This image released by Disney shows Jimmy Kimmel hosting his late night show "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. RANDY HOLMES / AP
American humorist Jimmy Kimmel said that "tyranny is booming" in the United States in a Christmas message broadcast by British television on Thursday, December 25.
"I can tell you that from a fascism perspective, this has been a really great year. Tyranny is booming over here," the talk show host said in the alternative to Britain's royal Christmas message that Channel 4 has produced since 1993.
Kimmel, whose show was halted for a week in September after he accused the American right of exploiting the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, went into detail about the suspension of his ABC show.
"You may have read in your colorful newspapers, my country's president would like to shut me up, because I don't adore him in the way he likes to be adored. The American government made a threat against me and the company I work for, and all of a sudden, we're off the air. But then, you know what happened? A Christmas miracle happened."
