Bill Maher Defends Jimmy Kimmel While Reflection on His Own ABC Late Night Controversy: “I Am With You, I Support You” ”

Bill Maher is Sharing His Opinion on ABC’s Decision to Indefinitely Prempt Jimmy Kimmel Live!with his personal as a fellow Late Night Host Who Endured His Own Share of Controversy While on Air with the Same Network.

The Real Time Host Wasted No Time Addressing the Suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s Show at the Top of His Monologue, Where He Started, “Well, I GuES You All Heard Jimmy Kimmel, My Friend, My Compatri HE MADE About Charlie Kirk’s Assassin. ”

“The Day Right After [he made the comments]The Head of the FCC Said He’s Gonna Revoke ABC’s License, “Maher Added. And if President Trump is Watching, I have one thing to say to you – have you lost weight? ”

HE THEN Addressed His Own Controversy That Arose in 2001 While Hosting ABC’s Politically Incorrect.

“IT WAS 24 YEARS TO THE DAY THAT I Made Comments on ABC THAT ME CANCELED FROM THAT Network, and Jimmy Kimmel Took My Slot At Politically Incorrect. OH YES, I GOT CANCELED BEFORE CANCEL EVEN HAD A CULTURE, ”HE SAID.“ This S *** Ain’T New. It’s WORSE, WE’ll Get To that, But You Know, ABC, They Are Stedy. ABC STANDS FOR ‘ALWAYS BE CAVING.’ ‘

Macher Defended Kimmel, Noting, “Jimmy, Pal, I Am With You, I Support You, and On the Bright Side, You Don’Te to Pretend Anymore That You Like Disneyland.” Later in his Monologue, He Showed Him Even More Support, Further Reference for the End of His Tenure with ABC.

“Jimmy, Let Me Just Say, You Did A Great, Funny Show for Two Decades,“ Maher Said. “You should be proud of that. If this firing goes for you the way it did did for me, you’ll get 23 years on a Better Network.”

Maher Faced A Wave of Backlash 24 Years Ago WHEN HE MADE REMARKS About The 9/11 Hijackers Under A Week After The Attacks Occurred On An Episode of Abc’s Politically Incorrect. The Series Was One of the FIRST LATE NOW SHOWS TO RETURN TO AIR Following the terrorist attacks, as the episode arrived on sept. 17, 2001.

There, the Conservative Commentary Dinesh d’Souza Argued Against the notion that the Hijackers Were “Cowards,” Stating, “Not. Look at Whatya Did. Firm Wing of Wing Ah. Their Life. World.

Macher Responeded, “But Also, We Should – We Have Been The Cowards, Lobbing Cruise Missils from 2,000 Miles Away. That’s Cowardly. Staying in the Airplane while Whats. Cowardly. ” Following His Remarks, He Issued An Apology and ABC Released A Statement in Support of Politically Incorrect.

The Series Was Not Pulled from Air, Thought the Show Was Canceled After the 01-02 Season. A FEW MONTS After The End of Politically IncorrectABC Notably Announced A New Late Night Show with Kimmel.

Later in the Monologue, Maher Noted That HE DIDNN’T AGREE CIMMEL’s Comments, But Noted “He Sholdn’T Lose His Job For It.”

Macher’s Take on the Sity ComESS A DAY After Many Late Night TV Hosts – Including Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Falllon and Seth Meyers – Voiced Their DisApproval on the Indefinite Suspen. On Thursday Night, MOST OF THE LATE NIGHT SHOWS AIRED THEIR FIRST TAPED EPISODE SINCE ABC ABC REVELED THEIR DECISION, WHERE COLBERT DEFAned Kimmel.

Jimmy Kimmel Live! Was “Pre-Empted Indefinitely” by ABC on Wednesday Shortly After Nexstar Released A Statement Noting they would not Air The Planned Episode and Wound Pre-Seeabt.

The Backlash Stemmed from Kimmel’s Remarks About Tyler Robinson, The Alleged Shooter of Charlie Kirk. “We Hit Some Lows Over the Weekend with The Maga Gang Desperately Trying to Characterize This Kid Who Murdered Charlie Kirk As Anything Other Than Fran of Thee pi -POLING THEY CONTYYYYYYYYYYYYYTHING THEY. IT, ”Kimmel Said.

Following Kimmel’s Comments Durying His Monologue, Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr Went On a Podcast on Wednesday whoesday whoh publicly Spoke Out Ogainst Kimel Annamel Ann. ABC. Later in the day, it was AnnounCed that kimmel was suspended.

A Source told The Hollywood Reporter Kimmel Was Planning to Address the Backlash on Wednesday Night’s Show, WHICH WAS CANCELED. HE Prepared to Explain What He Said and How It Was Taken Out of Context. The Source Added that Kimmel Did Not Intend to Apologize.

David Letterman Voiced His Opinion on the Suspension On Thursday During a panel at the atlantic festival. “I Feel Bad this Because we all see this is going, correct? It’s Managed Media. And It’s No Good. It’s Silly. It’s Ridicless,” HE SAID. “YOU CAN’T GO AUND FIRING SomeBody Because You’re FearFul or Trying to Suckk Up to An Authoritarian Criminal Administration in the Oval Office. That’s Just Not How This Works.”

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