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<p class="p1">Many stars were shocked after news broke that ABC pulled <strong>Jimmy Kimmel’s</strong> eponymous talk show following the host’s comments about<strong> Charlie Kirk’</strong>s death.</p>
<p class="p1">An ABC spokesperson confirmed to <em>NewsPlop</em> on Wednesday, September 17, that “<em>Jimmy Kimmel Live!</em> will be pre-empted indefinitely.”</p>
<p class="p1">The news came in the wake of Kimmel’s remarks about Kirk’s accused murderer, <strong>Tyler Robinson</strong>, on the Monday, September 15, episode of his late night talk show. (The Turning Point USA cofounder was shot and killed during a speaking event on a college campus in Utah. He was 31.)</p>
<p class="p1">“We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang trying to characterize this kid who killed Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them,” Kimmel said in his monologue.</p>
<p>What Did Jimmy Kimmel Say About Charlie Kirk? Comments Explained</p>
<p class="p1">Nexstar Media, which is one of the biggest TV station owners in America, said in a Wednesday statement to <em>Variety</em> that they planned to preempt <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live!</em> as the company “strongly” objected to Kimmel’s comments about Kirk.</p>
<p class="p1">Prior to the controversial monologue, Kimmel spoke out condemning gun violence.</p>
<figure class="wp-caption "><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><span class="credit">Mindy Small/Getty Images</span></figcaption></figure>
<p class="p1">“Instead of angry finger-pointing, can we just for one day agree that it is horrible and monstrous to shoot another human?” he wrote via Instagram earlier this month. “On behalf of my family, we send love to the Kirks and to all the children, parents and innocents who fall victim to senseless gun violence.”</p>
<p class="p1"><em>Us</em> has reached out to Kimmel for comment.</p>
<p class="p1">Keep scrolling to see what stars have said about Kimmel’s indefinite removal:</p>
<h2 class="p1">Ben Stiller</h2>
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<p class="p1">Stiller retweeted an article of Kimmel’s pause and wrote alongside the piece, “This isn’t right.”</p>
<h2>President Donald Trump</h2>
<p>“Great news for America: The rating challenged Jimmy Kimmel Show is CANCELLED,” Trump wrote via Truth Social. “Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done. Kimmel has ZERO talent, and worse rating than even Colbert, if that’s possible. That leaves Jimmy and Seth, two total losers, on Fake News NBC. Their ratings are also horrible. Do it NBC!!! President DJT.”</p>
<h2 class="p1">Sophia Bush</h2>
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<p class="p1">Bush reposted the news of Kimmel being pulled off air via X, writing, “The First Amendment doesn’t exist in America anymore. Fascism is here and it’s chilling.”</p>
<h2>Danica Patrick</h2>
<p>The NASCAR driver, who publicly mourned Kirk, celebrated Kimmel’s removal.</p>
<p>“Human decency is coming back thank god,” she wrote via her Instagram Story, alongside a Newsmax story about ABC pulling the late night show.</p>
<h2>Colton Underwood</h2>
<figure id="attachment_4077774" style="width: 900px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><span class="caption">The former Bachelor reacted to Variety’s Instagram post about Kimmel’s pause.</span> <span class="credit">Amy Sussman/Getty Images</span></figcaption></figure>
<p>“This can’t be coming from the party that made its entire identity free speech and no more cancel culture…” Underwood replied in the comments section.</p>
<h2>Jonathan Van Ness</h2>
<p>The <em>Queer Eye</em> star wrote in <em>Variety’s</em> comments section, “Wow.”</p>
<h2>Margaret Cho</h2>
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<p>“What the actual f,” Cho responded in the comments section of <em>Variety’s</em> Instagram.</p>
<h2>Mike Birbiglia</h2>
<p>The comedian shared a handwritten note reacting to Kimmel’s removal via Instagram.</p>
<p>“I’ve spent a lot of time in public + private defending comedians I don’t agree with,” Birbiglia penned. “If you’re a comedian + you don’t call out the insanity of pulling Kimmel off the air — don’t bother spouting off about free speech any more.”</p>
<h2>Hilarie Burton Morgan</h2>
<p>The <em>One Tree Hill</em> actress reacted to the news about Kimmel by resharing California governor <strong>Gavin Newsom</strong>’s post calling the move “coordinated” and “dangerous.”</p>
<h2>Busy Philipps</h2>
<p>The actress seemingly reacted to the news by sharing an Instagram post titled the “10 commandments of defiance” to combat “tyranny” and encouraged her followers to “keep showing up.”</p>
<h2>Jamie Lee Curtis</h2>
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<p>The<em> Freakier Friday</em> star shared a quote from Kimmel following the news of his late night show being pulled off air.</p>
<p>“I don’t think anyone should be canceled, I really don’t,” the quote read.</p>
<h2>Steve Martin</h2>
<p>The actor took to X and shared a passage from <em>The Diary of Anne Frank </em>where <strong>Anne Frank</strong> wrote, “Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”</p>
<p>Martin added a caption to his post, writing, “And our right to free speech is being eliminated.”</p>
<h2>Don Lemon</h2>
