Late-Night time Hosts React to Jimmy Kimmel’s Suspension

Stephen Colbert, whose namesake late-night present is ready to be pulled off the air in Might, defended Kimmel throughout his opening monologue on Thursday evening.

He began the present saying, “Tonight, we’re all Jimmy Kimmel,” calling the suspension “blatant censorship.”

“The Late Present” posted a clip of Colbert’s feedback on Kimmel on its Instagram account. The put up was captioned, “The Late Present stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his workers.”

In his monologue, Colbert referenced a report from Rolling Stone on Wednesday about Kimmel and ABC.

“As one supply at ABC put it, they have been pissing themselves all day. On the brilliant facet, that proves Disney is No. 1 at streaming,” Colbert stated.

Colbert then cited an X put up that the FCC’s Carr wrote on Wednesday. Carr stated it was vital for broadcasters to oppose “programming that they decide falls in need of group values.”

“Properly, you understand what my group values are, buster? Freedom of speech,” Colbert stated on Thursday, to loud cheers from the viewers.

“Folks throughout the nation are shocked by this blatant assault on the liberty of speech,” he added.