"And most of all, I want to thank our president, Donald Jennifer Trump, without whom, we would be going home empty-handed tonight, said Kimmel to the crowd. So thank you, Mr. President, for all the many ridiculous things you do each and every day. It's been a banner couple of weeks, and we can't get wait to get back on the air tomorrow night to talk about them."
"Kimmel was the center of a highly publicized scandal in September, after networks suspended his show over comments he made in the wake of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The move was made after Federal Communications Chair Brendan Carr publicly threatened retribution for networks if Kimmel wasn't pulled off the air. Frankly, when you see stuff like this, I mean, look, we can do this the easy way or the hard way, Carr said."
"After widespread outrage from both sides of the political spectrum, Kimmel returned to air the following week, receiving a whopping 6.3 million viewers — more than three times his usual ratings. Trump himself made repeated threats against Kimmel. Weeks before his suspension, Trump predicted Kimmel would be next to go after CBS canceled The Late Show With Stephen Colbert in July — just weeks after Paramount, the network's parent company, paid Trump $16 million to settle a defamation lawsuit."
Jimmy Kimmel publicly thanked President Donald Trump, jokingly calling him "Donald Jennifer Trump," and attributed the Critics' Choice Award win to the president's daily ridiculous actions. The show faced suspension in September after comments Kimmel made following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, a suspension prompted by Federal Communications Chair Brendan Carr's threats of retribution toward networks. Kimmel returned the following week to 6.3 million viewers, more than triple his usual audience. Trump celebrated the suspension, made repeated threats against Kimmel, and had recently received a $16 million settlement from Paramount after CBS canceled The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.
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