"That decision placed the comedian at the center of a debate over freedom of speech in Donald Trump's second term, and this Tuesday, at around 11:35 p.m. (East Coast time), he returned one day after Disney revoked the cancellation with an emotional and defiant monologue lasting nearly half an hour (instead of the usual 10 minutes). In the monologue, which reached a million views in its first hour on YouTube, he mocked Trump, highlighted the contradictions of his administration regarding the First Amendment, criticized the"
"our government cannot be allowed to control what we do and do not say on television, he declared. I've been hearing a lot about what I need to say and do tonight, and the truth is, I don't think what I have to say is going to make much of a difference. If you like me, you like me, and if you don't, you don't [...] But I do wanna make something clear because it's important"
Jimmy Kimmel returned to late-night television with an almost half-hour monologue a day after Disney revoked his show's cancellation, after ABC and Disney had suspended the program following controversy over a comment about the alleged killer of Trump activist Charlie Kirk. The monologue began 'As I was saying before I was interrupted...' and drew a million YouTube views in its first hour. Kimmel mocked Donald Trump, highlighted administration contradictions on the First Amendment, criticized White House attacks on the press, offered a trembling apology insisting he never intended to make light of the murder, and emotionally praised Kirk's widow for forgiving the killer.
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