Jimmy Kimmel ‘Cancelled’ Over Charlie Kirk Comments: Trump Celebrates, Hollywood Fury—Live Updates
September 18, 2025
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ABC News and Disney are facing boycott calls on the heels of Jimmy Kimmel Live! being pulled from the air indefinitely over remarks made by the host after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
The controversy centers on remarks Kimmel made in a monologue after Kirk’s death in which he floated that the suspect in the killing, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, could be aligned with “the MAGA gang” or possibly “one of them.”
But the evidence made public by investigators strongly suggests Robinson held a leftist ideology and a related hatred of Kirk, and he had a trans partner, though prosecutors have yet to definitively confirm a motive.
The suspension followed comments by Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr, whose agency regulates the networks, urging licensed stations to “step up” against “this garbage”.
President Donald Trump praised the decision, saying on Truth Social: “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.”
ABC said Jimmy Kimmel Live! will be “pre‑empted indefinitely.”
Followed the decision to pull by ABC affiliate owners Nextar, Sinclair.
Kimmel’s pulling raises questions about free expression, First Amendment rights, and political censorship.
Nextar and Tegna’s need of FCC approval for a multi-billion dollar merger seen as driver of the Kimmel decision.
Hollywood unions the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA condemned the move as a violation of constitutional speech rights.
Democrats and liberal activists called for a boycott of ABC, Disney.
Stay with Newsweek for live updates.
Jimmy Kimmel attends the 28th Annual UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation’s “Taste For A Cure” event at Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel on May 02, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. Jimmy Kimmel attends the 28th Annual UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation’s “Taste For A Cure” event at Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel on May 02, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation
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