After being indefinitely suspended from ABC for making wild claims about the assassination of conservative icon Charlie Kirk, Jimmy Kimmel is reportedly “absolutely f**king livid” and “pissed.” Kimmel claimed on his show that Kirk’s assassination was the work of a Trump supporter, prompting widespread backlash from conservatives, who pointed to ample evidence to the contrary.
For context, firms like Nexstar and Sinclair dropped the show, citing their objection to Kimmel’s “brazen lie.” During his initial monologue, Kimmel accused MAGA of deflection and mocked Trump’s grief as childish. According to internal sources, he was not expecting the backlash and is now angrier than ever.
According to an inside source close to the former late-night host, Kimmel is “Absolutely f**king livid” [over ABC’s decision to pull the show]. However, even before ABC made their decision officially, Nexstar Media Group had decided to block his program from their stations.
Reacting to the case, Nexstar stated, “Nexstar’s owned and partner television stations affiliated with the ABC Television Network will preempt Jimmy Kimmel Live! for the foreseeable future, beginning with tonight’s show. Nexstar 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 his highly offensive monologue, which began the controversy, Kimmel baselessly asserted that Kirk’s killer was a trump supporter. The so-called comedian said, “We had some new lows over the weekend, with the MAGA gang 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.”
Still not done twisting the truth, the former late note highest alleged, “In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving. On Friday, the White House flew the flags at half-staff, which got some criticism. But on a human level, you can see how hard the president is taking this… This is not how an adult grieves the murder of someone he called a friend. This is how a four-year-old mourns a goldfish, okay?”
However, despite the backlash, liberals are defending Kimmel. One anonymous source argued, “This is clearly the government overreaching. There’s no such thing as free speech in America if the government can lean on companies to stop any content they don’t like.”
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Another unnamed source close to Kimmel offered an insight into his mentality, saying, “Jimmy is pissed over the decision to suspend him and the show, and he is actively looking for ways to get out of his contract…[They’ve] never seen Kimmel this angry.”
However, President Donald Trump took to Twitter to gloat about the cancellation in a typically amusing message. He quipped, “Great News for America: The ratings challenged Jimmy Kimmel Show is CANCELLED. Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done. Kimmel has ZERO talent, and worse ratings than even Colbert, if that’s possible. That leaves Jimmy and Seth, two total losers, on Fake News NBC. Their ratings are also horrible. Do it NBC!!!”