Jimmy Kimmel chokes up as he explains
Kirk comments, says he 'never' intended
to mock assassination
Fox News,
by
Lindsay Kornick
Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought,
9/24/2025 4:01:58 AM
"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" host Jimmy Kimmel insisted that he never intended to make light of Charlie Kirk's assassination in comments that led to his show's suspension.
Tuesday night was the first show Kimmel hosted since Disney announced its return on Monday after nearly a week off the air.
Kimmel came out to a standing ovation which continued into chants of "Jimmy! Jimmy! Jimmy!" and ongoing cheering.
"If you are just joining us, we are preempting your regularly scheduled encore episode of 'Celebrity Family Feud,' we’re bringing you this special report," Kimmel opened. "I’m happy to be here with you tonight."
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
RWPollock 9/24/2025 4:33:01 AM (No. 2008079)
Liar. Yes he did.
111 people like this.
Reply 2 - Posted by:
DCGIRL 9/24/2025 5:14:42 AM (No. 2008084)
I have NEVER watched Kimmel and will NEVER watch this creep.
113 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
5 handicap 9/24/2025 5:19:25 AM (No. 2008087)
Is there nothing the filthy garbage Mrs. Kimmel raised, won't lie about? he is become part of the War against America run by Bob Iger the evil CEO of Disney!
71 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
anniebc 9/24/2025 5:26:55 AM (No. 2008090)
He's trying to get Sinclair Broadcasting Group and Nexstar Media Group back. They'll probably cave depending on the reactions to Jimmy's non-apology statements. At least his staff who run things around there, apparently, won't quit since he didn't apologize. Bump his choking up! Punk!
FTA - "Sinclair and Nexstar preempted Kimmel’s show again Tuesday night and have said they will keep doing so as discussions with ABC continue behind the scenes."
36 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
JHHolliday 9/24/2025 5:55:44 AM (No. 2008094)
Kimmell was also trying to involve MAGA supporters as responsible for Charlie's murder. I don't know if it was just a warped brain from TDS or an attempt to deliberately gaslight and misdirect his viewers away from the real shooter's motive, a violent leftist trans nutter who hated anyone who disagreed with that lifestyle. Kimmell just couldn't keep from injecting his stupid politics into his monologue. A smart, decent, genuinely funny comedian would have left alone any remarks about a good man with a wife and family who was brutally murdered. If ABC brings him back, every sponsor should be boycotted and told the reason why we will never buy their product.
67 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
PostAway 9/24/2025 6:07:47 AM (No. 2008097)
All three viewers, his mother his aunt and her cat were extremely touched. “Aw, God love him. Poor Jimmy.” they thought, “He was never very bright and we always laughed at his jokes and said,’That Jimmy. He’s our little comedian.’ He believed us and somehow got a TV show where he acted like a third grader and then he got a show like Johnny Carson’s and they fired him. Poor Jimmy. Poor dumb, clueless, tasteless, hateful Jimmy. We wanted him to work with his hands.”
49 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 9/24/2025 6:31:39 AM (No. 2008100)
If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.
46 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
BeatleJeff 9/24/2025 6:36:15 AM (No. 2008103)
No one thought he was trying to make light of Kirk's killing. He was viciously trying to assign the blame for it to the innocent party and to paint the killer as something he isn't. It was an intentionally dishonest and mean-spirited comment. Nothing light about it. Which makes his latest comment even more dishonest, an attempt to obfuscate. He wasn't on my local station last night and never should be again.
90 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
philsner 9/24/2025 6:43:09 AM (No. 2008105)
To liberals, lying is a way of life.
65 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
mifla 9/24/2025 6:51:51 AM (No. 2008112)
His real concern was that he was surprised that he was being held accountable for his actions.
58 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
privateer 9/24/2025 6:53:07 AM (No. 2008114)
Please don't take my job away! I love the money SO much!
19 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
Strike3 9/24/2025 7:11:36 AM (No. 2008125)
Of course I believe him, just like I believe that Hunter Biden's paintings are worth millions of dollars and Rosie got fat because she used the wrong type of spoon.
32 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
Msquared112 9/24/2025 7:13:36 AM (No. 2008127)
He's right. He never intended to "mock" anyone. What he did intend was to blame MAGA for the shooting. He's still lying.
64 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
chumley 9/24/2025 7:21:06 AM (No. 2008136)
Libs mock. Its their automatic go to and they cant even imagine not doing it. They also cant understand why anyone would object to it.
23 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 9/24/2025 7:24:03 AM (No. 2008137)
Liar!
