Jimmy Kimmel is closing out the most eventful year in the history of his late-night show.
The late-night host has been tapped to deliver an alternative Christmas message on Channel 4 in the U.K, where he will “reflect on the past few months in a deeply personal and characteristically jovial address,” the network said.
According to Channel 4, Kimmel will say in the message, airing on Christmas Day, “From a fascism perspective, this has been a really great year.”
Channel 4 has been airing its Christmas message since 1993 as an alternative to the holiday address delivered each year by the British monarch. Past speakers have included comedian Stephen Fry and whistleblower Edward Snowden, and the messages are generally “pertinent to the events of the past year,” Channel 4 noted.
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Kimmel’s Christmas message will come more than three months after ABC made international news by temporarily suspending “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” due to comments the comedian made about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. FCC chairman Brendan Carr had pressured ABC to take action against Kimmel, so the move sparked outcry and accusations of government censorship.
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Kimmel has since returned to the air and continues to criticize President Donald Trump on a nightly basis, while Trump calls for Kimmel to be taken off the air again. In his first show after his suspension, Kimmel said it was “never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man.” He later said his comments about Kirk were “intentionally” and “maliciously mischaracterized.”
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Comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show, “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”, will resume production after it was pulled off the air Sept. 17, following comments he made in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing. Kimmel, a frequent critic of Donald Trump, often earned the ire of the president.
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He continued, “On behalf of all of us at the show, I just want to say that we appreciate your support, your enthusiasm, and not just for watching. This year, you literally pulled us out of a hole, and we cannot thank you enough.”
While reflecting on the purpose of his show, Kimmel also said it’s “important that we as Americans let our friends in other countries” know that “a lot of us are not OK with what is happening” amid the second Trump administration, adding, “We hope that you will bear with us during this extended psychotic episode that we’re in the middle of.”
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