Jimmy Kimmel slams Trump again after FCC opens – Business News
Jimmy Kimmel doubled down on his criticism of President Trump after the president referred to as for his firing and the Federal Communications Commission opened an investigation into ABC’s TV licenses.
During the Tuesday monologue on his late-night show, “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” Kimmel flashed a clip of Trump apologizing to the primary girl for seemingly being unable to match his mother and father’ 63-year marriage.
“Wait a minute, did he just make a joke about his death?” Kimmel stated. “Only Donald Trump would demand I be fired for making a joke about his old age and then, a day later, go out and make a joke about his own old age.”
Jimmy Kimmel doubled down on his criticism of President Trump on his show Tuesday evening. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
The joke got here the identical day that FCC Chairman Brendan Carr launched a probe of ABC’s broadcast TV licenses.
The review is an extension of an FCC probe launched final March into the range, equity and inclusion initiatives of ABC father or mother Disney.
The timing of the review — being so close to Kimmel’s newest beef with the president — is “coincidental,” a source with data informed the Wall Street Journal.
Trump stated Monday that the TV host ought to be fired for remarks he made days previous to a taking pictures at Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
On his April 23 show, Kimmel introduced a mock WHCD speech the place he joked: “Our first lady, Melania, is here. Look at Melania, so beautiful. Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow.”
President Trump referred to as for Disney to fire Jimmy Kimmel after his remarks final week. Getty Images
The first girl slammed Kimmel, calling him a “coward” on X, within the days after the correspondents’ dinner.
“Kimmel’s hateful and violent rhetoric is intended to divide our country. His monologue about my family isn’t comedy- his words are corrosive and deepens the political sickness within America,” she wrote on Monday.
The suspected shooter, Cole Allen, has been charged with making an attempt to assassinate Trump, together with different counts. Trump referred to as for Kimmel’s firing on Monday, after Melania spoke out.
Kimmel pushed back on the criticism of his joke, saying: “It wasn’t by any stretch of the definition a call to assassination and they know that. I’ve been very vocal for many years speaking out against gun violence in particular.”
In its order Tuesday, the FCC’s Media Bureau stated it has been investigating the stations for “violations of the Communications Act of 1934 and the FCC’s rules, including the agency’s prohibition on unlawful discrimination” linked to DEI initiatives.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has launched an early review of ABC’s broadcast licenses. REUTERS
The FCC stated ABC has till May 28 to file its early license renewals.
“We are confident that record demonstrates our continued qualifications as licensees under the Communications Act and the First Amendment and are prepared to show that through the appropriate legal channels,” a Disney rep stated Tuesday. “Our focus remains, as always, on serving viewers in the local communities where our stations operate.”
It’s uncommon for the FCC to launch an early review of broadcast licenses. According to the Journal, the final time the FCC revoked a broadcast license associated to a station’s programming was in 1969, when a Jackson, Miss., station misplaced its license for defending segregation on the air.
Disney owns eight ABC TV retailers in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. The licenses for these stations come up for renewal between 2028 and 2031.
Kimmel had beforehand been on the new seat over his monologue.
Last September, Kimmel was taken off the air for a week following backlash from associates within the wake of his feedback about conservative activist Charlie Kirk following his assassination.
The week-long suspension of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” prompted widespread boycotts of Disney, with liberals accusing it of violating the First Amendment.
Kimmel refused to apologize when he returned to the air on Sept. 23, however stated: “It was never my intention to make light of a murder of a young man. I don’t think there’s anything funny about it.”
