Bill Maher is the latest late night star to throw his support behind Jimmy Kimmel after his suspension following his comments about Charlie Kirk’s death.
Broadcaster ABC announced Jimmy Kimmel Live! had been pulled ‘indefinitely’ following comments made by the presenter about the assassination of right-wing influencer Kirk.
On Monday’s episode of the show – which Kimmel has hosted since 2003 – he said the following about Kirk’s alleged killer: ‘We had some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterise this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and with everything they can to score political points from it.’
Since then, the likes of Jon Stewart, Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon and former host David Letterman have all shared words