America’s late-night TV hosts have rallied behind fellow comedian Jimmy Kimmel after he was suspended by ABC in a row over comments he made about the killing of Charlie Kirk.
Stephen Colbert began his show by saying “we are all Jimmy Kimmel”, and said the star’s removal was a “blatant assault on freedom of speech”.
Seth Meyers declared it was “a privilege and honour to call Jimmy Kimmel my friend”, while Jon Stewart and Jimmy Fallon tackled the free speech issue by doing satirical sketches in which they were apparently forced to praise Donald Trump.
Their broadcasts came shortly after the US president said the main networks were overwhelmingly negative about him and could have their licences “taken away”.
If you’re outraged that a single person decided to kill Charlie Kirk but not that the government, on multiple occasions, pushed to silence Jmmy Kimmel, and his show is now off the air, you’re not the patriot you think you are.
Anyone with influence need to go on strike. Across every network and every venue. One last video that says, “We are in fascism times. We are going to go off air until democracy is restored, either through the resignation or convicted impeachment of Donald Trump or through Democratic bodies across the United States begin resisting the federal administration.”
We don’t need any more celebrities blowing hot air and being Pikachu faced. We need people who have something to lose being willing to lose it all and standing next to people who already have.
I don’t think networks make much money off those shows. They probably have no incentive to care about a strike.
Honestly though taking Jimmy Kimmel off the air is probably the sole Trump action I can get on board with. 🤣
A funny joke - but said at the wrong time for sure.
Tough crowd
