John Oliver on Jimmy Kimmel
Bob Iger, ABC Are Cowards!!!
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John Oliver minced no phrases reacting to the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel‘s late-night TV present by ABC on “Final Week Tonight” … calling ABC and Disney CEO Bob Iger a bunch of “cowards.”
Take a look at the clip from Sunday’s present — he rails at Bob when talking about how he believes the present administration can be remembered unfavorably within the historical past books … predicting firms permitting Donald Trump and his associates steamroll them will look even worse.
He says ABC and Bob “positively know higher however nonetheless let issues occur,” and likens Jimmy’s suspension to letting a bully take your lunch cash. He explains the bully is rarely comfortable … he’ll simply come again hungrier for extra.
9/15/25
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As you are conscious, “Jimmy Kimmel Reside!” was placed on indefinite hiatus after Jimmy’s feedback about Charlie Kirk‘s homicide prompted FCC chairman Brendan Carr to warn ABC it wanted to “take actions on Kimmel” … or else the federal government would get entangled.
Oliver is much from the primary discuss present host to protest the suspension, with Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert all standing up for his or her colleague.
TMZ additionally caught up with Jay Leno over the weekend, who stated he stands with Kimmel as properly and theorized JK will find yourself again on air “someplace.”
Kimmel has stored mum concerning the suspension … although we noticed him smiling whereas out in L.A. Thursday — the identical day transferring vans had been seen outdoors his Hollywood studio.
He is scheduled to broadcast stay from New York Metropolis within the coming week … and thus far, the scheduled filming slots haven’t been canceled publicly.
