Ex-MSNBC star says he hopes Charlie Kirk ‘burns in hell’ because of Jimmy Kimmel suspension: Live updates

Tennis legend Martina Navratilova reacted to the news of Jimmy Kimmel’s show cancellation on X.

‘This is all from the DICTATOR PLAYBOOK!!!’ she said.

Joining Craig Melvin on NBC’s the Today show on Thursday, Hollywood actor Jason Bateman, 56, was asked for his response to the news of Jimmy Kimmel’s cancellation.

‘Well, it’s troubling to say the least,’ the A-list star said. ‘And we all have to really take a moment and figure how we feel about this type of thing.

‘Especially, people doing what you do.

‘I’m sure there’s going to be some sort of collective move to respond to this, but I’m not smart enough or powerful enough to be the one to do it but I imagine there’s plenty of conversations going on to do something, because you just can’t stand by and let stuff like that go on.’

Danica Patrick has stuck the boot in on Jimmy Kimmel after the late night talk show host was suspended by ABC over his comments about Charlie Kirk’s death.

Former racing driver Patrick, who supported Donald Trump on his election campaign last year, has celebrated Kimmel’s suspension as a victory for ‘human decency’ while pulling up an old tweet from Kirk in which he branded the comedian ‘not funny’.

Former President Barack Obama slammed the Trump Administration after ABC took Jimmy Kimmel’s show off the air.

‘After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like,’ Obama said on X.

On the day of Charlie Kirk’s murder at the University of Utah campus in Orem, Jimmy Kimmel called the shooting ‘horrible and monstrous.’

‘Instead of the angry finger-pointing, can we just for one day agree that it is horrible and monstrous to shoot another human?’ Kimmel said on Threads.

‘On behalf of my family, we send love to the Kirks and to all the children, parents and innocents who fall victim to senseless gun violence.’

Kirk was shot and killed while speaking at a Turning Point USA event at UVU on September 10 in a targeted political attack that shocked the nation.

The celebrity guests set to appear on Wednesday’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! were on already their way to the theater when news broke of the show being pulled.

Actress Wanda Sykes, podcaster Jay Shetty, and celebrity chef Christian Petroni were en route to Hollywood’s El Capitan Theater when the decision was announced, CNN reported.

Sykes took to Instagram to tell her followers the news.

‘So I’m in a full face of makeup because I was supposed to go over and have a chat with my friend Jimmy Kimmel on his show,’ she said in a short video.

At the time, Kimmel’s staff were working as usual, holding calls with publicists for talent set to appear on upcoming episodes, CNN reported. Employees inside ABC were left stunned by the decision.

Several industry insiders who spoke with CNN questioned whether the show would ever return due to the current political climate and Kimmel’s well-known disdain for President Donald Trump.

Controversial comedian Roseanne Barr volunteered to replace Jimmy Kimmel after the news broke of his show’s cancellation.

‘I’m available to fill in @ABCNetwork,’ Barr wrote on X.

Dave Portnoy has suggested that suspended Jimmy Kimmel has no one to blame but himself for being taken off the air.

The Barstool Sports chief, who fired his own member of staff earlier this week for sending a message to Kirk’s family, suggested Kimmel was merely facing the consequences of his actions.

‘With Kimmel getting canned I’m seeing lots of people talking about the hypocrisy of cancel culture,’ the outspoken media mogul posted in a rant on X. ‘To me Cancel culture is when people go out of their way to dig up old tweets, videos etc looking for dirt on somebody they don’t like in an effort to get them fired.

‘Like if Kimmel got canceled for s*** he did on the Man Show that would be cancel culture. But when a person says something that a ton of people find offensive, rude, dumb in real time and then that person is punished for it that’s not cancel culture. That is consequences for your actions.’

Sinclair, the nation’s largest ABC affiliate group, praised ABC’s decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel, but called on the host to do more to make amends for his comments.

‘Sinclair also calls upon Mr. Kimmel to issue a direct apology to the Kirk family. Furthermore, we ask Mr. Kimmel to make a meaningful personal donation to the Kirk Family and Turning Point USA,’ the company said in a press release.

The broadcaster announced it will air a ‘special in remembrance of Charlie Kirk’ on Friday during Kimmel’s timeslot.

‘Mr. Kimmel’s remarks were inappropriate and deeply insensitive at a critical moment for our country,’ said Sinclair Vice Chairman Jason Smith.

‘We believe broadcasters have a responsibility to educate and elevate respectful, constructive dialogue in our communities. We appreciate FCC Chairman Carr’s remarks today, and this incident highlights the critical need for the FCC to take immediate regulatory action to address control held over local broadcasters by the big national networks.’

