeffrey Epstein‘s 50th-birthday album revealed the U.S. President’s signature, one on a risque line drawing of a female body and one on a picture of Epstein holding up a novelty check with Trump’s name.
Kimmel concluded his remarks in the episode by commenting on Trump’s “$200 million” White House ballroom project, suggesting it might be a decoy to distract from his connection to Epstein.
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“Why are we building a $200 million ballroom in the White House? Is it possible he’s doing it intentionally so we can be mad about that instead of the Epstein list? By the time he’s out of office, the White House will have slot machines and a water slide.”
The political activist lost his life during a live debate session as part of his American Comeback tour at the university
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The cancellation of Jimmy’s talk show was condemned by several celebrities who reacted to the news on social media.
Comedian Wanda Sykes, who was set to appear on an upcoming episode of the show, shared a video on Instagram criticizing Donald Trump.
She said, “He did end freedom of speech within his first year. Hey, for those of you who pray, now’s the time to do it.”
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Actor Ben Stiller also shared his support for Kimmel on an X post, writing, “This isn’t right.”
Actress Sophia Bush took to X to criticize the political climate in America, writing, “The First Amendment doesn’t exist in America anymore. Period. Fa**ism is here and it’s chilling.”
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Meanwhile, comedian Alex Edelman called it “actual cancel culture everyone claims to hate so much.”
Netizens also condemned the networks’ decision, accusing them of curbing people’s right to free speech.
One user commented, “Anyone having kids now, or grandkids: They’ll never know what free speech was. And it’s sure to be erased from ‘new’ history books.”
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Another wrote, “Nah… network owners are bending the knee and kissing the ring…”
Many big public figures in the U.S. criticized the cancellation of the talk show on social media, expressing their support for Kimmel
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Comedian and actress Kathy Griffin shared on her Instagram, “Please, take it from me, it is very important to have Jimmy Kimmel’s back right now. Be vocal. Be an ideological consumer. Money is all their crown cares about.”
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Other well-known names who voiced support for the comedian included Democrat Sen. Cory Booker, Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Jean Smart, John Legend, Christie Brinkley, Alison Brie, Halsey, and more.
Since Charlie’s passing, many reporters, educators, and even entertainment industry professionals, such as writers and television hosts, across the country have lost their jobs due to their controversial opinions on the matter.
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“He exposed their plan on his huge platform and the networks are terrified of Trump backlash!” wrote a fan in support of Jimmy.
“This is the day free speech ended in the U.S.,” wrote one disappointed social media user
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Trillian 2 months ago
And meanwhile the FOX News reporter who said that mentally ill homeless people should just be killed still has his job.
LollyLaLu 2 months ago
Also said, Trans people should be taken of the streets & locked up. Dictatorship looms.
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Tamra 2 months ago
Nine months. That's all it's taken to get to the point of scientific institutions, museums, broadcast networks, and educational institutions to be censored, gutted and shuttered. Nine f*cking months. Disgusting.
Karl 2 months ago
Trump couldn’t give a s**t about Kirk’s death except for the political capital it’s given him. Neither Trump nor Kirk cared less for dead schoolchildren as they’re both in the pocket of the NRA and it apparently was acceptable collateral damage. I’m betting he’ll be pressing the US pope for Kirk to be canonised next. The US seems like a parallel universe where everything is totally f****d up.
Antoinette the Red 2 months ago
Even Rod Serling would have nightmares over of this Twilight Zone episode.
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Sian E 2 months ago
Congratulations USA, you're now Germany circa 1935. I'm sure the rounding up of political 'dissidents' into re-education facilities will start any day now...
BrunoVI 2 months ago (edited)
You know people should've known that Hitler would k**l millions of innocent people? Because Hitler justified murdering millions of innocent people. That's how you know you're evil: when you justify murdering people who have not m******d anyone. I've published Hitler's N**i platform and gotten modern liberals to agree with everything except for one detail: Hitler didn't want to tax or imprison storekeepers who made a profit, for instance; he wanted them dead. I changed that (and held back that it was the N**i party platform) when I asked people if they agreed with it... and told them after the fact. Because my point was to show them that Hitler was not a conservative, but a liberal (in the U.S. senses of the words), not to prove that they were Nazis. Because no-one thinks Hitler is a monster because of his economic opinions, but rather because he m******d innocent people.
