I'm Rounding Up Every Celebrity Reaction to Charlie Kirk's Death From Milano to Schwarzenegger

[00:00] Good evening everybody. After our

[00:03] scripts uh for tonight's show were

[00:05] finished this afternoon, we here at the

[00:07] Late Show learned that Charlie Kirk, a

[00:10] prominent right-wing activist, was

[00:11] killed at a speaking engagement in Utah.

[00:14] >> Yeah. Word of Charlie Kirk's death came

[00:16] after all the late night guys had taped

[00:17] their shows for last night. But Steven

[00:19] Coar was the sole host who decided to

[00:22] tape a special intro for the episode.

[00:24] >> I'm old enough to personally remember

[00:26] the political violence of the 1960s.

[00:30] And I hope it is obvious to everyone in

[00:32] America that political violence does not

[00:33] solve any of our political differences.

[00:36] Political violence only leads to more

[00:37] political violence. Yeah. Listen Milano

[00:40] Instagrammed the meme. We must condemn

[00:42] all political violence. And wrote, "My

[00:44] deepest love, compassion, and empathy

[00:46] goes out to the Kirk family. Please

[00:47] refrain from commenting on this post if

[00:49] you're going to spread more hate. Choose

[00:51] love. It starts with you." And I pray

[00:53] with all my heart that this is the

[00:56] aberrant action of a madman and not a

[00:59] sign of things to come.

[01:00] >> Now, Jimmy Kimmel did post a message on

[01:02] Instagram writing, "Instead of the angry

[01:03] fingerpointing, can we just for one day

[01:05] agree that it is horrible and monstrous

[01:07] to shoot another human? On behalf of my

[01:08] family, we send love to the Kirks and to

[01:10] all the children, parents, and innocents

[01:12] who fall victim to senseless gun

[01:13] violence." Commenting on Kimble's post

[01:15] was Holly Robson Pete who wrote, "I

[01:17] certainly didn't agree with his comments

[01:18] about black pilots or guns or pretty

[01:20] much anything he said, but I would never

[01:22] wish this on anyone. I like to have seen

[01:24] the same energy regarding Mr. Hartman

[01:26] and her husband and dog. Political

[01:27] violence, gun violence in this country

[01:29] is out of control and horrific." Ohea

[01:31] Jackson tweeted, "A maniac killed that

[01:32] man, and you have no idea what you've

[01:34] just done. I never thought twice about

[01:35] the man except for clips on Twitter. But

[01:38] this this was not the answer. You cannot

[01:40] make sense out of nonsense. Prayers to

[01:42] those who loved him. Prayers for those

[01:44] of us who can disagree and still respect

[01:45] each other's lives.

[01:47] >> Isn't a fundamental part of being an

[01:49] American that we are able to express our

[01:52] opinions to each other without fear,

[01:55] without this kind of

[01:58] >> horror happening.

[01:59] >> Rose O'Donnell posted a photo of Charlie

[02:01] at the event in Utah where he was

[02:02] killed, writing, "No, just no. Do not

[02:05] become the murderer. This is wrong at

[02:07] every level. #all Americans."

[02:09] >> Some woman was so angry at me. She said,

[02:11] "You know, Charlie Kirk didn't deserve

[02:13] to die. I don't think he deserved to

[02:15] die. I don't think anyone should die for

[02:17] their opinions. I don't think anyone

[02:19] should be targeted. I don't believe in

[02:22] violence. I don't believe in guns. I

[02:26] do not and never will.

[02:30] No, no, no to political violence. That's

[02:33] what I believe."

[02:34] >> Chris Pratt posted the tweet before we

[02:35] learned of Charlie's passing. He wrote,

[02:37] "Praying for Charlie Kirk right now, for

[02:39] his wife and young children, for our

[02:40] country. We need God's grace. God help

[02:42] us." His mother-in-law, Maria Shrivever,

[02:44] wrote, "We should all condemn political

[02:46] violence. A young life cut down. A young

[02:48] family left to pick up the pieces. This

[02:50] is not just a tragedy for his family.

[02:52] This is a tragedy for our country. No

[02:53] matter where you are on political

[02:55] spectrum, this is something we can all

[02:56] condemn. This is a moment to stop,

[02:58] reflect, and reassess. Gun violence must

[03:01] be stopped. None of us are safe." My

[03:03] heart goes out to Mr. Kirk's family. And

[03:05] Chris's father-in-law, Arnold

[03:06] Schwarzenegger, wrote, "My heart is with

[03:07] Charlie Kirk's family and with the

[03:09] United States. Politics has become a

[03:11] disease in this country, and it's

[03:12] deadly. But don't listen to pessimists

[03:14] who say there's no cure. There is a

[03:15] cure. It's inside of us. We must find

[03:17] our better angels and walk back from the

[03:19] extremes. If we can't agree on anything

[03:21] else, we must find agreement that we

[03:23] don't solve our debates with violence.

