Damon Lindelof was a co-creator and co-showrunner for Lost , a monster hit for ABC . But he won’t be doing any more work for the network or for parent company Disney unless corporate execs reverse their suspension of Jimmy Kimmel .
“I was shocked, saddened, and infuriated by yesterday’s suspension and look forward to it being lifted soon,” Lindelof wrote on Instagram on Thursday, a day after ABC controversially yanked Jimmy Kimmel Live! off the air following Kimmel’s Charlie Kirk comments. “If it isn’t, I can’t in good conscience work for the company that imposed it.”
Lindelof said he first heard Kimmel — seen with him below, in a photo from a 2006 event — on the former KROQ-FM morning show Kevin and Bean after moving to Los Angeles in his 20s. “I was a fan of his goofy hone