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
czechlist 9/24/2025 7:24:22 AM (No. 2008138)
kimmel is simply a poor commedian, an obvious liar, a reprehensible person and an arrogant a ss.
30 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
Hazymac 9/24/2025 7:25:55 AM (No. 2008139)
Kimmel can go straight to hell. I believe not a word that he says. He revealed for the whole world who he is, and he's no good. Bye bye "comic."
31 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
bpl40 9/24/2025 7:28:01 AM (No. 2008142)
Sure. Tomorrow he will show up in a MAGA hat!
8 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
groover 9/24/2025 7:36:27 AM (No. 2008148)
Aside from not being funny his original statement was written on a teleprompter, it was not a 'misstatement' and he did not apologize.
28 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
Subsuburban 9/24/2025 7:41:48 AM (No. 2008152)
How can you tell when Jimmie Kimmel is lying? His lips move.
18 people like this.
He is right, no one will change their mind.
I miss the greats like Johnny Carson who saw his role was to make people laugh.
I saw a clip this week of him saying that it is dangerous for a comedian to become self-important and use their platform to sway public opinion.
26 people like this.
Reply 22 - Posted by:
Rather Read 9/24/2025 8:11:30 AM (No. 2008164)
Honestly I don't believe him. There are so many leftists I disagree with but unlike Kimmel I would not rejoice in their deaths. I'd pray for them, just like I prayed for Justice Ginsberg
9 people like this.
Reply 23 - Posted by:
Venturer 9/24/2025 8:13:43 AM (No. 2008167)
Sinclair and Nexstar will fold like a cheap suit probably next week.
15 people like this.
Reply 24 - Posted by:
earlybird 9/24/2025 8:15:03 AM (No. 2008168)
Done
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Newtsche 9/24/2025 8:15:51 AM (No. 2008169)
So his return is over and now back to his forgettable career until his next cynical indiscretion or firing.
At least you're a footnote in history now, Jimmy, a trivia question at best.
8 people like this.
Reply 26 - Posted by:
Strike3 9/24/2025 8:34:50 AM (No. 2008178)
What a coincidence, Kimmel outs himself as a primo jerk in the same year that Howard Stern did. A couple of no-talent wastes of airtime.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
Californian 9/24/2025 8:44:13 AM (No. 2008182)
Of course he did.
He expected kudos for his despicable behavior, though, not punishment and a hundred million people crying out for his permanent cancelation.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Red Ghost 9/24/2025 8:48:24 AM (No. 2008185)
Standing ovation. People cheering his name. DISGUSTING. The guy is a piece of stuff I wipe off my shoe. No apology and some BS crying stint? Puleeze. I look forward to the collapse of the Disney empire. They are all as a twice failed presidential candidate once said about us, irredeemable.
22 people like this.
Reply 29 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 9/24/2025 8:55:29 AM (No. 2008187)
He’s lying. He’s a Dem. They ALL lie.
23 people like this.
Reply 30 - Posted by:
john56 9/24/2025 9:15:47 AM (No. 2008196)
Oh, that was last night? Gosh, I would have been watching, but it conflicted with a long-ago scheduled cleaning of my sock drawer.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
walcb 9/24/2025 9:16:10 AM (No. 2008197)
Have you considered who the people were in the audience yelling Jimmy, Jimmy? They were the people celebrating Charlie's death, the ones with TDS who believe any means to stop opposition to the woke and anti American philosophy is acceptable.
22 people like this.
Reply 32 - Posted by:
DVC 9/24/2025 9:25:29 AM (No. 2008203)
Liar. He intentionally DID mock the assassination.
22 people like this.
Reply 33 - Posted by:
felixcat 9/24/2025 9:55:40 AM (No. 2008218)
He's a liar and his audience a bunch of useful idiots. His EMPLOYER placed him on suspension - not anyone in the Federal Government. It's not like Melania called Bob Iger and told him to suspend Kimmel, oh wait, Jimmy isn't Roseanne Barr.
9 people like this.
Reply 34 - Posted by:
Quigley 9/24/2025 9:57:06 AM (No. 2008219)
Now that he's back, can I never hear from, of, or about him again? A perv in black face.
4 people like this.
Reply 35 - Posted by:
BarryNo 9/24/2025 10:05:52 AM (No. 2008231)
You're not even a good liar, Kimmel. Give us a break. You thought sneering at Charlie's murder would bring you acclaim from you crowd of lunatics.
6 people like this.
