{"id":19364,"date":"2025-09-24T11:44:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T10:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/?p=19364"},"modified":"2025-09-24T13:01:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T12:01:44","slug":"breaking-news-kimmel-addresses-suspension-as-show-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/24\/breaking-news-kimmel-addresses-suspension-as-show-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Kimmel addresses suspension as show returns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/09\/17\/abc-jimmy-kimmel-charlie-kirk?utm_medium=partner&amp;utm_source=microsoft-start&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=subs-partner-msfot-dailyessentials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jimmy Kimmel<\/a>&nbsp;addressed ABC suspending his show over the late-night host&#8217;s comments in the wake of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/09\/18\/what-jimmy-kimmel-said-charlie-kirk-killing?utm_medium=partner&amp;utm_source=microsoft-start&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=subs-partner-msfot-dailyessentials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Charlie Kirk&#8217;s killing<\/a>, as it returned to air on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>The big picture:&nbsp;<\/strong>While Disney brought &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/09\/22\/jimmy-kimmel-live-return-abc?utm_medium=partner&amp;utm_source=microsoft-start&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=subs-partner-msfot-dailyessentials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/a>&#8221; back to ABC after a week off the air,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/09\/23\/jimmy-kimmel-returns-abc-sinclair-preempt-programming?utm_medium=partner&amp;utm_source=microsoft-start&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=subs-partner-msfot-dailyessentials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sinclair and Nexstar<\/a>&nbsp;blocked the show from more than a quarter of ABC affiliates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>What he&#8217;s saying:&nbsp;<\/strong>&#8220;As I was saying before I got interrupted, I&#8217;m happy to be here tonight,&#8221; Kimmel joked in his opening monologue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">&#8220;I&#8217;m not sure who had a weirder 48 hours, me or the CEO of Tylenol,&#8221; he said, in reference to President&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/09\/22\/trump-autism-tylenol-connection-leucovorin?utm_medium=partner&amp;utm_source=microsoft-start&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=subs-partner-msfot-dailyessentials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump&#8217;s warning<\/a>&nbsp;to pregnant women, prompting Kenvue, Tylenol&#8217;s maker, to emphasize there&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/09\/23\/tylenol-trump-autism-acetaminophen-paracetamol?utm_medium=partner&amp;utm_source=microsoft-start&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=subs-partner-msfot-dailyessentials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">no credible evidence<\/a>&nbsp;linking acetaminophen to autism.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"763\" height=\"473\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.funminews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel.jpeg?fit=763%2C473&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.funminews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel.jpeg?w=763&amp;ssl=1 763w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.funminews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel.jpeg?resize=300%2C186&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.funminews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel.jpeg?resize=678%2C420&amp;ssl=1 678w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.funminews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel.jpeg?resize=696%2C431&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.funminews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel.jpeg?resize=356%2C220&amp;ssl=1 356w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Kimmel said he&#8217;d had messages of support from around the world and thanked those who&#8217;d shown support, including his fellow&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/09\/19\/kimmel-suspension-stewart-colbert-meyers-react?utm_medium=partner&amp;utm_source=microsoft-start&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=subs-partner-msfot-dailyessentials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">late-night hosts<\/a>&nbsp;who reacted in their shows by highlighting censorship and free speech concerns about his program&#8217;s suspension.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">&#8220;Can you imagine this country has become so authoritarian that Germany is like come here?&#8221; Kimmel said.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">He also thanked conservatives who&#8217;d shown &#8220;courage&#8221; in supporting him, including Ben Shapiro and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/09\/19\/ted-cruz-jimmy-kimmel-fcc-brendan-carr?utm_medium=partner&amp;utm_source=microsoft-start&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=subs-partner-msfot-dailyessentials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sen. Ted Cruz<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Zoom in:&nbsp;<\/strong>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been hearing a lot about what I need to say and do tonight, and the truth is, I don&#8217;t think what I have to say is going to make much of a difference,&#8221; Kimmel said<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jimmy Kimmel&nbsp;addressed ABC suspending his show over the late-night host&#8217;s comments in the wake of&nbsp;Charlie Kirk&#8217;s killing, as it returned to air on Tuesday night. The big picture:&nbsp;While Disney brought &#8220;Jimmy Kimmel Live!&#8221; back to ABC after a week off the air,&nbsp;Sinclair and Nexstar&nbsp;blocked the show from more than a quarter of ABC affiliates. 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