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As you’ve possible heard by now, Jimmy Kimmel was suspended by ABC on Wednesday.
The community made the choice after being threatened by the FCC, who urged each mum or dad firm Disney and native ABC affiliate house owners to take motion after Kimmel made a joke concerning the response to Charlie Kirk’s homicide.
At first, it regarded as if a few of Kimmel’s most trusted allies deliberate to stay silent about his stunning suspension.
Jimmy Kimmel attends the twenty eighth Annual UCLA Jonsson Most cancers Middle Basis’s “Taste For A Cure” occasion at Beverly Wilshire, A 4 Seasons Resort on Might 02, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. (Picture by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Pictures for UCLA Jonsson Most cancers Middle Basis)
The panelists on The View made no point out of their community’s resolution, and fellow late night time host Jimmy Fallon abruptly canceled a gig, seemingly in order that he wouldn’t be compelled to debate the Kimmel controversy.
On his Thursday night time broadcast, nevertheless, Fallon broke his silence on the subject of his good friend’s suspension.
Fallon addresses Kimmel controversy in scathing monologue
“Well guys, the big story is that Jimmy Kimmel was suspended by ABC after pressure from the FCC, leaving everyone thinking WTF,” Fallon mentioned at first of the present, including:
“This morning I woke as much as 100 textual content messages from my dad saying, ‘I’m sorry they canceled your present.’ I am going, ‘That’s not me, that’s Jimmy Kimmel.’
“But to be honest with you all, I don’t know what’s going on and no one does, but I do know Jimmy Kimmel, and he is a decent, loving and funny guy, and I hope he comes back.”
Fallon stored issues mild, however managed to softly poke the Trump administration all the identical.
Jimmy Fallon attends The 2024 Met Gala Celebrating “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” at The Metropolitan Museum of Artwork on Might 06, 2024 in New York Metropolis. (Picture by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Pictures)
“A lot of people are worried that we won’t keep saying what we want to say or that we’ll be censored, but I’m going to cover the president’s trip to the U.K. like I normally would,” he mentioned, including:
“Here we go. Well, guys, President Trump just wrapped up his three-day trip to the U.K., and he looked …” Right here a voice-over chimed in to say, “incredibly handsome.”
“As always, his tie was …” Fallon as soon as once more trailed off because the voice-over mentioned, “Exactly the right length.”
“And his hair looked …,” Fallon mentioned, because the announcer added, “better than Conrad’s from The Summer I Turned Pretty.”
U.S. President Donald Trump walks to Air Drive One at Morristown Airport on September 14, 2025 in Morristown, New Jersey. (Picture by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Pictures)
“During the trip, protesters managed to project images onto the sides of Windsor Castle of Trump, standing next to his good friend Jeff …,” Fallon mentioned, because the announcer added, “Goldblum.”
Sure, Fallon even made a sly reference to the Trump-Jeffrey Epstein connection, which is a daring transfer in these censorious occasions.
We’re certain Kimmel appreciates the help and acknowledgment.
It stays unclear if the suspended Jimmy will ever be permitted to return to his late night time gig — however it’s not wanting promising in the intervening time.
