{"id":161545,"date":"2025-09-26T12:38:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T12:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/161545\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T12:38:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T12:38:20","slug":"disney-escalate-investigation-into-jimmy-kimmel-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/161545\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney escalate investigation into Jimmy Kimmel suspension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-2025-Broadcaster-Presenter-Far-Out-Magazine-1140x855.jpg\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jimmy Kimmel - 2025 - Broadcaster - Presenter\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 50%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Credits: Far Out \/ YouTube Still)<\/p>\n<p> Thu 25 September 2025 18:44, UK <\/p>\n<p>A group of Disney shareholders have launched an official investigation into whether Disney violated its fiduciary duties by suspending <a href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/tags\/jimmy-kimmel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Jimmy Kimmel<\/a> and therefore bowing to the pressure of the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel\u2019s late-night show faced a prolonged period of suspension after his comments on Charlie Kirk\u2019s death were not taken well by the network. Among other comments, Kimmel condemned\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/jimmy-kimmel-slams-donald-trump-for-charlie-kirk-response\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Trump\u2019s personal reaction to Kirk\u2019s death<\/a>, saying, \u201cThis is not how an adult grieves the murder of someone he calls a friend. This is how a four-year-old mourns a goldfish.\u201d ABC labelled his comments \u201coffensive and insensitive at a critical time in our national political discourse\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Disney chief Bob Iger has been sent a letter on behalf of two shareholders, who have demanded further details of the suspension that became a huge symbol of censorship in American media.<\/p>\n<p>The letter on behalf of the Disney shareholders \u2014 the American Federation of Teachers, which is affiliated with the AFL-CIO, and Reporters Without Borders \u2014 requested all Disney documents and communications related to the decision to take Kimmel off the air for a week. The decision is potentially a violation of Disney\u2019s obligations to its shareholders.<\/p>\n<p>The group, which self-describes as \u201cpro-democracy\u201d, writes in their letter that they are looking for \u201canswers about whether Disney was involved in any wrongdoing in relation to the Kimmel suspension.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It added, \u201cThere is a credible basis to suspect that the [Disney] Board and executives may have breached their fiduciary duties of loyalty, care, and good faith by placing improper political or affiliate considerations above the best interests of the Company and its stockholders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The groups invoked shareholder rights under Delaware law to obtain information from corporations. Requests are granted in specific cases, such as a breach of fiduciary duty, and not for routine management decisions.<\/p>\n<p>On his second night back on air, Kimmel branded Trump a \u201cbully\u201d, while on the night of his return, Kimmel made an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/jimmy-kimmel-returns-to-air-after-suspension\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">emotional confession<\/a>\u00a0to his audience, insisting, \u201cIt was never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Trump has since threatened to sue ABC for allowing Kimmel back on the air. He wrote online: \u201cI think we\u2019re going to test ABC out on this. Let\u2019s see how we do. Last time I went after them, they gave me $16 Million Dollars. This one sounds even more lucrative. A true bunch of losers! Let Jimmy Kimmel rot in his bad Ratings.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Related Topics<\/p>\n<p>The Far Out Film Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>All the latest film news from the independent voice of culture.<br \/>Straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credits: Far Out \/ YouTube Still) Thu 25 September 2025 18:44, UK A group of Disney shareholders have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[6460,96,10203,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-161545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-disney","tag-entertainment","tag-jimmy-kimmel","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}