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Trillian 2 months ago
Oh they love free hate speech as long as it's directed at other people
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George Costanza 2 months ago
He didn't even say anything insensitive. He mocked Trump for barely even mentioning Kirk before moving on to talk about his ballroom construction. He was insensitive towards Trump, which all of us should be.
Gordon 2 months ago
AND THAT was his sin. He mocked Trump and Kirk in the same breath, so, they can use Kirk as an excuse to punish him for comments on Trump....
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Apatheist Account2 2 months ago
If you expect political satire to be sensitive, you've missed the point of it. The producers should be ashamed of themselves.
Kit Black 2 months ago
Serious question. Do you genuinely think that his comment about the accused shooter being MAGA was satire?
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Beak Hookage 2 months ago
The biggest enabler of the rise of f a s c i s m isn't malice. It's cowardice.
Patti 2 months ago
We just canceled our Disney subscription. If you believe in freedom of speech, you should do the same. Hit them where it hurts. Isn’t that what it’s all about, money?
Tyranamar Seuss 2 months ago
Yay! I'm with you 100%. I'm going to go see if we still have Disney. And if we do, I'm canceling it. And I'm definitely not buying whatever this new thing is that ABC wants to start.
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WonderWoman 2 months ago
Kirk was a racist, homophobic, misogynistic d-bag. He spewed evil and lies to enrage the idiot base. He didn't deserve to be shot, no one does. The USA had free speech until the government was overtaken by pathetic losers who want to control people ala North Korea.
Apatheist Account2 2 months ago
Serious question: does his killer deserve the firing squad?
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K. LNU 2 months ago
I heard trumps comment on the news. And the way he didn't transition from "he's a great guy and I'll miss him..." right to "and look at the construction of my ballroom..." was like poof! It was almost one sentence! SO, making fun of that, I get - but as many have stated "it's only free speech if the (right or left) don't disagree."
UKGrandad 2 months ago
Trump's reply was more 'Charlie who? Yeah, whatever, LOOK AT MY NEW TOY!'
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tori Ohno 2 months ago
The white house and it's tyrant are going to keep pushing until it's illegal to be anything other than what they tell you to be. Which is a dark ages conservative Republican who doesn't believe in gay, lgbtq, women's, etc rights. They'll take us right back to the days of slavery and misogyny. Violence is wrong, but I can see how some people could snap with all of the cruelty coming from the conservative side.
michael Chock 2 months ago (edited)
For anyone that doesn't know. The FCC is a federal institution. They forced ABC to cancel Kimmel or lose their broadcasting license. 100% against the first ammendment of the constitution (since Kimmel did not break their rules)
David 2 months ago
For anyone who knows the FCC conspiracy theory has had zero evidence provided to support it, and all actual information counters it. 4 hours before ABC canceled him, Nextar which owns the ABC stations in 40% of US Markets said they were dropping the show, and an hour after that Sinclair, the second largest owner of ABC stations, said that if Disney didnt fire Kimmel, they would drop the show as well, 3 hours after that ABC fired him. The FCC Conspiracy has no evidence and doesnt even make sense given the actual factually confirmed details of what happened. When the majority of your stations say they wont carry a show anymore, you cancel the show, especially when you are paying a guy $16 million dollars to a guy who averages 1.95 million viewers a night for a show losing money.
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Chris Landrum 2 months ago
While im not a fan of his, I dont think he needed to be suspended. he is an entertainer, not necessarily a source of information
TCW Sam Vimes 2 months ago
And people ask how Hitler got to power...well, controlling the media was one of the first steps, really. Have fun in your f*****t nation that upholds "freedom to say what I want you to think"
Ryan-James O'Driscoll 2 months ago
There has been so much violence inflicted by the right, which they don't talk about. What happened to Kirk is not ok. It is not how a democracy should operate. But the right are every bit as culpable for the rise in political violence. We either all condemn it, or we all consider it acceptable.
Rinso The Red 2 months ago
There's a lot of terms going around that I feel aren't being used properly and contributing to all this swirl. "Freedom of Speech" specifically outlines that you cannot be punished BY THE GOVERNMENT for speech that has not already been defined as illegal ("fire" in a theater, inciting violence, slander, etc.). While what ABC did was reprehensible, it is not an infringement of the 1st amendment. "Hate Speech" - there are definite legal definitions for what constitutes "hate speech". "I don't like it" doesn't qualify.
UKGrandad 2 months ago
The FCC threatened to remove ABC's broadcasting licence if they didn't remove Kimmel. The FCC is a federal institution so this is absolutely a case of the government punishing a citizen for perfectly legal speech, a direct infringement of the 1st. Amendment.
