{"id":6296,"date":"2025-09-18T23:56:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T23:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=6296"},"modified":"2025-09-18T23:56:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T23:56:42","slug":"what-jimmy-kimmel-said-about-charlie-kirk-that-led-to-being-pulled-off-air-indefinitely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=6296","title":{"rendered":"What Jimmy Kimmel said about Charlie Kirk that led to being pulled off air &#8216;indefinitely&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jimmy Kimmel&#8217;s late-night show, <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em>, has been suspended indefinitely by ABC after the comedian made controversial comments about the shooting of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. Kimmel criticized Donald Trump and his supporters, claiming they were using Kirk\u2019s death to \u201cscore political points.\u201d During his monologue, he mocked Trump\u2019s response to the tragedy, comparing his behavior to a child grieving a goldfish. This sparked backlash, particularly from Nexstar Media Group, which stopped airing the show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charlie Kirk was fatally shot in the neck on September 10 while speaking at Utah Valley University. Following a 33-hour manhunt, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson was arrested and charged with aggravated murder and other serious offenses. Prosecutors are reportedly seeking the death penalty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ABC, owned by Disney, announced the decision to pull Kimmel\u2019s show after 22 years on air, stating it would be \u201cpreempted indefinitely.\u201d Nexstar&#8217;s broadcasting president, Andrew Alford, called Kimmel\u2019s remarks \u201coffensive and insensitive,\u201d emphasizing the need for \u201ccooler heads\u201d during a politically tense time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Donald Trump celebrated the suspension on Truth Social, calling Kimmel \u201ctalentless\u201d and praising ABC\u2019s move. This comes just weeks after Trump predicted that both Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon would be \u201cnext\u201d following the cancellation of Stephen Colbert\u2019s <em>The Late Show<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jimmy Kimmel&#8217;s late-night show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, has been suspended indefinitely by ABC after the comedian made controversial comments about the shooting of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"views":344,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6296"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6298,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6296\/revisions\/6298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}