Late-night hosts are going public with their feelings about Jimmy Kimmel ‘s ABC preemption following his comments about the killing of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, beginning with Stephen Colbert.

The host opened Thursday’s episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert by showing his support for Kimmel. A clip of his monologue was posted to social media ahead of the broadcast with the caption “ The Late Show stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his staff.”

During his monologue, Colbert cited FFC Chair Brendan Carr as saying that Kimmel’s behavior fell short of “community values,” to which the host replied, “You know what my community values are, buster? Freedom of speech!” He waited for the crowd’s uproarious cheering to subside before continuing: “Or as Alexander Hamilton calle

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