Load More Replies... Tyranamar Seuss 2 months ago
So, I want to boycott whatever this new thing is that ABC wants to buy so bad. ABC should have stood by Kimmel and taken this all the way to the Supreme Court if their FCC license was not granted. Instead they think they're going to make a bunch of money. If half the population boycotts this new venture they're trying to start it won't be profitable.
Antoinette the Red 2 months ago
The US Supreme Court? Really? At least 1/3 of them are Trump's sycophants.
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Laura Lawson 2 months ago
Look up the movie 'Wag the Dog'. A satirical tale of a US president about to go on sèxual a***e charges, so he asks a film-maker to create a fictional 'war' against Albania to draw attention away from this. Although it's from 1997, it's like the Trump admin is using it as their playbook. When satire becomes the truth, you know you're living in hèll.
Jan 2 months ago
The voters were told exactly what was going to happen and they elected him anyway. If I were still young and healthy I would be looking to leave because it is only going to get worse.
Antoinette the Red 2 months ago
I felt the same way Jan, but someone reminded me that it's OUR country, his his. Please don't give up.
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Rick Murray 2 months ago
So Kirk got to say "If I'm dealing with somebody in customer service who's a moronic Black woman, I wonder is she there because of her excellence, or is she there because of affirmative action?" but Kimmel can't say what he said? Interesting definition of free speech you have there. Maybe Vance might want to stop bleating about how we don't have it here in Europe until he understands that, apparently, you don't have it there in the US either.
George Costanza 2 months ago
The concept of "free speech" only applies to freedom from government persecution. It in no way implies that businesses or other non-government entities have to allow all speech. Never has.
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Frances Pitchoune 2 months ago
I hope Jimmy Kemmel gets his own Web show. The Big Orange Taco can't control everything.
Nova Rook 2 months ago
Downvoted for demonstrating the hypocrisy of the maga cult? I will wear it like a badge of honour.
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UKGrandad 2 months ago
Of course, but they won't call them protesters, they'll say they were violent insurrectionists.
Load More Replies... Grumpy old man 2 months ago
Everyone go to yewtoob and watch the SNL School House Rock cartoon about how the companies that own the news control it.
Apatheist Account2 2 months ago
It is somewhat curious that several posts from this discussion on "free speech" seem to have been removed without explanation, is it not?
David 2 months ago
While I think this was not the right call by ABC (regardless of the conspiracy theory he pushed about the shooter really being double super secret maga), lets break it down. 1) They are a private company, and any speech done in an official capacity for them, they have the right to fire based on (different than if he just did it on his own social). 2) First one of the Media companies whose ABC affiliate franchisees is 30% of all ABC viewers, whose CEO was a TPUSA Funder said his affiliates would stop carrying the program (which is his right in the contract), without his stations, ABC felt it was better to just cancel the show. 3) ABC has had over a dozen meetings since 2022 about Kimmel's show losing money (not the $40 million a year Colbert was losing before he was cancelled, but Kimmel has lost ABC money and not pulled a profit for years already), and I think they were looking for an excuse to sack him, to cut their financial losses, but were afraid to do so and this gave it to them
Kit Black 2 months ago
Logic doesn't matter - if you can get a large enough group of people living paycheck to paycheck to be outraged over the firing of a multimillionaire, what makes you think they care about the definition of free speech?
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George Costanza 2 months ago
Most of us have been for years. That's why network ratings are so low while Netflix/Youtube/etc control most of the media market now.
Load More Replies... Gozer LeGozerian 2 months ago
They're such snowflakes. So testerical. They really should smile more.
Manos 2 months ago
These are the rules the liberals established. What did he say when Rosanne Barr was kicked off her show at the request of President Obama or President Trump was kicked off Twitter?
Nova Rook 2 months ago
"The American media totally ignored this stuff until Donald Trump and I started talking about cat memes. If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people, then that’s what I’m going to do." - The US Vice President stating that they will lie to the public to further their hateful ends. But comedians must get everything right all the time or they will be punished.
Tamra 2 months ago
It's not about being "cancelled". No one really cares about that. No fully formed adult, at least...I can't speak for the right wingers who constantly $hit their pants about it, though. It's about actual freedom of speech, and how the Trump administration has influenced/controlled public discourse. That's the problem, and everyone should be concerned about that. Today it's in your favor, tomorrow, it might not be.
