{"id":167404,"date":"2025-09-19T10:27:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T10:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/167404\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T10:27:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T10:27:09","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-marvel-star-leads-calls-to-cancel-disney-espn-and-hulu-over-hosts-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/167404\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel: Marvel star leads calls to cancel Disney+, ESPN and Hulu over host\u2019s suspension"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Marvel<\/a> star Tatiana Maslany<\/a> is leading calls to cancel Disney+<\/a> subscriptions in the wake of Jimmy Kimmel<\/a>\u2019s indefinite suspension.<\/p>\n

US network ABC<\/a>, which is owned by Disney, revealed earlier this week that Jimmy Kimmel Live! would no longer be broadcast<\/a> after the host made controversial implications<\/a> about the identity of Tyler Robinson, the suspected gunman behind the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.<\/p>\n

In response, Orphan Black\u2019s Maslany, the star of Disney+\u2019s She-Hulk: Attorney at Law<\/a>, shared a photo of herself shooting the Marvel series alongside text that read: \u201cCancel your @disneyplus @hulu @espn subscriptions!\u201d<\/p>\n

Damon Lindelof, whose hit series Lost aired on ABC<\/a> and is available to stream on Disney+, also shared plans to boycott the company. <\/p>\n

The TV showrunner behind The Leftovers and Watchmen called Kimmel \u201cempathetic and grateful\u201d, adding: \u201cI was shocked, saddened and infuriated by yesterday\u2019s suspension and look forward to it being lifted soon. If it isn\u2019t, I can\u2019t in good conscience work for the company that imposed it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lindelof wrote: \u201cYou know he loves his country. You know he appreciates a good roast and he can take as good as he gives. You know he supported his crew through multiple strikes and you know he is generous and philanthropic and most of all, you know that he is kind.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u2018Lost\u2019 co-creator Damon Lindelof pledges not to work with Disney until it reinstates Jimmy Kimmel (Instagram)<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, Transparent star Amy Landecker shared a screenshot showing the cancellation page from her Disney+ account, while actor Frances Fisher announced plans to protest Kimmel\u2019s suspension in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

Many more celebrities<\/a>, including Ben Stiller, Wanda Sykes and Kathy Griffin, have spoken out against the decision. <\/p>\n

Fresh from an Emmy win at the weekend<\/a>, Hacks star Jean Smart wrote: \u201cI am horrified at the cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel Live. What Jimmy said was FREE speech, not hate speech,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople seem to only want to protect free speech when it suits THEIR agenda. Though I didn\u2019t agree at ALL with Charlie Kirk; his shooting death sickened me; and should have sickened any decent human being. What is happening to our country?\u201d<\/p>\n

The comment that got Kimmel in hot water featured in Monday\u2019s episode (14 September), when he said: \u201cWe had some new lows over the weekend with the Maga gang desperately trying to characterise this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and with everything they can to score political points from it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s late-night show has been indefinitely pulled (ABC)<\/p>\n

Kimmel also used the subject<\/a> to mock Donald Trump<\/a>, showing a viral clip that showed the US president discussing White House renovations when asked how he was faring in the wake of Kirk\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

Trump reacted positively to news of Kimmel\u2019s indefinite axing, posting on Truth Social during his state trip to London<\/a>: \u201cGreat News for America: The ratings challenged Jimmy Kimmel Show is CANCELLED.\u201d<\/p>\n

The announcement from ABC came soon after Nexstar Media Group, the largest owner of television stations across the country, said it would no longer air Kimmel\u2019s show.<\/p>\n

Nexstar owns America\u2019s largest local broadcasting group, made up of top network affiliates, with more than 200 owned or partner stations in 116 US markets reaching 220 million people.<\/p>\n

Hours before the decision was made public, the Trump-appointed chair of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, called Kimmel\u2019s words \u201ctruly sick\u201d.<\/p>\n

Carr went on to say that his agency could hold ABC, Disney, and Kimmel accountable for the comments. He said the comic appeared to be making an intentional effort to mislead the public into believing that Kirk\u2019s assassin was a Trump supporter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88],"class_list":["post-167404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}