Robert De Niro channeled his iconic mob movie roles on Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night return Tuesday with a mock video call that skewered both Donald Trump and Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr, whose attacks on Kimmel over his comments about Charlie Kirk were widely seen as key to ABC’s decision to suspend the show.
Kimmel pretended to dial into a video call with Carr, only to be greeted instead by De Niro claiming to be the FCC’s new boss.
In the skit, De Niro was first seen sending a menacing message about “The View” host and Trump critic Whoopi Goldberg, prompting Kimmel to suggest that Trump’s FCC was using “mob tactics to suppress free speech.”
“What the fuck did you just say to me?” De Niro shot back.
“I didn’t mean any offense. You know you can’t curse, or we’ll get fined by the FCC,” Kimmel replied.
