Jimmy Kimmel failed to apologize for his jokes following the assassination of Charlie Kirk as he returned to TV for the first time on Tuesday night.
The host gave a tearful 20-minute monologue in which he claimed he 'never intended to make light of' the MAGA icon's death - and then proceeded to lash out at Donald Trump over censorship.
Kimmel's late-night ABC show was yanked off air by Disney last week after he stated that Kirk's killer was a Trump supporter. In reality, the assassin was a liberal who seethed with hatred at Kirk over his conservative, Christian ethics.
The host received a standing ovation as he told his audience: 'A government threat to silence a comedian the government doesn't like is anti-American.'
Kimmel acknowledged his employer of more than 20 years was taking an enormous risk in putting him back on TV.
