Jimmy Kimmel’s on-air suspension over the comments he made about the right-wing activist Charlie Kirk was short-lived.
“We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.”
Kimmel also criticized Trump’s decision to lower flags to half-mast in honor of Kirk and mocked the president’s reaction to the shooting.
“This is not how an adult grieves the murder of someone he calls a friend. This is how a four-year-old mourns a goldfish,” the talk show host added.
The late-night show host returned on TV on Tuesday and took time to address the issue that got his show canceled in the first place.
During his monologue, the veteran broadcaster said: “It was never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man. I don’t think there’s anything funny about it. Nor was it my intention to blame any specific group for the actions of what it was obviously a deeply disturbed individual.”
Before the show returned after its nearly week-long suspension, President Donald Trump — who had praised ABC for taking Kimmel off the air — blasted the network for allowing him back.
In the monologue following his return on the show Kimmel again mocked Trump, saying, “You almost have to feel sorry for him, he tried his best to cancel me and instead he forced millions of people to watch the show.
“That backfired bigly, he might need to release the Epstein files to distract us from this now.”
However, although Jimmy Kimmel added a humorous touch, he also got emotional when he spoke of Kirk’s wife, Erika Kirk.
“I want to make something clear because it is important to me as a human and that is that it was never my intention to make light of a murder of a young man. I don’t think there is anything funny about it, I posted a message on Instagram on the day he was killed sending love to his family and asking for compassion and I meant it and I still do,” Kimmel said.
“I understand that to some, that felt either ill-timed or unclear, or maybe both, and for those who think I did point a finger, I get why you’re upset,” he added, referring to Disney, ABC’s parent company, and its reasoning for suspending the show.
As he wrapped up his monologue, the host shared words on Erika Kirk’s remarkable decision to forgive the person who murdered her husband.
“She forgave him. That is an example we should follow,” Kimmel said. “If you believe in the teachings of Jesus, as I do, there it was. That’s it. A selfless act of grace. Forgiveness from a grieving widow. It touched me deeply. If there’s anything we should take from this tragedy to carry forward, I hope it can be that.”
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