{"id":7407,"date":"2025-09-24T16:17:38","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T16:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=7407"},"modified":"2025-09-24T16:17:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T16:17:39","slug":"donald-trump-threatens-to-sue-abc-over-jimmy-kimmels-return-in-scathing-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=7407","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump threatens to sue ABC over Jimmy Kimmel&#8217;s return in scathing message"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jimmy Kimmel returned to Jimmy Kimmel Live! after a short suspension, sparking strong reactions. The show had been temporarily pulled following his comments about Charlie Kirk\u2019s passing, which drew mixed responses from both viewers and political figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former President Donald Trump expressed frustration over Kimmel\u2019s return on Truth Social, suggesting possible legal action against ABC. Kimmel, however, addressed the controversy directly during his opening monologue, defending free speech and emphasizing he never intended to offend Kirk\u2019s family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his monologue, Kimmel also shared a heartfelt message about compassion, referencing the forgiveness shown by Kirk\u2019s widow. He added that threats to silence comedians were against the values of free expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Social media quickly erupted, with some praising Kimmel\u2019s return as a win for free speech, while others sided with Trump, criticizing ABC\u2019s decision. The clash highlighted growing tensions between politics, entertainment, and media freedom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jimmy Kimmel returned to Jimmy Kimmel Live! after a short suspension, sparking strong reactions. The show had been temporarily pulled following his comments about Charlie Kirk\u2019s passing,&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"views":154,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7407","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=7407"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7409,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7407\/revisions\/7409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}