Read ABC's full statement on reinstating Jimmy Kimmel
“We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to…
A "No Tresspassing" sign hangs from a barricade at the El Capitan Entertainment Centre, where "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" is recorded for broadcast, on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles. Photo by Daniel Cole/Reuters
Read ABC's full statement on reinstating Jimmy Kimmel
ABC will reinstate Jimmy Kimmel's late night show in the wake of criticism over his comments about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, officials with the network said Monday.
"We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday," said a statement from the network.
ABC suspended Kimmel indefinitely after comments he made about Kirk, who was killed Sept. 10, in a monologue. Kimmel said "many in MAGA land are working very hard to capitalize on the murder of Charlie Kirk" and that "the MAGA gang" was "desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them."
Read the network's full statement below.
STATEMENT ON JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! FROM THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY
The Walt Disney Company issued the following statement today regarding Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Last Wednesday, we made the decision to suspend production on the show to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country. It is a decision we made because we felt some of the comments were ill-timed and thus insensitive. We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday.
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