ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel off air ‘indefinitely’ over Kirk comments
ABC has pulled "Jimmy Kimmel Live" off the air following host Jimmy Kimmel's recent comments on the Charlie Kirk assassination Wednesday.
"Jimmy Kimmel Live will be pre-empted indefinitely," one ABC spokesperson told CNN.
The news came after a prominent operator of ABC-affiliated stations -- Nextstar -- announced it would no longer broadcast the show "for the foreseeable future," saying it “strongly objects to recent comments made by Mr. Kimmel concerning the killing of Charlie Kirk and will replace the show with other programming in its ABC-affiliated markets.”
During a Monday monologue, Kimmel suggested the suspected murderer of Kirk, Tyler Robinson, was a voter for and supporter of President Donald Trump, and proceeded to mock "the MAGA gang" for suggesting he was not one of their own
“The MAGA Gang (is) 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,” Kimmel said.
“In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving.”
"Jimmy Kimmel Live will be pre-empted indefinitely," one ABC spokesperson told CNN.
The news came after a prominent operator of ABC-affiliated stations -- Nextstar -- announced it would no longer broadcast the show "for the foreseeable future," saying it “strongly objects to recent comments made by Mr. Kimmel concerning the killing of Charlie Kirk and will replace the show with other programming in its ABC-affiliated markets.”
During a Monday monologue, Kimmel suggested the suspected murderer of Kirk, Tyler Robinson, was a voter for and supporter of President Donald Trump, and proceeded to mock "the MAGA gang" for suggesting he was not one of their own
“The MAGA Gang (is) 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,” Kimmel said.
“In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving.”
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