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Jimmy Fallon is standing by Jimmy Kimmel following ABC's controversial decision to suspend "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"
Fallon's remarks come after Kimmel's ABC late-night show was paused "indefinitely" after he questioned the president's reaction to the assassination of Charlie Kirk
Trump has feuded with Kimmel and a number of late-night hosts for years, urging the networks to part ways with the popular comics who frequently criticize the president. After Paramount announced earlier this year that it would be canceling “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” Trump took a similar victory lap.
Jimmy Fallon spoke out about Jimmy Kimmel's suspension on 'The Tonight Show' before launching into a bit mocking Donald Trump's appearance: 'I don't know what's going on.'
The comments came after ABC's suspension of Kimmel and a social media post Trump made urging NBC to fire Fallon.
Jimmy Fallon kicked off his monologue Thursday night with a number of awkward jokes surrounding his fellow late-night host Jimmy Kimmel’s TV exit. Jimmy Kimmel Live! was pulled off air “indefinitely” on Wednesday after a Trump-appointed FCC chairman appeared to threaten ABC.
While some conservative figures supported ABC’s suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the comedian’s fellow late-night hosts and famous friends condemned the Walt Disney Company’s decision to shelve Jimmy Kimmel and his staff “indefinitely.” Though he hasn’t been fired, the threat still looms as the public awaits his response on the matter.
Every on-the-record reaction to Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension: Colbert, Fallon, Stewart, Leno, Letterman, O’Brien, plus the timeline and what ABC does next.
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Jimmy Fallon Is Playing It Safe on Kimmel's Suspension
Jimmy Fallon did open his first Tonight Show after the news broke with jokes about the suspension and kind words for Kimmel (with whom he collaborated on a podcast during the 2023 writers’ strike). What was striking about his monologue,
The cancellation comes as the late-night television world reels from ABC’s indefinite suspension of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
Jimmy Fallon has pulled out of a festival just 30 minutes before he was set to make a public appearance, organizers confirmed.
During Monday morning’s show, Goldberg asked viewers, “Did y’all really think we weren’t going to talk about Jimmy Kimmel?”