'We are all Jimmy Kimmel': What late night hosts are saying about Kimmel's suspension

Clare Lombardo

September 19, 2025 / 11:11 am

Late night talk show hosts warned about the future of free speech in the U.S. on Thursday, a day after ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel's show off the air under pressure from the Trump administration.

Kimmel's comments on Monday night about the suspect in Charlie Kirk's killing angered the administration. The late night host, who had called the murder "senseless" after it happened, said on his show Monday night, "We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it."

By Wednesday, Federal Comm

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