Jimmy Kimmel is set to return with “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Tuesday night, days after Disney suspended the late night show “indefinitely” following remarks the host made about the way many conservatives had immediately responded to Charlie Kirk’s killing.
Disney’s Monday announcement that Kimmel’s late night show was set to return followed fierce pushback from the public, and from many elected officials who were outraged that the company suspended the program over the host’s comments. More than 400 celebrities had signed a letter coordinated by the American Civil Liberties Union calling Kimmel’s suspension a “dark moment for freedom of speech.”
During his live monologue on Monday’s show last week, Kimmel criticized Republicans for trying to “score political points” in the wake of Kirk’s killing. Many prominent conservatives had swiftly and publicly blamed Democrats for the fatal shooting of the right-wing influencer — even while the search for a suspect was still underway.
“We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel said at the time. “In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving.”
