John Oliver shared his thoughts on the Jimmy Kimmel suspension on Sunday’s (September 21) episode of HBO’s Last Week Tonight , where he encouraged viewers to cancel their Disney+ and Hulu subscriptions.
After calling the decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel Live! a “clear case of the government trying to censor speech,” Oliver said that Disney and ABC should be standing by Kimmel in the face of government censorship. The comedian then noted there are ways viewers can “encourage them to do that.”
“You could exert pressure on them by canceling Disney+ or Hulu,” Oliver stated. “Google searches on that have skyrocketed in the past few days.”
Oliver’s comments come just days after She-Hulk (which streams on Disney+) star Tatiana Maslany encouraged her fans to do the same.
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