<p>The journalist shared a video via Threads where he slammed the decision to punish Kimmel by pulling him off the air.</p>
<p><span class="s1">“This is the same party that complains everything is too woke, that comedians can’t say anything anymore, that they’re killing comedy,” Lemon said. “But the folks who complain about killing comedy are the ones killing comedy. What does that tell you? They don’t believe in anything they’re saying. They have no core. This is some scary s***.”</span></p>
<h2>Alex Edelman</h2>
<p>The comedian shared a link to an article about the Kimmel news via X, writing, “This is the actual cancel culture everyone claims to hate so much.”</p>
<h2>Wanda Sykes</h2>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">The comedian, who had been scheduled to appear on Kimmel’s show the day he was removed from the late-night lineup, shared her thoughts via Instagram. She told her followers that “The Jimmy Kimmel show has been pulled indefinitely, abruptly, because of complaints from the <strong>Trump</strong> administration.”</span></p>
<p>Sykes added, <span class="s1">“Let’s see. He didn’t end the Ukraine war or solve Gaza within his first week. </span><span class="s1">But he did end freedom of speech within his first year. Hey, for those of you who pray, now’s the time to do it. Love you, Jimmy.”</span></p>
<h2>Chris Hayes</h2>
<p>The MSNBC host remarked via X, “This is the most straightforward attack on free speech from state actors I’ve ever seen in my life and it’s not even close.”</p>
<h2>Kathy Griffin</h2>
<p>The comedian urged her followers on Bluesky to support Kimmel.</p>
<p>“Please, take it from me, it is very important to have Kimmel’s back right now,” she wrote. “Be vocal. Be an ideological consumer. Money is all their crowd cares about.”</p>
<h2>Kevin McHale</h2>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">“This was all in Project 2025, btw,” the actor remarked via X. </span></p>
<h2>Jean Smart</h2>
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<p>The <em>Hacks</em> star posted a photo of herself with Kimmel via Instagram, writing in a caption, <span class="s1">“I am horrified at the cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel Live. What Jimmy said was FREE speech, not hate speech. People seem to only want to protect free speech when it suits THEIR agenda. Though I didn’t agree at ALL with Charlie Kirk; his shooting death sickened me; and should have sickened any decent human being. What is happening to our country?”</span></p>
<h2>Henry Winkler</h2>
<p>The actor wrote via X, <span class="s1">“@jimmykimmel his humor, his insights are important to keep showing us who we are . AND he is a most wonderful fellow.”</span></p>
<h2>John Legend</h2>
<p>On his Instagram Stories, the singer shared a social-media post by political commentator <strong>David Frum</strong> that read, <span class="s1">“How dare you call us fascists just because our appointees threaten government retaliation against broadcast networks if their comedians don’t say what we want them to say.”</span></p>
<h2>Christie Brinkley</h2>
<figure id="attachment_4078764" style="width: 900px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==" fifu-lazy="1" fifu-data-sizes="auto" fifu-data-srcset="https://i2.wp.com/www.newsplop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ChristieBrinkley_8bdd7d-1.jpg?ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https://i2.wp.com/www.newsplop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ChristieBrinkley_8bdd7d-1.jpg?ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https://i2.wp.com/www.newsplop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ChristieBrinkley_8bdd7d-1.jpg?ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https://i2.wp.com/www.newsplop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ChristieBrinkley_8bdd7d-1.jpg?ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https://i2.wp.com/www.newsplop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ChristieBrinkley_8bdd7d-1.jpg?ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https://i2.wp.com/www.newsplop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ChristieBrinkley_8bdd7d-1.jpg?ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https://i2.wp.com/www.newsplop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ChristieBrinkley_8bdd7d-1.jpg?ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https://i2.wp.com/www.newsplop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ChristieBrinkley_8bdd7d-1.jpg?ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https://i2.wp.com/www.newsplop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ChristieBrinkley_8bdd7d-1.jpg?ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https://i2.wp.com/www.newsplop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ChristieBrinkley_8bdd7d-1.jpg?ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https://i2.wp.com/www.newsplop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ChristieBrinkley_8bdd7d-1.jpg?ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4078764" fifu-data-src="https://i2.wp.com/www.newsplop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ChristieBrinkley_8bdd7d-1.jpg?ssl=1" alt="NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 19: Christie Brinkley attends the Women’s Health Lab hosted by Hearst Magazines at The New York Historical on May 19, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for Hearst Magazines )" width="900" height="509"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><span class="caption">The model posted a photo in her Instagram Stories that featured Kimmel smiling with fellow last-night hosts Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers and John Oliver. </span> <span class="credit">Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for Hearst Magazines</span></figcaption></figure>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">“I love these guys!” she wrote. “The laughter they provide us is as important as the air we breath! And they are taking another one of them off the air tonight! WE MUST PROTECT their and OUR 1st Anendnent RIGHTS!!!!”</span></p>
