Jimmy Kimmel returned to TV on Tuesday night.
Kimmel addressed Disney/ABC pulling him after he made false accusations against the man suspected of assassinating Charlie Kirk, saying he belonged to MAGA.
However, Kimmel said he never meant to make light of Kirk’s assassination, but the suspension happened because of the false accusation. He also planned to double down to “fan the flames with the MAGA fan base.”
The monologue seemed heartfelt, but I’m not buying it. I also never heard the words, “I’m sorry.”
Kimmel said:
I’ve been hearing a lot about what I need to say and do tonight, and the truth is, I don’t think what I have to say is going to make much of a difference. If you like me, like me, if you don’t, you don’t. I have no illusions about changing anyone’s mind, but I do want to make something clear, because it’s important to me as a human and that is, you understand that it was never my intention to make light of the of a young man. I don’t think there’s anything funny about it.I posted a message on Instagram of the day he was killed, sending love to his family and asking for compassion. And I meant it. I still do, nor was it my intention to blame any specific group for the actions of what it was obviously a deeply disturbed individual that was really the opposite of the point I was trying to make.But I understand that to some that felt either ill timed or unclear, or maybe both, and for those who think I did point a finger, I get why you’re upset. If the situation was reversed, there’s a good chance I’d have felt the same way. I have many friends and family members on the other side who I love and remain close to, even though we don’t agree on politics at all.I don’t think the murderer who shot Charlie Kirk represents anyone. This was a sick person who believed violence was a solution and it isn’t ever and also selfishly, I am the person who gets a lot of threats. I get many ugly and scary threats against my life, my wife, my kids, my co workers because of what I choose to say, and I know those threats don’t come from the kind of people on the right who I know and love. So that’s what I wanted to say on that subject.
Kimmel gave Erika Kirk, Charlie’s widow, props for forgiving the suspect:
On Sunday, Erica Kirk forgave the man who shot her husband. She forgave him. That is an example we should follow. If you believe in the teachings of Jesus, as I do, there it was. That’s that’s that’s it a selfless act of grace forgiveness from a grieving widow. It touched me deeply, and it touches many, and if there’s anything we should take from this tragedy to carry forward, I hope it can be that, not this. So thank you for listening, and I’ll more say when we come back.
Aaaaaaaand then Kimmel brought on Robert DeNiro to act as the FCC chairman to explain free speech.
Again, Disney/ABC pulled Kimmel because of the false accusations due to consumer anger:
It had nothing to do with the FCC comments.
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