ABC’s following comments he made about the drew reactions from across the entertainment and political worlds, including .

Fellow late-night host Stephen Colbert while taping an episode of his own show in New York, telling a stunned studio audience that “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” had been suspended.

“It was a mix of shock and bewilderment,” said audience member Monserrat Lopez, recounting how Colbert left the stage before coming back to say he would call Kimmel to talk privately.

Just this summer, CBS said Colbert’s “Late Show” due to financial reasons — a decision made just after Colbert criticized a over a “60 Minutes” story.

During Kimmel’s Monday night monologue, he suggested that the suspect in Kirk’s killing might have been a pro-Trump Republican.

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