Jimmy Kimmel's Show Pulled by ABC After Monologue Mocking Trump's Response to Charlie Kirk's Murder

[00:00] We hit some new lows over the weekend

[00:02] with the MAGA gang desperately trying to

[00:04] characterize this kid who murdered

[00:06] Charlie Kirk as anything other than one

[00:08] of them and doing everything they can to

[00:10] score political points from.

[00:12] >> Here's everything you need to know about

[00:13] the offkey monologue that got Jimmy

[00:16] Kimmel's show pulled indefinitely. The

[00:18] controversy began during Monday's show

[00:20] when the late night comic started off by

[00:23] claiming that MAGA was using Charlie

[00:25] Kirk's assassination to score political

[00:27] points. But Kimmel didn't stop there. He

[00:30] went on to call out President Trump, who

[00:32] was scheduled to deliver a speech at

[00:34] Kirk's memorial service on Monday for

[00:36] what he deemed to be an insufficient

[00:38] reaction to the murder.

[00:39] >> In between the fingerpointing, there was

[00:41] uh grieving. On Friday, the White House

[00:43] flew the flags at half staff, which got

[00:45] some criticism, but on a human level,

[00:48] you can see how hard the president is

[00:50] taking this.

[00:51] >> My condolences on the loss of your

[00:53] friend Charlie Kirk. I ask sir

[00:54] personally, how are you holding up over

[00:57] the last day and a half, sir? I think

[00:58] very good. And by the way, right there

[01:00] you see all the trucks. They've just

[01:02] started construction of the new ballroom

[01:04] for the White House, which is something

[01:06] they've been trying to get, as you know,

[01:08] for about 150 years. And it's going to

[01:10] be a beauty. Yes. He's at the fourth

[01:14] stage of grief, construction.

[01:17] Demolition.

[01:20] Construction.

[01:22] This is not how an adult grieavves the

[01:24] murder of someone he called a friend.

[01:25] This is how a four-year-old mourns a

[01:27] goldfish. Okay.

[01:28] >> Kimmel then doubled down, sharing that

[01:31] it wasn't the first time since Kirk's

[01:32] murder that Trump redirected a question

[01:34] about the Turning Point USA founder back

[01:37] to the White House ballroom.

[01:38] >> And it didn't just happen once. When I

[01:40] heard it, I was in the midst of, you

[01:43] know, building a great for 150 years.

[01:45] They've wanted a ballroom at the White

[01:48] House, right? They they don't have a

[01:49] ballroom. They have to use tents on the

[01:51] lawn for President Xi when he comes

[01:53] over. If it rains, it's a wipe out. And

[01:56] so I was with the architects that were

[01:58] design. It's going to be incredible. And

[02:00] they came in. They said, "Charlie Kirk

[02:04] is dead." I didn't know what they meant.

[02:06] I said dead. Charlie Kirk was shot.

[02:11] And they s they thought he was dead

[02:12] because it was so horrific, you know.

[02:15] >> And I said dead.

[02:18] And then we installed the most beautiful

[02:20] chandelier. You sponsor you wouldn't

[02:23] believe. There's something wrong with

[02:26] them. There really is. I mean, the

[02:28] backlash to Kimmel's monologue was

[02:30] swift, including from the Federal

[02:31] Communications Commission chair Brendan

[02:33] Carr. The President Trump appointee

[02:36] blasted Kimmel's remarks and urged

[02:38] affiliates to preempt his program.

[02:40] During an interview with conservative

[02:41] podcaster Benny Johnson, change needs to

[02:44] happen on Kimmel. Carr said Nextstar

[02:47] Communications, which operates 23 ABC

[02:49] affiliates, announced it would no longer

[02:52] carry the program due to Kimmel's

[02:54] remarks. Hours later, ABC took Carr's

[02:56] words and Nexar's actions to heart and

[02:59] cancelled the show indefinitely.

[03:01] Sinclair Broadcasting took things even

[03:03] further, announcing that the suspension

[03:05] wasn't enough and vowing to yank Jimmy

[03:07] Kimmel Live from its stations until the

[03:09] host apologizes directly to Charlie

[03:11] Kirk's family and donates to his

[03:13] political activist group. The company

[03:15] also demanded that formal discussions

[03:17] are held with ABC regarding the

[03:19] network's commitment to professionalism

[03:21] and accountability. Kimmel's removal has

[03:23] sparked fierce debate with critics

[03:25] accusing ABC and its parent company

[03:27] Disney of bowing to political pressure

[03:29] as President Donald Trump cheered the

[03:31] suspension. All this as the dominoes

[03:34] continue to fall and true extent of the

[03:36] fallout has yet to be seen.