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David 2 months ago
its a conspiracy with zero evidence to back up. What happened was Nextar, the largest owner of ABC stations in the country dropped the show, losing 40% of markets and 30% of all ABC viewers, and then an hour after that Sinclair, the second largest owner of ABC stations told Disney to fire Kimmel or they would drop the show (both companies CEO's were personal donors to TPUSA and MAGA causes), with the show having lost money 4 years in a row now, and with over half the stations in the country dropping the show, they canceled it. It was that simple. A show losing money, when half the stations carrying it want it gone, you kinda need to cut your losses. But there is zero evidence other than people theorizing that the FCC or feds had anything to do with it, it was the stations demanding it.
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CP 2 months ago (edited)
Do you know what the term "freedom of speech" means? It doesn't sound like it. People getting upset over a joke is free speech vs free speech. Trump is the government and actually killing free speech. Stupid people like you is how we get Trump.
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David 2 months ago
why? bc a private company fired an employee getting paid $16 million a year, after their 2 biggest franchisees that own half their station dropped a TV show, which forced the network to fire the guy?
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Trillian 2 months ago
And meanwhile the FOX News reporter who said that mentally ill homeless people should just be killed still has his job.
LollyLaLu 2 months ago
Also said, Trans people should be taken of the streets & locked up. Dictatorship looms.
Load More Replies... Tamra 2 months ago
Nine months. That's all it's taken to get to the point of scientific institutions, museums, broadcast networks, and educational institutions to be censored, gutted and shuttered. Nine f*cking months. Disgusting.
Karl 2 months ago
Trump couldn’t give a s**t about Kirk’s death except for the political capital it’s given him. Neither Trump nor Kirk cared less for dead schoolchildren as they’re both in the pocket of the NRA and it apparently was acceptable collateral damage. I’m betting he’ll be pressing the US pope for Kirk to be canonised next. The US seems like a parallel universe where everything is totally f****d up.
Antoinette the Red 2 months ago
Even Rod Serling would have nightmares over of this Twilight Zone episode.
Load More Replies... Sian E 2 months ago
Congratulations USA, you're now Germany circa 1935. I'm sure the rounding up of political 'dissidents' into re-education facilities will start any day now...
BrunoVI 2 months ago (edited)
You know people should've known that Hitler would k**l millions of innocent people? Because Hitler justified murdering millions of innocent people. That's how you know you're evil: when you justify murdering people who have not m******d anyone. I've published Hitler's N**i platform and gotten modern liberals to agree with everything except for one detail: Hitler didn't want to tax or imprison storekeepers who made a profit, for instance; he wanted them dead. I changed that (and held back that it was the N**i party platform) when I asked people if they agreed with it... and told them after the fact. Because my point was to show them that Hitler was not a conservative, but a liberal (in the U.S. senses of the words), not to prove that they were Nazis. Because no-one thinks Hitler is a monster because of his economic opinions, but rather because he m******d innocent people.
Load More Replies... Trillian 2 months ago
Oh they love free hate speech as long as it's directed at other people
Load More Replies... George Costanza 2 months ago
He didn't even say anything insensitive. He mocked Trump for barely even mentioning Kirk before moving on to talk about his ballroom construction. He was insensitive towards Trump, which all of us should be.
Gordon 2 months ago
AND THAT was his sin. He mocked Trump and Kirk in the same breath, so, they can use Kirk as an excuse to punish him for comments on Trump....
Load More Replies... Apatheist Account2 2 months ago
If you expect political satire to be sensitive, you've missed the point of it. The producers should be ashamed of themselves.
Kit Black 2 months ago
Serious question. Do you genuinely think that his comment about the accused shooter being MAGA was satire?
Load More Replies... Beak Hookage 2 months ago
The biggest enabler of the rise of f a s c i s m isn't malice. It's cowardice.
Patti 2 months ago
We just canceled our Disney subscription. If you believe in freedom of speech, you should do the same. Hit them where it hurts. Isn’t that what it’s all about, money?
Tyranamar Seuss 2 months ago
Yay! I'm with you 100%. I'm going to go see if we still have Disney. And if we do, I'm canceling it. And I'm definitely not buying whatever this new thing is that ABC wants to start.
Load More Replies... WonderWoman 2 months ago
Kirk was a racist, homophobic, misogynistic d-bag. He spewed evil and lies to enrage the idiot base. He didn't deserve to be shot, no one does. The USA had free speech until the government was overtaken by pathetic losers who want to control people ala North Korea.
