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Comedian Jimmy Kimmel was reportedly "absolutely f**king livid" over ABC's decision to pull his show Jimmy Kimmel Live! off the air "indefinitely" following his comments about the suspect in the murder of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, one producer told the Daily Mail.
Kimmel was spotted outside El Capitan Entertainment Centre in Los Angeles shortly after being notified of his ousting as seen in video footage shared by NBC 4 Los Angeles. The longtime ABC host appeared to be downcast while standing around the back alley of the studio where his talk show had taped for broadcast in photos obtained by the New York Post.
Kimmel criticized Republicans' response to Kirk's killing during his monologue Monday (September 15) night.
“We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang trying to characterize this kid who killed Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them, and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel said via the New York Post.
Nextstar Media Group, which serves as a primary affiliate to ABC, confirmed its plans to "preempt" Jimmy Kimmel Live! following the hosts' remarks. President Donald Trump, a longtime target of Kimmel's critical humor, celebrated the decision and called for similar action to be taken against NBC's Jimmy Fallon of The Tonight Show and Seth Meyers of Late Night.
"Great News for America: The ratings challenged Jimmy Kimmel Show is CANCELLED. Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done. Kimmel has ZERO talent, and worse ratings than even Colbert, if that’s possible. That leaves Jimmy and Seth, two total losers, on Fake News NBC. Their ratings are also horrible. Do it NBC!!! President DJT," Trump wrote on his Truth Social account.