Stephen Colbert and David Letterman voice help for Jimmy Kimmel following talkshow suspension

Late-night discuss present icons are stepping as much as voice their help for Jimmy Kimmel following the indefinite suspension of his personal present, Jimmy Kimmel Reside!.

Earlier this week, it was introduced that Kimmel’s long-running present has been pulled indefinitely from the ABC community over the host’s latest feedback following Charlie Kirk’s loss of life, sparking worries round political censorship.

The suitable-wing activist was shot within the neck and killed at Utah Valley College campus on September 10, the place he was internet hosting his first occasion as a part of his America Comeback Tour. Kirk was 31 years outdated.

Following the capturing, Kimmel stated throughout his Monday night time monologue that every one indicators level to Kirk’s shooter being a Trump supporter: “We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang attempting to characterise this child who killed Charlie Kirk as something aside from considered one of them, and doing all the pieces they’ll to attain political factors from it.”

Kimmel’s monologue drew quite a few complaints from viewers, forcing Federal Communications Fee (FCC) chair Brendan Carr to seemingly threaten rapid motion towards Kimmel, the ABC community and its proprietor Disney for the feedback. Nexstar, an affiliate of ABC, then stated it will be pre-empting Jimmy Kimmel Reside! episodes for the foreseeable future, prompting the ABC community to drag the present indefinitely.

Trump – who has just lately been focusing on talkshow hosts who oppose his MAGA motion – took to social media to have a good time, and later doubled down, saying: “Properly, Jimmy Kimmel was fired as a result of he had unhealthy scores, greater than anything. And he stated a horrible factor about an awesome gentleman often known as Charlie Kirk. Jimmy Kimmel just isn’t a proficient particular person. He had very unhealthy scores, and they need to have fired him a very long time in the past. So, you already know, you might name that free speech or not. He was fired for lack of expertise.”

The convicted felon and present President additionally instructed he was gunning for Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers to lose their jobs subsequent.

Now, talkshow hosts Stephen Colbert and David Letterman have voiced their help for Kimmel. Colbert referred to as Kimmel’s suspension “blatant censorship” throughout a taping of his personal present on Thursday, per CNBC. “With an autocrat, you can’t give an inch,” Colbert added, “Jimmy, I stand with you and your workers 100%.”

Colbert’s personal present is ready to finish subsequent Might, which CBS says is “purely a monetary determination.” Some, nonetheless, consider the choice was motivated by a $16million settlement made by guardian firm Paramount to Trump over the modifying of a 2024 interview with Kamala Harris on 60 Minutes. Simply days earlier than the cancellation was introduced, Colbert branded the transfer a “massive fats bribe”.

Trump would go on to have a good time Colbert’s present coming to an finish and instructed that Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel had been subsequent, with Colbert saying that “the gloves are off” for the rest of his time on air, and advised the President to “go fuck your self”.

Late-night legend David Letterman additionally weighed in on Kimmel’s suspension throughout his look on the Atlantic Competition on Thursday: “All of us see the place that is going, appropriate? It’s managed media… it’s ridiculous. You’ll be able to’t go round firing any person since you’re fearful or attempting to suck as much as an authoritarian prison administration within the Oval Workplace, that’s simply not how this works.”