Don’t blame Trump for Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension last year, says former Disney CEO Bob Iger — it was purely an in-house decision.
“We thought it was in bad taste,” Iger told the Financial Times, referring to the late-night host’s on-air remarks about Charlie Kirk shortly after his death.
‘An ill-timed and probably inappropriate comment.’
Murderous monologue
Five days after Kirk was assassinated during a college tour stop in Utah on September 10, 2025, Kimmel addressed the killing in his opening monologue, declaring that the “MAGA gang [is] desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.”
Two days later, on September 17, Disney suspended production of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Production was
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