MAGA and conservative influencers are torching Disney’s decision to bring Jimmy Kimmel Live! back on-air.
The show is returning to its regular time slot on Tuesday after it was suspended “indefinitely” last week over comments Kimmel made about the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
“Last Wednesday, we made the decision to suspend production on the show to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country,” a spokesperson for Disney wrote in a statement. “It is a decision we made because we felt some of the comments were ill-timed and thus insensitive.”
“We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday,” the spokesperson added.
But for some, those conversations don’t suffice.
Disney and ABC caving and allowing Kimmell back on the air is not surprising, but it’s their mistake to make.Nextstar and Sinclair do not have to make the same choice.
— Andrew Kolvet (@AndrewKolvet) September 22, 2025
“Disney and ABC caving and allowing Kimmell back on the air is not surprising, but it’s their mistake to make,” Andrew Kolvet, executive producer of The Charlie Kirk Show, wrote on X. “Nextstar and Sinclair do not have to make the same choice.”
“Disney ABC let the WOKE Mob get to them and decided to bring back Jimmy Kimmel,” an account titled MAGA Voice with 1.3 million followers wrote on X. “TIME TO BOYCOTT DISNEY.”
BREAKING 🚨 Disney ABC let the WOKE Mob get to them and decided to bring back Jimmy Kimmel TIME TO BOYCOTT DISNEY pic.twitter.com/8mJb40ABxH
— MAGA Voice (@MAGAVoice) September 22, 2025
The right’s call to boycott Disney follows a week of celebrating Kimmel’s removal.
Kimmel’s return comes after at least 400 celebrities—including Tom Hanks, Jennifer Aniston, and Meryl Streep—signed a letter protesting ABC’s decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel Live! off the air last week. Scores of celebrities also boycotted the company’s scheduled events in recent days.
Until Kimmel’s return was announced, supporters of the late night host said they were canceling their subscriptions to Disney’s streaming services in protest.
Megyn Kelly also chimed in on X, writing: “Must be nice to be a leftist. ‘Cancellation’ lasts 5 nights and you’re right back under klieg lights. On the right you’re underground.”
Must be nice to be a leftist. “Cancellation” lasts 5 nights and you’re right back under klieg lights. On the right you’re underground.
— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) September 22, 2025
Conservative podcast host Matt Walsh joined the “leftist” pile-on, writing: “Kimmel’s show was put on pause for like 3 days and yet leftists will look us dead in the eyes and tell us that this was a greater attack on free speech than shooting and killing Charlie Kirk.”
Kimmel’s show was put on pause for like 3 days and yet leftists will look us dead in the eyes and tell us that this was a greater attack on free speech than shooting and killing Charlie Kirk https://t.co/vJKNxp27bq
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) September 22, 2025
Fox News contributor Clay Travis also reacted to the news on the network. “I think there should be actual changes in the way this show is airing,” he said. “And I think the Trump Administration needs to look aggressively at that potential [National Football League] acquisition and say, ‘Is Disney [and] ABC really trying to speak to all of America? If they won’t do it on a late night show, will they do it with sports?’”
The Daily Beast has reached out to the White House for comment
Hours before Kimmel’s suspension, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr claimed the host intentionally spread misinformation about Kirk’s shooter, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, by playing into a “narrative” that Robinson was a “MAGA or Republican motivated person.”
“We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” Carr said. “These companies can find ways to change conduct and take action, frankly, on Kimmel, or there’s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.”
Kimmel’s comments, which came during Monday night’s monologue on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, do not feature Kimmel “explicitly” characterizing Robinson as MAGA or Republican.
Kimmel actually says, “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.”
Trump turned to social media shortly after the announcement to celebrate Kimmel’s show being paused, calling it “Great News for America.”
“Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done,” Trump wrote. “Kimmel has ZERO talent, and worse ratings than even Colbert, if that’s possible.”
Other key MAGA figures rejoiced in ABC’s decision, with the Official White House Rapid Response posting on X, “They’re doing their viewers a favor. Jimmy is a sick freak!”
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