Reply 36 - Posted by:
mc squared 9/24/2025 10:12:17 AM (No. 2008235)
I've wondered why entertainers continue to battle when they could live very comfortably on their earnings. It's not the money as much as ego and adulation.
6 people like this.
Reply 37 - Posted by:
MsMontana 9/24/2025 10:22:39 AM (No. 2008238)
I'm not buying it.
The whole bit about his commending Erika Kirk for forgiving the shooter, was all about Kimmel expecting to be forgiven without the bother of apologizing or being truly sorry for his comments.
He's a smug and arrogant piece of Shittaiki mushroom and I highly doubt he will be anything more than that.
11 people like this.
Reply 38 - Posted by:
winmag 9/24/2025 10:28:58 AM (No. 2008242)
That weasel Smirconish was spinning this like crazy this AM. He claimed that Kimmel said MAGA was trying to put blame for the shooting on anybody but MAGA. Meaning technically he didn't actually say that MAGA was responsible. This is how the liberal diseased mind works.
8 people like this.
Reply 39 - Posted by:
cor-vet 9/24/2025 10:29:49 AM (No. 2008243)
It's hard to miss something, and since I've never seen his show, I didn't miss not seeing it last night. From what I read here, he's almost as watchable as the View, which is another I've never seen.
9 people like this.
Reply 40 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 9/24/2025 10:35:22 AM (No. 2008252)
"Chokes up" means he was trying suppress a laugh.
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
jayjeti 9/24/2025 11:18:15 AM (No. 2008276)
Kimmel refused to apologize after his show was cancelled and didn't walk back anything. This is all contrived politics.
8 people like this.
Reply 42 - Posted by:
MickTurn 9/24/2025 11:28:09 AM (No. 2008291)
I'm throwing 50 Million BullSchiffT Flags on Kimmy!
3 people like this.
Reply 43 - Posted by:
dbdiva 9/24/2025 11:55:54 AM (No. 2008310)
Fine words on the surface but zero sincerity in his deliverance. He's most likely reading words his bosses insisted he say in order to keep his job. He's a liar, pure and simple. As #5 already mentioned, he DID put the blame on MAGA. Has he forgotten that his original comment can be found on the internet as proof he's a liar? He certainly has gall, though.
5 people like this.
Reply 44 - Posted by:
linkay6 9/24/2025 12:00:10 PM (No. 2008314)
He may have choked up, but it was because they made him apologize, not because he felt any remorse for what he said.
3 people like this.
Reply 45 - Posted by:
kono 9/24/2025 12:00:52 PM (No. 2008316)
Lord, have mercy. Fox refers to Kimmel "choking up" when he said that. I wonder if it wasn't really him choking on his words.
4 people like this.
Reply 46 - Posted by:
broken01 9/24/2025 12:15:08 PM (No. 2008322)
I've gone from sneaking to watch Johnny Carson on my family's 20 black and white tv as a kid to not watching late night tv since Obie the Clown became my C-in-C. The only reasons why I know about how much of a colossal TDS infected buffoon Jimmy Kimmel is it's due to this awesome sight and videos online. Mr. Man Show girls on trampolines and Blackface is nothing, but a corrupt liar and I will NEVER tune into his show.
5 people like this.
Reply 47 - Posted by:
Rather Read 9/24/2025 12:15:21 PM (No. 2008323)
I don't believe him. Everything he said he meant.
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Reply 48 - Posted by:
Roscoelewis 9/24/2025 12:55:43 PM (No. 2008332)
People on TV are actors. Their job is to fool the audience with acting.
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Reply 49 - Posted by:
Sardonic 9/24/2025 2:19:05 PM (No. 2008364)
He wasn't mocking the assassination in the monologue he spouted and which got him suspended. He was making false claims that the shooter was a MAGA supporter, a right winger and a conservative. That's what got his butt in trouble. His apology is based on a lie.
5 people like this.
Reply 50 - Posted by:
Starboard_side 9/24/2025 3:14:13 PM (No. 2008389)
He's not sincere as it was reported he wanted to double down on the attack against MAGA (which the Left use as a pejorative) being behind the assassination.
#13 sums it up.
The LEFT has a real problem and they've been convinced of things that simply aren't true and have been proven false yet still cling to those convictions.
2 people like this.
Reply 51 - Posted by:
David Prosser 9/24/2025 3:45:25 PM (No. 2008402)
Yeah right! Ducks never 'intended' to swim. Bears never 'intended' to eat honey, and the Pope never 'intended' to be a Catholic.
2 people like this.
Reply 52 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 9/25/2025 2:07:05 AM (No. 2008589)
What an enormous waste of oxygen.
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