United States Vice President Jd Vance criticized Jimmy Kimmel in an interview with Newsnation, saying that the presenter failed to “really apologize” with Charlie Kirk’s family, a murdered influencer earlier this month.
In a way, he is kind of kind. On the other hand, he did not apologize to Charlie Kirk or his family.
Disney, the ABC network controller, which features the program, suspended the talk show on September 17, two days after Kimmel said in its opening monologue that US President Donald Trump’s supporters were desperate to classify Kirk’s alleged killer “as just one of them.”
He also accused these people of trying to “mark political points” after the murder.
and had an average of 6.3 million viewers on traditional television. At the time, he clarified the comments.
“It was never my intention to belittle the murder of a young man. I don’t think there is anything funny about it,” Kimmel told the audience, his voice embargoed.
“It was not even my intention to blame any specific group by the actions of an obviously deeply disturbed individual – that was the opposite of what I was trying to say,” he added.
