"If you're just joining us, we are preempting your regularly scheduled encore episode of Celebrity Family Feud to bring you this special report. Kimmel thanked everyone who reached out to him from all over the world, including his fellow late-night hosts and even conservative politicians like Ted Cruz, who all agreed that Our government cannot be allowed to control what we do and what we say on television."
"He spoke about how it was not his intention to blame any specific group for the actions of what was obviously a deeply disturbed individual, nor make light of the murder of a young man. He also praised Charlie Kirk's widow, Erika Kirk, for publicly forgiving the man who shot her husband. That is an example we should follow, he said, tearing up."
"The late-night host was briefly suspended by ABC last week following pressure from the President and the FCC to take him off the air. The administration didn't take lightly to comments that Kimmel made about Charlie Kirk's suspected shooter during what a network spokesman called, an emotional moment for our country. ABC created an even larger uproar, however, by angering the public over Trump's attack on free speech."
Jimmy Kimmel was briefly suspended by ABC after pressure from the President and the FCC over comments related to Charlie Kirk's suspected shooter. ABC faced public backlash tied to concerns about presidential attacks on free speech. After extended talks with the network, Kimmel returned to Jimmy Kimmel Live! and opened with a preemption gag, thanking supporters worldwide, including fellow late-night hosts and conservative figures like Ted Cruz. Kimmel asserted that government cannot control televised speech, clarified he did not intend to blame any group or make light of a murder, and praised Erika Kirk for forgiving her husband's shooter, invoking Jesus' teachings and tearing up.
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