Jimmy Kimmel Live! was taken off air \u201cindefinitely\u201d <\/a>after the host criticized the right\u2019s response to Kirk\u2019s assassination at Utah Valley University earlier this month, saying conservatives were \u201cdesperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk<\/a> as anything other than one of them and with everything they can to score political points from it.\u201d <\/p>\n Since reinstated, Kimmel, close to tears at several points, thanked people who had reached out to him<\/a> with messages of support \u2013 from fellow comics to members of the public and even Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz<\/a> \u2013 and said it had never been his intention to make light of Kirk\u2019s killing, describing his shooter as a \u201cdeeply disturbed individual\u201d and \u201ca sick person who believed violence was a solution \u2013 and it isn\u2019t, ever.\u201d <\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n Jimmy Kimmel made a triumphant return to his chat show on Tuesday evening, delivering an emotional opening monologue clarifying his remarks about Charlie Kirk\u2019s murder and thanking wellwishers for their support (Disney\/AP)<\/p>\n However, members of the president\u2019s MAGA constituency were equally angered by Kimmel\u2019s return and apparently unswayed by the host\u2019s gracious efforts to make amends.<\/p>\n Andrew Kolvet, Kirk\u2019s former executive producer and a Turning Point spokesperson, wrote<\/a> on X: \u201cDisney and ABC caving and allowing Kimmel back on the air is not surprising, but it\u2019s their mistake to make. Nextstar and Sinclair do not have to make the same choice.\u201d Kolvet appeared to be attempting to exert pressure on the two right-leaning networks to continue to refuse to air Kimmel\u2019s show on syndication.<\/p>\n An account on the same platform called MAGA Voice added<\/a>: \u201cDisney ABC let the WOKE Mob get to them and decided to bring back Jimmy Kimmel. TIME TO BOYCOTT DISNEY.\u201d<\/p>\n Former Trump critic turned MAGA-loyalist Megyn Kelly<\/a> observed<\/a>: \u201cMust be nice to be a leftist. \u2018Cancellation\u2019 lasts five nights and you\u2019re right back under klieg lights. On the right, you\u2019re underground.\u201d <\/p>\n Cryptocurrency influencer Tiffany Fong posted<\/a> a profoundly unappetizing photo of a chili dog and claimed she could attract more responses to her tweet than Kimmel\u2019s average viewership, which she put at 126,000, claiming victory in a follow-up despite the audience figures for Tuesday\u2019s show not having been published yet. They are likely to be far in excess of his usual numbers due to the heightened public interest. <\/p>\n Conservative comedian Rob Schneider<\/a>, the star of Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999) and The Hot Chick (2002), meanwhile, put up<\/a> an open letter to Kimmel accusing him of misrepresenting his original comments about Kirk in his opening monologue and being personally responsible for the state of political polarization in the U.S. <\/p>\n More successful comic actor and director Ben Stiller<\/a>, by contrast, paid tribute to Kimmel for his \u201cbrilliant monologue,\u201d<\/a> a response typical of the contrasting liberal reaction to last night\u2019s broadcast.<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n Kimmel is embraced by his sidekick Guillermo Rodriguez on Tuesday\u2019s show (Disney\/AP)<\/p>\n The comedian said in the opening of his show that he had been very moved by widow Erika Kirk saying she forgave her husband\u2019s attacker<\/a> at Sunday\u2019s memorial gathering in Arizona, calling it \u201ca very beautiful moment,\u201d \u201ca selfless act of grace,\u201d and an example of Christian compassion for others to follow.<\/p>\n Kimmel also expressed gratitude to ABC and its parent company Disney<\/a> for welcoming him back, but was less warm towards Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr and Trump, joking that the president\u2019s attempt to cancel him had \u201cbackfired bigly\u201d and commenting: \u201cHe might have to release the Epstein files to distract us from this now.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Jimmy](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy_Kimmel_36622.jpg\")
<\/p>\n![\"Kimmel](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25267146433969.jpg\")
<\/p>\n