People were shocked and outraged last week when ABC announced that it was pulling Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show “indefinitely” after conservatives accused the longtime host of inaccurately describing the politics of the man who is accused of fatally shooting the right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. Many celebrities including former President Barack Obama took to social media to voice their disapproval along with regular Joe’s cancelations of their Disney, ESPN and Hulu subscriptions in boycott. It hasn’t even been a week and Disney is announcing the the Jimmy Kimmel Show would return on Tuesday. Oddly enough their was no comment about this from The White House or President Donald Trump, until now.
The catch was two broadcasting companies which air ABC didn’t air Jimmy Kimmel Live on Tuesday, but that didn’t stop Jimmy Kimmel from speaking his peace about what happened. In an emotional monologue Kimmel said…
“This show is not important,” …“What’s important is that we live in a country that allows us to have a show like this.”
Jimmy Kimmel spoke about spending time with comedians from countries where people “get thrown in prison for making fun of those in power, and worse.”
“They know how lucky we are here,” …. “Our freedom to speak is what they admire most about this country, and that’s something I’m embarrassed to say I took for granted until they pulled my friend Stephen off the air,” … “and tried to coerce the affiliates who run our show in the cities that you live in to take my show off the air. That’s not legal. That’s not American. That is un-American.”
President Donald Trump has threatened to sue ABC over Jimmy Kimmel’s sudden return to air, insisting the network should have let the embattled late-night host “rot” after what he perceived to be inflammatory Charlie Kirk comments. Trump took to his TRUTH social media platform to go off and speak his truth:
“I can’t believe ABC Fake News gave Jimmy Kimmel his job back. The White House was told by ABC that his Show was cancelled!” …“want someone back who does so poorly, who’s not funny, and who puts the Network in jeopardy by playing 99% positive Democrat GARBAGE.”… “I think we’re going to test ABC out on this. Let’s see how we do. Last time I went after them, they gave me $16 Million Dollars. This one sounds even more lucrative.”
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