White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said late-night host Jimmy Kimmel was not suspended due to Trump administration pressure but was removed after a decision was handed down by ABC.
“The decision to fire Jimmy Kimmel and to cancel his show came from executives at ABC,” Leavitt told Fox News’s “Saturday in America” on Sept. 20.
Kimmel was not officially fired by ABC, but the broadcasting network told media outlets last week that his show would be suspended indefinitely. The decision came after he made comments that appeared to link suspected Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson to “the MAGA gang” during a monologue last week....