Jimmy Kimmel Live was pulled off the air indefinitely after its host, Jimmy Kimmel, referenced Charlie Kirk in a Monday night monologue. In addition to Jimmy Kimmel Live’s indefinite suspension, the Sinclair broadcast company is demanding that Kimmel donate to Kirk’s family and his Turning Point USA organization.
On Monday (September 15), Kimmel, 57, referred to Kirk’s assassination and focused on President Donald Trump’s reaction to the loss of the popular conservative figure. In the monologue, Kimmel doesn’t make light of Kirk’s death, only Trump’s reaction to it after answering questions from a throng of media on how he might be handling the loss. Trump, as seen in the clip, barely mentions his assumed grief and instead discusses the construction of a ballroom at the White House.
“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,” Kirk said in the monologue.
