Jimmy Kimmel returned to ABC after a weeklong suspension with a 30-minute monologue addressing controversial comments and accusing the Trump administration of hypocrisy on free speech.
After a nearly weeklong suspension from ABC, Jimmy Kimmel returned to the air Tuesday with a 30-minute monologue addressing the controversial comments that led to his ouster and accusing the Trump administration of hypocrisy on free speech.
The late-night host questioned whether it was acceptable for the government to regulate „which podcasts the cellphone companies and Wi-Fi providers are allowed to let you download to make sure they serve the public interest.“
Kimmel said such an idea would have been unfathomable in the United States – a land that prides itself on its long tradition of free speech – even just 10 years ago.
He took particular aim at FCC Chairman Brendan Carr over comments Carr made last week during an interview on the conservative podcast „The Benny Show“, hosted by Benny Johnson.
Carr told Johnson there were potential „avenues“ the FCC could take against ABC and Disney after Kimmel suggested that Trump supporters were „desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them.
