During the filming of his present, Stephen Colbert expressed his response to the cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel’s present.
Stephen Colbert mentioned he stands with Jimmy Kimmel. (AFP)
“Tonight we’re all Jimmy Kimmel,” Colbert mentioned throughout a shoot on September 18,” reported the New York Post. The 61-year-old added, “Yesterday after threats from Trump’s FCC chair, ABC yanked Kimmel off the air indefinitely. That is blatant censorship.”
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“With an autocrat, you can’t give an inch,” the host continued, including, “People throughout the nation are shocked about this blatant assault on free speech.”
He additionally shared a message for Kimmel, including that he stands behind him. “To Jimmy, let me simply say I stand with you and your workers 100%” He then held up his Emmy which he not too long ago received and joked, “and likewise you couldn’t let me get pleasure from this for one week?”
He then addressed the controversial comment, which sparked on-line outrage, resulting in Kimmel being cancelled.
What was Jimmy Kimmel’s notorious assertion?
“We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang making an attempt to characterize this child who killed Charlie Kirk as something aside from certainly one of them,” Kimmel mentioned.
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Talking about it, Colbert mentioned, “That’s simply Jimmy Kimmel. Given the FCC’s response, I used to be anticipating one thing extra provocative. That’s like listening to Playboy has a racy centerfold or discovering out that it’s simply Jimmy Kimmel,” he added, reported the outlet.
Joining Colbert, CNN anchor Jake Tapper, who was a visitor on the host’s present, mentioned, “If we don’t have the power to criticize, mock, examine our leaders then we’re now not the United States of America.”
