{"id":193852,"date":"2025-09-18T12:50:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T12:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/18\/jimmy-kimmel-pulled-from-air-celebrities-react-to-abcs-shocking-decision\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T12:50:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T12:50:13","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-pulled-from-air-celebrities-react-to-abcs-shocking-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/18\/jimmy-kimmel-pulled-from-air-celebrities-react-to-abcs-shocking-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel Pulled From Air: Celebrities React to ABC&#8217;s Shocking Decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As we previously reported, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/09\/jimmy-kimmel-livid-after-being-suspended-for-charlie-kirk-comments-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Jimmy Kimmel Live<\/em> was pulled from the air<\/a> this week amid controversy over the comic\u2019s remarks about Charlie Kirk.<\/p>\n<p>In the monologue he delivered on Monday\u2019s broadcast, Kimmel addressed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/09\/erika-kirk-receives-protective-order-against-tyler-robinson-declares-world-is-evil-on-instagram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kirk\u2019s murder<\/a> in a way that may have cost him his job. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 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,\u201d the host said, adding:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213138256-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Jimmy Kimmel attends the 28th Annual UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation's &quot;Taste For A Cure&quot; event at Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel on May 02, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. \" class=\"wp-image-535503 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213138256-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213138256-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213138256-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213138256-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213138256-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213138256-1-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213138256-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213138256-1-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jimmy Kimmel attends the 28th Annual UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation\u2019s \u201cTaste For A Cure\u201d event at Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel on May 02, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Tommaso Boddi\/Getty Images for UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIn between the finger-pointing, there was grieving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was a rather mild joke directed more at the reaction to the shooting than at Kirk himself.<\/p>\n<p>But it prompted Nexstar Media, the largest local broadcast company in the nation, to remark that it \u201cstrongly 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The move was praised by FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, who <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BrendanCarrFCC\/status\/1968449919221416427\" target=\"_blank\">tweeted<\/a> on Wednesday that \u201cit is important for broadcasters to push back on Disney programming that they determine falls short of community values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also thanked the corporation and expressed his \u201chope that other broadcasters follow Nexstar\u2019s lead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As <em><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/ben-stiller-wanda-sykes-and-more-hollywood-stars-react-to-jimmy-kimmel-being-pulled-from-abc-11812448\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">People<\/a><\/em> magazine points out, several of Kimmel\u2019s fellow comedians were quick to come forward in his defense:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1176971326-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Jimmy Kimmel attends 'Crank Yankers' 2019 Premiere Party at Two Bit Circus on September 24, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. \" class=\"wp-image-535505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1176971326-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1176971326-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1176971326-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1176971326-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1176971326-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1176971326-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1176971326-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1176971326-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1176971326-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Jimmy Kimmel attends 'Crank Yankers' 2019 Premiere Party at Two Bit Circus on September 24, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. \" class=\"wp-image-535505 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1176971326-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1176971326-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1176971326-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1176971326-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1176971326-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1176971326-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1176971326-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1176971326-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1176971326-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jimmy Kimmel attends \u2018Crank Yankers\u2019 2019 Premiere Party at Two Bit Circus on September 24, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Jerod Harris\/Getty Images for Comedy Central)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s see. He didn\u2019t end the Ukraine war or solve Gaza within his first week. But he did end freedom of speech within his first year. Hey, for those of you who pray, now\u2019s the time to do it. Love you, Jimmy,\u201d Wanda Sykes said on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve spent a lot of time in public + private defending comedians I don\u2019t agree with,\u201d Mike Birbiglia wrote on the site.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re a comedian + don\u2019t call out the insanity of pulling Kimmel off the air \u2014 don\u2019t bother spouting off about free speech anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease, take it from me, it is very important to have Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s back right now. Be vocal. Be an ideological consumer. Money is all their crown cares about,\u201d Kathy Griffin chimed in.<\/p>\n<p>On X (formerly Twitter), Ben Stiller wrote simply, \u201cThis isn\u2019t right.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1149153761-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Jimmy Kimmel attends the ABC Walt Disney Television Upfront on May 14, 2019 in New York City. \" class=\"wp-image-535504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1149153761-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1149153761-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1149153761-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1149153761-2048x1361.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1149153761-960x638.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1149153761-1080x717.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1149153761-1200x797.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1149153761-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Jimmy Kimmel attends the ABC Walt Disney Television Upfront on May 14, 2019 in New York City. \" class=\"wp-image-535504 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1149153761-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1149153761-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1149153761-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1149153761-2048x1361.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1149153761-960x638.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1149153761-1080x717.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1149153761-1200x797.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1149153761-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jimmy Kimmel attends the ABC Walt Disney Television Upfront on May 14, 2019 in New York City. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Jamie McCarthy\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-journalists-politicians-chime-in\">Journalists, politicians chime in<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThis is the most straightforward attack on free speech from state actors I\u2019ve ever seen in my life and it\u2019s not even close,\u201d journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/chrislhayes\/status\/1968442008957030669\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chris Hayes<\/a> wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe First Amendment doesn\u2019t exist in America anymore. Period. Fascism is here and it\u2019s chilling,\u201d actress <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sophiabush\/status\/1968456411039613266?s=46&amp;t=llvBxVWhJTM40ZH_WZC-gQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sophia Bush<\/a> posted.<\/p>\n<p>Politicians sounded off, with Senator Cory Booker posting a photo of the text of the First Amendment and Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jasmineforus\/status\/1968458038534140308?s=46&amp;t=llvBxVWhJTM40ZH_WZC-gQ\" target=\"_blank\">Jasmine Crockett<\/a> writing:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKimmel hurts MAGA\u2019S feelings by holding a mirror up &amp; so the first amendment is out the window and his show is pulled\u2026 who is going to tell them that, that is the definition of being a snowflake\u2026 as well as supporting anti-democratic ideals? (Not patriotic at all).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel has yet to publicly react to ABC\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<p>We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/09\/jimmy-kimmel-pulled-from-air-celebrities-react-to-abcs-shocking-decision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes As we previously reported, Jimmy Kimmel Live was pulled from the air this week amid controversy over the comic\u2019s remarks about Charlie Kirk. In the monologue he delivered on Monday\u2019s broadcast, Kimmel addressed Kirk\u2019s murder in a way that may have cost him his job. \u201cThe MAGA Gang (is) desperately trying [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":193853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-193852","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}