ABC pulls ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ indefinitely after ‘offensive’ Charlie Kirk comments

September 17, 2025 - by Kylie Kelce - Leave a Comment

ABC pulls ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ indefinitely after ‘offensive’ Charlie Kirk comments

Jimmy Kimmel is taking an involuntary hiatus.

ABC has announced that it is pulling the comedian’s late-night talk show off the air “indefinitely” following the host’s controversial comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

Jimmy Kimmel attends the Walt Disney Television 2019 upfront event on May 14, 2019.Evan Agostini/Invision/AP

Charlie Kirk poses at The Cambridge Union on May 19, 2025 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. — Charlie Kirk at the Cambridge Union in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, on May 19, 2025.Getty Images for The Cambridge Union

“Jimmy Kimmel Live will be pre-empted indefinitely,” an ABC spokesperson confirmed to The Post on Wednesday, Sept. 17.

Kimmel, 57, faced backlash Monday night after he said that the “MAGA gang” was trying to score political points off Kirk’s murder after the conservative activist was shot dead on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on Sept. 10.