Jimmy Kimmel Doesn’t Spare Trump As He Returns to ABC– www.vanityfair.com
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Jimmy Kimmel returned to ABC on Tuesday night after his week-long suspension with a monologue where he acknowledged that his situation had led him to embrace a few strange bedfellows. Kimmel even thanked his longtime antagonist Ted Cruz for voicing support on Kimmel’s behalf–though the comedian couldn’t resist getting in a joke at the Texas senator’s expense. “If Ted Cruz can’t speak freely, then he can’t cast spells on the Smurfs,” he said.
The host returned to his late night time slot eight days after comments he made about the MAGA movement’s response to the murder of Charlie Kirk. Trump administration FCC Chair Brendan Carr complained about Kimmel on a podcast, and in turn led ABC to announce that Jimmy Kimmel Live had been pulled from the air “indefinitely.”
Though Kimmel did directly address Carr’s comments—and poked fun at the federal employee’s total about-face regarding the importance of political satire—he sounded a note of contrition about the comments that had led to his suspension in the first place. “It was never my intention to make light of a murder of a young man,” Kimmel said, getting choked up. “This was a sick person who believed violence is the answer, and it isn’t ever.”
He also praised Erika Kirk for the comments she made at her husband’s livestreamed memorial on Sunday night. “I don’t know if you saw this—Erika Kirk forgave the man who shot her husband,” he said. “That is an example we should follow. If you believe in the teachings of Jesus, as I do, there it was. That’s it. A selfless act of grace, forgiveness from a grieving widow. It touched me deeply.”
