By DAVID BAUDER, AP Media Author
NEW YORK (AP) — ABC has suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show indefinitely after feedback that he made about Charlie Kirk’s killing led a gaggle of ABC-affiliated stations to say it might not air the present
Kimmel, the veteran late-night comedian, made a number of feedback concerning the response to Kirk’s assassination on his present Monday and Tuesday nights. He mentioned that “many in MAGA land are working very exhausting to capitalize on the homicide of Charlie Kirk.”
ABC, which has aired Kimmel’s late-night present since 2003, moved swiftly after Nextstar Communications Group mentioned it might pull the present beginning Wednesday. Kimmel’s feedback about Kirk’s demise “are offensive and insensitive at a vital time in our nationwide political discourse,” mentioned Andrew Alford, president of Nexstar’s broadcasting division. Nexstar operates 23 ABC associates.
There was no fast remark from Kimmel.
On X Wednesday night time, White Home deputy chief of workers Taylor Budowich posted: “Welcome to Consequence Tradition. Regular, frequent sense People are now not taking the b———- and corporations like ABC are lastly prepared to do the correct and cheap factor.”
In his monologue on Monday, Kimmel mentioned that “we hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately attempting to characterize this child who murdered Charlie Kirk as something aside from one among them and doing every part they’ll to attain political factors from it.”
Kimmel mentioned that Trump’s response to Kirk’s demise “will not be how an grownup grieves the homicide of somebody he known as a good friend. That is how a 4-year-old mourns a goldfish, OK?” He additionally mentioned that FBI chief Kash Patel has dealt with the investigation into the homicide “like a child who didn’t learn the guide, BS’ing his approach by means of an oral report.
He returned to the subject on Tuesday night time, mocking Vice President JD Vance’s efficiency as visitor host for Kirk’s podcast.
He mentioned Trump was “fanning the flames” by attacking folks on the left. “Which is it, are they a bunch of sissy pickleball gamers as a result of they’re too scared to be hit by tennis balls, or a well-organized lethal crew of commandos, as a result of they’ll’t be each of these issues.”
Kimmel, like CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert, has constantly been vital of President Donald Trump and lots of of his insurance policies on his ABC present. CBS mentioned this previous summer time that it was canceling Colbert’s show on the finish of this season for monetary causes, though some critics have puzzled if his stance on Trump performed a task.
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