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April 28, 2026 10:41 AM

Kimmel says his joke was misconstrued, Trump says ABC should fire late-night host

Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel said on Monday his joke about U.S. first lady Melania Trump had been misconstrued and was not a "call to assassination." Kimmel used the opening monologue of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" to address comments made last Thursday in a parody segment on the White House correspondents' dinner. He said his quip that Melania Trump had "a glow like an expectant widow," referred to the difference is ages of the first lady and her husband, President Donald Trump. "It was a very ligh...

September 24, 2025 11:27 AM

Jimmy Kimmel defends free speech as he returns to late-night television from suspension

Jimmy Kimmel returned to late-night television on Tuesday defending U.S. political satire against "bullying" by the Trump administration, six days after his on-air comments about the murder of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk led Walt Disney DIS.N to suspend his show. "It was never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man. I don't think there's anything funny about it," Kimmel told his audience, his voice choking with emotion. "Nor was it my intention to blame any specific group...

September 23, 2025 9:08 AM

Disney says Kimmel will return to the air on Tuesday, six days after suspension

Disney said on Monday it would return comedian Jimmy Kimmel to late-night television on Tuesday, six days after his show was threatened with a regulatory probe and suspended over comments he made about conservative activist Charlie Kirk's assassination. Disney's move to restore the "Jimmy Kimmel Live" show to the lineup of its ABC network represented the highest-profile challenge yet from a communications company to an escalating crackdown by U.S. President Donald Trump on his perceived media c...

September 19, 2025 12:28 PM

Trump applauds Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension and seeks to punish critical broadcasters

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday celebrated the suspension of talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel from the airwaves and said TV broadcasters should lose their licenses over negative coverage of his administration, adding fuel to a national debate over free speech. Kimmel has been embroiled in the effort by Trump and his supporters to punish critics of assassinated right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, who was shot while speaking at a Utah university on September 10. Since then, allies of Trump and K...

September 18, 2025 9:47 AM

Disney’s ABC pulls ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ off air after remarks about Kirk

Walt Disney-owned ABC said on Wednesday it was pulling "Jimmy Kimmel Live" off the air, after comments by the late-night show's host about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk prompted a threat by the head of the top U.S. communications regulator against Disney. President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly pressured broadcasters to stop airing content he has found objectionable, celebrated the news in a social media post. A number of Democratic lawmakers assailed the decision, ...