Kimmel never intended to make light of Kirk’s killing
Jimmy Kimmel —AP
NEW YORK—Jimmy Kimmel returned to late-night television Tuesday after a nearly weeklong suspension and, in an emotional monologue where he appeared close to tears, said that he wasn’t trying to joke about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
But he made no apologies. And he criticized the ABC affiliates who took his show off the air.
Two stations groups that represent about a quarter of ABC stations, Sinclair and Nexstar, ordered their outlets not to show Kimmel on Tuesday.
“That’s not legal,” Kimmel said. “That’s not American. It’s un-American.”
