David Letterman reveals how Jimmy Kimmel reacted to late-night show suspension after Charlie Kirk comments
David Letterman reveals how Jimmy Kimmel reacted to late-night show suspension after Charlie Kirk comments
David Letterman is weighing in on Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension from late-night TV.
The comedy legend slammed ABC’s recent decision to pull “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” while speaking at the 2025 Atlantic Festival on Thursday, Sept. 18.
David Letterman takes part in the 2025 Atlantic Festival in New York City on September 18, 2025.Getty Images
Jimmy Kimmel during an episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”Disney via Getty Images
“This is misery,” Letterman, 78, said during a panel at the annual event, per Variety. “I feel bad about this.”
“We see where this is all going, correct?” he continued. “It’s managed media. And it’s no good. It’s silly. It’s ridiculous. And you can’t go around firing somebody because you’re fearful or trying to suck up to an authoritarian criminal administration in the Oval Office. That’s just not how this works.”
“In the world of somebody who is an authoritarian, maybe a dictatorship, sooner or later, everyone is going to be touched,” Letterman added.
David Letterman during the 2025 Atlantic Festival in New York City on September 18, 2025.Getty Images
David Letterman during a panel for the 2025 Atlantic Festival at PAC NYC on September 18, 2025 in New York City.Getty Images
The former “Late Night” host then commented on President Donald Trump, whom he claimed may be behind Kimmel’s indefinite suspension.
“The institution of the president of the United States ought to be bigger than a guy doing a talk show,” he said, adding that Kimmel’s indefinite removal “was predicted by our president right after Stephen Colbert got walked off.”
Letterman, meanwhile, said that he was texting with the “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” host earlier in the day and insisted that Kimmel is “going to be fine.”
David Letterman hosting his final broadcast of “The Late Show with David Letterman” on May 20, 2015.CBS via Getty Images
Jimmy Kimmel hosting the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 10, 2024.Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
“He’s up in bed, taking nourishment,” the former “Late Show” comedian joked.
ABC suddenly pulled “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” off the air “indefinitely” on Wednesday night, just hours before Kimmel, 57, was set to begin his nightly broadcast.
An ABC spokesperson confirmed to The Post that “‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ will be pre-empted indefinitely” due to comments the comedian made during his Monday night monologue regarding conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s murder.
Charlie Kirk speaks during a town hall meeting in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, on March 17, 2025.AP
Charlie Kirk during a campaign rally for Donald Trump in Las Vegas on Oct. 24, 2024.AP
Kirk, a married father of two, was shot dead on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on Sept. 10. He was 31.
Tyler Robinson, the Turning Point USA founder’s suspected killer, has since been arrested and charged with Kirk’s shocking murder.
“We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang trying to characterize this kid who killed Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel, who has hosted the program since its inception in 2003, remarked.
Jimmy Kimmel arrives at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sept. 12, 2022.Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP
Charlie Kirk at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest in Phoenix, Arizona, on Dec. 19, 2024.ZUMAPRESS.com
Nexstar Media Group, a major broadcast company that serves as a primary affiliate for ABC, further confirmed that it would “preempt” Kimmel’s program in the wake of his comments.
“Nexstar strongly objects to recent comments made by Mr. Kimmel concerning the killing of Charlie Kirk and will replace the show with other programming in its ABC-affiliated markets,” the company charged.
The suspended late-night host, meanwhile, is said to be “absolutely f–king livid” over ABC’s decision to pull his show.
“Jimmy is pissed over the decision to suspend him and the show and he isn’t going to take this lightly, as he is actively looking for ways to get out of his contract,” an insider claimed.
“The Daily Show” icon Jon Stewart will be taking over the desk on Thursday evening in light of Kimmel’s suspension.
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