[03:25] This is a horrible tragedy. It'd also be

[03:27] a moment for everyone to rediscover

[03:28] their humanity." my friend and

[03:31] colleague, uh,

[03:34] father

[03:36] and husband

[03:39] Charlie Kirk, 31 years of age, has been

[03:44] pronounced dead.

[03:47] Uh, I can barely believe

[03:52] uh, I'm saying these words. Jason Aline

[03:55] Instagrammed a photo with Charlie,

[03:56] writing, "It's been a hard day, not only

[03:58] in our family, but all over the country.

[04:00] Charlie Kirk was one of the kindest,

[04:03] okay, smartest and bravest people I've

[04:05] ever met. I'm honored to have met and

[04:06] spoke with him on a few occasions. He

[04:08] was a man of peace

[04:10] and wanted nothing but the best for our

[04:12] country and its youth."

[04:14] We might have lost Charlie today, but

[04:16] what he's done will live on forever. Our

[04:18] thoughts and prayers go out to his wife,

[04:19] kids, and the entire Kirk family.

[04:21] Patricia Heaton did the typical America

[04:23] thing. and blame the other side. If you

[04:24] want to honor Charlie Kirk, don't resort

[04:26] to violence like the Democrats and the

[04:27] left. Use your voice. Speak up. Be

[04:29] Charlie Kirk. While Candace Cameron

[04:31] Beret posted, "We love you, Charlie.

[04:32] Well done, good and faithful servant."

[04:35] A couple of media outlets had to issue

[04:37] apologies after some honor conduct that

[04:40] caused some outrage.

[04:41] >> We don't know any the full details of

[04:43] this. We don't know if this was a

[04:44] supporter shooting their gun off in

[04:46] celebration or so. We have no idea about

[04:48] this. MSNBC contributor Matthew Dod was

[04:51] fired from the network after his

[04:52] comments that came in the media moments

[04:55] following news breaking that Charlie had

[04:56] been shot.

[04:57] >> He's been one of the most divisive,

[04:59] especially divisive younger figures in

[05:01] this who is constantly sort of pushing

[05:05] this sort of hate speech or sort of

[05:07] aimed at certain groups. And I always go

[05:09] back to hateful thoughts lead to hateful

[05:14] words which then lead to hateful

[05:16] actions. And I think that's the

[05:18] environment we're in.

[05:19] >> The president of MSNBC issued an apology

[05:22] calling Matthew's comments inappropriate

[05:23] and unacceptable.

[05:24] >> You can't stop with these sort of awful

[05:27] thoughts you have and then saying these

[05:28] awful words and not expect awful actions

[05:31] to take place. And that's the

[05:33] unfortunate environment we're in.

[05:34] >> And Matthew also issued an apology on

[05:36] Blue Sky. Um, Janet,

[05:39] >> go

[05:41] with that.

[05:43] >> Go go go to um,

[05:45] >> so you heard the cheering and hollering

[05:47] there on the TMZ live stream. Two of the

[05:49] TMZ Live producers went to go

[05:51] investigate what the commotion was

[05:52] about.

[05:53] >> Trump just Trump just posted that he's

[05:56] dead.

[05:56] >> I'll stand up.

[05:57] >> Trump just posted that Charlie Kirk is

[05:59] dead.

[06:00] >> One of the TMC live producers then

[06:01] returned to the newsroom and tried to

[06:03] quickly clarify what the cheering was

[06:05] about. I want to confirm the people in

[06:08] the background statement chase in Temple

[06:11] City right now and that's what they were

[06:12] watching. Not

[06:13] >> so Donald Trump just posted uh that

[06:16] Charlie Kirk is dead.

[06:18] >> I guess people didn't hear that

[06:19] explanation. So yeah, TMZ had to do a

[06:22] subsequent video after the live ended

[06:23] issuing an apology.

[06:24] >> There were some people in the back room

[06:27] away from our news desk here who were

[06:29] watching a car chase. We acknowledge

[06:32] that it was horrible timing and for that

[06:35] we are sorry.

[06:36] >> We apologize. We apologize that you had

[06:38] to hear that.

[06:39] >> And I get why if you were watching the

[06:41] stream you may have felt that that's

[06:43] what the laughter was about. We assure

[06:45] you it was not about that. But it was

[06:49] horrible timing. And by the way I get it

[06:51] too and he gets it because we listened

[06:54] as we were talking. Um, Janet,

[06:57] >> go

[06:59] with that.

[07:01] >> Go go go go to um I actually walked off

[07:04] camera to go back and find out what the

[07:07] hell was going on because it was

[07:09] inappropriate um for the laughter at

[07:12] that time, but no one was laughing about

[07:14] the Charlie Kirk tragedy.

[07:16] >> So, yeah.

[07:20] Yeah.

[07:23] What are your thoughts?