Jimmy Kimmel got his long-running late-night show pulled indefinitely from the airwaves after comments he made about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk set off a firestorm in MAGAworld.
Conservative commentator Benny Johnson led the charge against Kimmel, accusing the host of “victim blaming” and pushing “lies” in his monologue on Monday night.
“This is sick,” Johnson wrote in a Wednesday X post, arguing that Kimmel was “explicitly stating that MAGA killed Charlie Kirk and is victim blaming the assassination on Charlie’s movement.”
This is sick. @jimmykimmel is explicitly stating that MAGA killed Charlie Kirk and is victim blaming the assassination on Charlie’s movement. It’s definitionally evil and a malicious lie. Kimmel must be held accountable. pic.twitter.com/PznwF4lgQl
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 17, 2025
“It’s definitionally evil and a malicious lie,” he said. “Kimmel must be held accountable.” Mere hours later, ABC announced that Jimmy Kimmel Live! would be “pre-empted indefinitely.”
Kimmel made his comments about Kirk while mocking President Donald Trump’s reaction to the death of his close ally.
“We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” he said.
“In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving on Friday,” he went on, before playing a clip of Trump’s nonchalant response when a reporter asked how he was holding up after Kirk’s death.
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