Apatheist Account2 2 months ago
Serious question: does his killer deserve the firing squad?
Load More Replies... K. LNU 2 months ago
I heard trumps comment on the news. And the way he didn't transition from "he's a great guy and I'll miss him..." right to "and look at the construction of my ballroom..." was like poof! It was almost one sentence! SO, making fun of that, I get - but as many have stated "it's only free speech if the (right or left) don't disagree."
UKGrandad 2 months ago
Trump's reply was more 'Charlie who? Yeah, whatever, LOOK AT MY NEW TOY!'
Load More Replies... tori Ohno 2 months ago
The white house and it's tyrant are going to keep pushing until it's illegal to be anything other than what they tell you to be. Which is a dark ages conservative Republican who doesn't believe in gay, lgbtq, women's, etc rights. They'll take us right back to the days of slavery and misogyny. Violence is wrong, but I can see how some people could snap with all of the cruelty coming from the conservative side.
michael Chock 2 months ago (edited)
For anyone that doesn't know. The FCC is a federal institution. They forced ABC to cancel Kimmel or lose their broadcasting license. 100% against the first ammendment of the constitution (since Kimmel did not break their rules)
David 2 months ago
For anyone who knows the FCC conspiracy theory has had zero evidence provided to support it, and all actual information counters it. 4 hours before ABC canceled him, Nextar which owns the ABC stations in 40% of US Markets said they were dropping the show, and an hour after that Sinclair, the second largest owner of ABC stations, said that if Disney didnt fire Kimmel, they would drop the show as well, 3 hours after that ABC fired him. The FCC Conspiracy has no evidence and doesnt even make sense given the actual factually confirmed details of what happened. When the majority of your stations say they wont carry a show anymore, you cancel the show, especially when you are paying a guy $16 million dollars to a guy who averages 1.95 million viewers a night for a show losing money.
Load More Replies... Chris Landrum 2 months ago
While im not a fan of his, I dont think he needed to be suspended. he is an entertainer, not necessarily a source of information
TCW Sam Vimes 2 months ago
And people ask how Hitler got to power...well, controlling the media was one of the first steps, really. Have fun in your f*****t nation that upholds "freedom to say what I want you to think"
Ryan-James O'Driscoll 2 months ago
There has been so much violence inflicted by the right, which they don't talk about. What happened to Kirk is not ok. It is not how a democracy should operate. But the right are every bit as culpable for the rise in political violence. We either all condemn it, or we all consider it acceptable.
Rinso The Red 2 months ago
There's a lot of terms going around that I feel aren't being used properly and contributing to all this swirl. "Freedom of Speech" specifically outlines that you cannot be punished BY THE GOVERNMENT for speech that has not already been defined as illegal ("fire" in a theater, inciting violence, slander, etc.). While what ABC did was reprehensible, it is not an infringement of the 1st amendment. "Hate Speech" - there are definite legal definitions for what constitutes "hate speech". "I don't like it" doesn't qualify.
UKGrandad 2 months ago
The FCC threatened to remove ABC's broadcasting licence if they didn't remove Kimmel. The FCC is a federal institution so this is absolutely a case of the government punishing a citizen for perfectly legal speech, a direct infringement of the 1st. Amendment.
Load More Replies... Tyranamar Seuss 2 months ago
So, I want to boycott whatever this new thing is that ABC wants to buy so bad. ABC should have stood by Kimmel and taken this all the way to the Supreme Court if their FCC license was not granted. Instead they think they're going to make a bunch of money. If half the population boycotts this new venture they're trying to start it won't be profitable.
Antoinette the Red 2 months ago
The US Supreme Court? Really? At least 1/3 of them are Trump's sycophants.
Load More Replies... Laura Lawson 2 months ago
Look up the movie 'Wag the Dog'. A satirical tale of a US president about to go on sèxual a***e charges, so he asks a film-maker to create a fictional 'war' against Albania to draw attention away from this. Although it's from 1997, it's like the Trump admin is using it as their playbook. When satire becomes the truth, you know you're living in hèll.
Jan 2 months ago
The voters were told exactly what was going to happen and they elected him anyway. If I were still young and healthy I would be looking to leave because it is only going to get worse.
Antoinette the Red 2 months ago
I felt the same way Jan, but someone reminded me that it's OUR country, his his. Please don't give up.