Insiders told the Daily Mail the late-night host is ‘absolutely f***ing livid’ they canceled Jimmy Kimmel Live! just hours before he was due to go on air.

ABC pulled his show in a shock announcement on Wednesday after he faced criticism for his comments on Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer.

Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel could be probed by federal investigators after telling his audience that Charlie Kirk‘s suspected killer was a MAGA supporter.

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Federal Communications Commission boss Brendan Carr told conservative podcaster Benny Johnson on Wednesday that he was considering an investigation into Kimmel and his network, ABC, over remarks the host made about suspected shooter Tyler Robinson, 22, in the wake of Kirk’s murder.

‘This is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney,’ Carr said. ‘We can do this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to take action on Kimmel, or there is going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.’

Carr floated the idea of suspending the host – one of several prospective ‘remedies’ for the situation, he said.

Hours later, ABC suspended Kimmel’s show.

Both Disney and Nexstar, which operates 23 ABC affiliates, have FCC business ahead of them. Disney is seeking regulatory approval for ESPN’s acquisition of the NFL Network, and Nexstar needs the Trump administration’s go-ahead to complete its $6.2 billion purchase of broadcast rival Tegna.

Wanda Sykes shared a clip to her main Instagram page and revealed that she had been slated to be a guest on tonight’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel.

‘But as you have heard by now, the Jimmy Kimmel Show! has been pulled indefinitely, abruptly because of complaints from the Trump administration.’

She then told her followers that Trump ‘did not end the Ukraine War or solve Gaza within his first week. But he did end freedom of speech within his first year.’

She concluded the post by encouraging for prayer and then sent love to Kimmel.

Former MSNBC host Joy Reid called ABC’s decision to take Jimmy Kimmel’s show off the air ‘extortion.’

‘This is straight up extortion. They are demanding that @jimmykimmel become a funder of Turning Point USA. What in the fresh h*ll is happening???’ she said on Instagram.

Charlie Kirk revealed his true feelings about Jimmy Kimmel in a post on X, formerly Twitter.

‘Jimmy Kimmel isn’t funny,’ Kirk said on October 5, 2017.

Jimmy Kimmel Live! was taken off the air indefinitely on Wednesday after the host made controversial remarks about Kirk’s accused killer.

Donald Trump celebrated the abrupt cancelation of Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Wednesday night with a blistering Truth Social post that cheered the end of the ABC late-night show.

Trump also called for two of Kimmel’s network rivals, Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers to be fired next.

‘Great News for America: The ratings challenged Jimmy Kimmel Show is CANCELLED,’ Trump wrote.

‘Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done. Kimmel has ZERO talent, and worse ratings than even Colbert, if that’s possible. That leaves Jimmy and Seth, two total losers, on Fake News NBC. Their ratings are also horrible. Do it NBC!!!’

Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show could be back on the air within days after the host’s bombshell suspension for comments he made about Charlie Kirk.

No return date has been scheduled, an insider told the Wall Street Journal, but ABC parent company Disney is monitoring the situation and sees it potentially returning ‘in the next several days.’

Disney announced it was pulling Jimmy Kimmel Live! ‘indefinitely’ on Wednesday, after Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr suggested in a podcast interview that ABC’s broadcast license was at risk over Kimmel’s remarks.

On Monday’s show, Kimmel stated: ‘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.

‘In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving,’ he added.

Major TV broadcasters, including Nexstar and Sinclair, said afterwards that they would not air Kimmel’s show in response.President Donald Trump called Disney’s decision ‘Great News for America.’

Jean Smart shared a photo from her appearance on Kimmel’s show with the caption, ‘I am horrified at the cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel Live.’

The actress added, ‘What Jimmy said was FREE speech, not hate speech. People seem to only want to protect free speech when it suits THEIR agenda. Though I didn’t agree at ALL with Charlie Kirk; his shooting death sickened me; and should have sickened any decent human being. What is happening to our country?’

Actress Sophia Bush slammed ABC’s decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel Live! off the air on X.

‘The First Amendment doesn’t exist in America anymore. Period. Fascism is here and it’s chilling,’ she said.

Jimmy Kimmel’s nail in the coffin comment about Charlie Kirk’s suspected killer came during his Monday night monologue.

‘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,’ the host said.

Stars have pushed back against the decision to take Kimmel off air, with Jamie Lee Curtis, Ben Stiller, Henry Winkler and Alison Brie joining the ranks in opposition.