The talk show led by humorist Jimmy Kimmel aired in the United States on Tuesday after a week suspension caused by criticism of the presenter’s deaths about the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and the subsequent government threats to the broadcasters, which, according to critics, represented a brake on freedom of expression.
During the opening monologue of the program, in which Kimmel was expected to talk about what happened, the presenter mentioned the murder of Charlie Kirk and explained that he was not making jokes with the tragedy.
“You understand that it was never my intention to mock the murder of a young man. I don’t think there’s nothing funny about it,” the presenter said. “I understand that for some, it seemed inopportune or unaffected, or maybe both, and for those who think I pointed out my finger, I understand why they are upset.”
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Kimmel said he does not agree with Disney’s decision to cancel his program, but thanks the company for defending his right to mock the powerful and for allowing him to return to air tonight. “Unfortunately, and I think it unfairly puts them at risk,” he adds.
“The president of the United States made it very clear that he wants me and the hundreds of people who work here to be fired. Our leader celebrates the Americans who lose their subsistence means because he does not accept games,” said the presenter during the opening monologue of the program.
Walter Bates, a member of the audience said in an interview after the program recording Associated Press Kimmel also praised Kirk’s wife for showing Christian values by forgiving her husband’s killer. “It was a very moving moment,” he said. “Then he attacked the administration (Trump government) again,” Bates added.
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Kimmel’s audience was more limited than normal. The night program was not broadcast throughout the country. Two companies owned by dozens of stations affiliated with ABC network, which displays “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”, They announced that they will continue to boycott the space.
Disney, owner of ABC, with aired Kimmel’s program on September 17, hours after Donald Trump’s government threatened to cancel broadcast licenses due to comedian comments about the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