Load More Replies... Rick Murray 2 months ago
So Kirk got to say "If I'm dealing with somebody in customer service who's a moronic Black woman, I wonder is she there because of her excellence, or is she there because of affirmative action?" but Kimmel can't say what he said? Interesting definition of free speech you have there. Maybe Vance might want to stop bleating about how we don't have it here in Europe until he understands that, apparently, you don't have it there in the US either.
George Costanza 2 months ago
The concept of "free speech" only applies to freedom from government persecution. It in no way implies that businesses or other non-government entities have to allow all speech. Never has.
Load More Replies... Frances Pitchoune 2 months ago
I hope Jimmy Kemmel gets his own Web show. The Big Orange Taco can't control everything.
Nova Rook 2 months ago
Downvoted for demonstrating the hypocrisy of the maga cult? I will wear it like a badge of honour.
Load More Replies... UKGrandad 2 months ago
Of course, but they won't call them protesters, they'll say they were violent insurrectionists.
Load More Replies... Grumpy old man 2 months ago
Everyone go to yewtoob and watch the SNL School House Rock cartoon about how the companies that own the news control it.
Apatheist Account2 2 months ago
It is somewhat curious that several posts from this discussion on "free speech" seem to have been removed without explanation, is it not?
David 2 months ago
While I think this was not the right call by ABC (regardless of the conspiracy theory he pushed about the shooter really being double super secret maga), lets break it down. 1) They are a private company, and any speech done in an official capacity for them, they have the right to fire based on (different than if he just did it on his own social). 2) First one of the Media companies whose ABC affiliate franchisees is 30% of all ABC viewers, whose CEO was a TPUSA Funder said his affiliates would stop carrying the program (which is his right in the contract), without his stations, ABC felt it was better to just cancel the show. 3) ABC has had over a dozen meetings since 2022 about Kimmel's show losing money (not the $40 million a year Colbert was losing before he was cancelled, but Kimmel has lost ABC money and not pulled a profit for years already), and I think they were looking for an excuse to sack him, to cut their financial losses, but were afraid to do so and this gave it to them
Kit Black 2 months ago
Logic doesn't matter - if you can get a large enough group of people living paycheck to paycheck to be outraged over the firing of a multimillionaire, what makes you think they care about the definition of free speech?
Load More Replies... George Costanza 2 months ago
Most of us have been for years. That's why network ratings are so low while Netflix/Youtube/etc control most of the media market now.
Load More Replies... Gozer LeGozerian 2 months ago
They're such snowflakes. So testerical. They really should smile more.
Manos 2 months ago
These are the rules the liberals established. What did he say when Rosanne Barr was kicked off her show at the request of President Obama or President Trump was kicked off Twitter?
Nova Rook 2 months ago
"The American media totally ignored this stuff until Donald Trump and I started talking about cat memes. If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people, then that’s what I’m going to do." - The US Vice President stating that they will lie to the public to further their hateful ends. But comedians must get everything right all the time or they will be punished.
Tamra 2 months ago
It's not about being "cancelled". No one really cares about that. No fully formed adult, at least...I can't speak for the right wingers who constantly $hit their pants about it, though. It's about actual freedom of speech, and how the Trump administration has influenced/controlled public discourse. That's the problem, and everyone should be concerned about that. Today it's in your favor, tomorrow, it might not be.
Load More Replies... David 2 months ago
its a conspiracy with zero evidence to back up. What happened was Nextar, the largest owner of ABC stations in the country dropped the show, losing 40% of markets and 30% of all ABC viewers, and then an hour after that Sinclair, the second largest owner of ABC stations told Disney to fire Kimmel or they would drop the show (both companies CEO's were personal donors to TPUSA and MAGA causes), with the show having lost money 4 years in a row now, and with over half the stations in the country dropping the show, they canceled it. It was that simple. A show losing money, when half the stations carrying it want it gone, you kinda need to cut your losses. But there is zero evidence other than people theorizing that the FCC or feds had anything to do with it, it was the stations demanding it.
Load More Replies... CP 2 months ago (edited)
Do you know what the term "freedom of speech" means? It doesn't sound like it. People getting upset over a joke is free speech vs free speech. Trump is the government and actually killing free speech. Stupid people like you is how we get Trump.
Load More Replies... David 2 months ago
why? bc a private company fired an employee getting paid $16 million a year, after their 2 biggest franchisees that own half their station dropped a TV show, which forced the network to fire the guy?
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