<h2 class="p1"><b>Shonda Rhimes</b></h2>
<p class="p1">The <i>Bridgerton </i>creator posted a quote from Frederick Douglass to her Threads account, alongside a picture of herself on Kimmel’s show.</p>
<p class="p1">“No right was deemed by the fathers of the government more sacred than the right of speech. It was in their eyes, as in the eyes of all thoughtful men, the great moral renovator of society and government,” the quote read.</p>
<h2 class="p1"><b>Barack Obama</b></h2>
<p class="p1">“After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like,” the former president wrote via Threads. “This is precisely the kind of government coercion that the First Amendment was designed to prevent — and media companies need to start standing up rather than capitulating to it.”</p>
<h2>Kerry Washington</h2>
<p>The actress posted a picture with Kimmel on Instagram alongside a lengthy caption.</p>
<p>“You’ve supported me, my work, and my voice for years, and I’m endlessly grateful for your friendship, partnership, the laughter, and encouragement. Now it’s my turn to stand with and for you,” she wrote. “Your immense kindness, integrity and generosity inspire everyone around you. What’s happening to you, and across late night is not just unfair, it’s unjust. Silencing voices like yours and @stephenathome goes far beyond just entertainment; it threatens freedom of speech, an independent press, and ultimately, our democracy. You are not alone. I stand with you, my friend. Always.”</p>
<h2>Jack Quaid</h2>
<p>The actor said that he was sending “support” to Kimmel.</p>
<p>“I’ve had the pleasure of appearing on the show 3 times and each time I was overwhelmed by the generosity and warmth not only from him, but his entire staff,” Quaid wrote. “Freedom of speech is fundamental to our democracy and we must do all we can to protect it.”</p>
<h2>Pedro Pascal</h2>
<p>“Standing with you @jimmykimmellive,” the actor captioned an Instagram post. “Defend #FreeSpeech Defend #DEMOCRACY.”</p>
<h2>Chrishell Stause</h2>
<p>The <em>Selling Sunset</em> star cancelled her Hulu subscription in solidarity with Kimmel.</p>
<p>“Free speech is a beautiful thing,” she wrote via Instagram Stories. “It’s literally a fundamental constitutional right.”</p>
<h2>David Letterman</h2>
<p>Letterman confirmed that he has “heard” from Kimmel.</p>
<p>“He was nice enough to text me this morning,” Letterman said at the Atlantic Festival in New York City on September 18. “He’s sitting up in bed taking nourishment. He’s going to be fine.”</p>
<h2>Stephen Colbert</h2>
<p>In his introduction on his September 18 show, Colbert said, “Tonight, we are all Jimmy Kimmel.” The host also slammed ABC and the FCC chairman Brendan Carr during his opening remarks.</p>
<p>“If ABC thinks that this is gonna satisfy the regime, they’re woefully naive,” he continued. “This is blatant censorship. … With an autocrat, you cannot give an inch. Jimmy, I stand with you and your staff 100 percent.”</p>
<h2>Seth Meyers</h2>
<p>“I just want to say before we get started here that I’ve always admired and respected Mr. Trump,” Meyers joked during his “A Closer Look” segment on September 18. “I’ve always believed he was a visionary, an innovator, a great president and even better golfer. If you’ve ever seen me say anything negative about him, that’s just AI.”</p>
<figure class="wp-caption "><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><span class="credit">Lloyd Bishop/NBC</span></figcaption></figure>
<p>He continued, “I’m told there’s some clips of me on the internet making jokes about him from a few years back. Those are obviously deepfakes.”</p>
<p>Meyers said his show would continue to air with “enthusiasm and integrity” as always before praising Kimmel.</p>
<p>“It is a privilege and an honor to call Jimmy Kimmel my friend, in the same way that it’s a privilege and honor to do this show every night,” Meyers added. “I wake up every day and I count my blessings that I live in a country that at least purports to value freedom of speech.”</p>
<h2>Jon Stewart</h2>
<p>“We have another fun, hilarious, administration compliment show,” he joked on <em>The Daily Show</em> on September 18, calling himself a “patriotically obedient” host on a “government approved” show.</p>
<h2>Jimmy Fallon</h2>
<p>Fallon joked that his dad thought his show had been canceled before discussing Kimmel’s situation.</p>
<p>“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,” he said. “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. Here we go.”</p>
<p>Fallon then went into a takedown of Trump, in which his voice was abruptly dubbed over with a voice-over praising the president.</p>
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