"On Monday, September 22, Carr spoke at the 2025 Concordia Annual Summit, where after nearly a week of deriding Jimmy Kimmel, he walked back the federal government's role in Jimmy Kimmel Live!'s brief time off the air. "Jimmy Kimmel is in the situation that he's in because of his ratings, not because of anything that's happened at the federal government level," Carr explained."
"On Benny Johnson's podcast, Carr said that Kimmel's remark on Kirk's killer was "some of the sickest conduct possible." Maybe he got some kind of slap on the wrist for bragging about this, or maybe he's realizing what all people who go on a podcast realize at some point: Those words live on outside of the time you're at the microphone."
Brendan Carr criticized Jimmy Kimmel for remarks about Charlie Kirk and later stated that Kimmel's temporary absence was due to ratings rather than federal government action. Carr said his earlier comment about doing "this" the "easy way or the hard way" was a hypothetical response to a potential complaint. Kimmel's return was announced the day after Carr's Concordia remarks. Carr previously called Kimmel's remark "some of the sickest conduct possible" on Benny Johnson's podcast. Carr accused Senate Democrats of misinterpreting his role after a letter alleged the FCC threatened to revoke Disney and ABC's licenses; he said no such action occurred. Ted Cruz compared Carr to a "mafioso" on his podcast.
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