Jimmy Fallon confirmed solidarity with Jimmy Kimmel on Thursday with a gag mocking the Trump administration’s assaults on free speech.
Fallon mentioned, “lots of people are fearful that we gained’t preserve saying what we need to say, or that we’ll be censored, however I’m going to cowl the President’s journey to the UK, similar to I usually would.” Then he launched a: At any time when the joke mocked Donald Trump, his announcer interrupted to censor the punchline.
However earlier than getting there, Fallon began off by paying tribute to Kimmel.
“Properly guys, the massive story is that Jimmy Kimmel was suspended by ABC after stress from the FCC, leaving everybody considering, ‘WTF.’ However to be sincere with you all, I don’t know what’s happening — nobody does. However I do know Jimmy Kimmel, and he’s an honest, humorous, and loving man. And I hope he comes again,” he mentioned.
Then got here the faux censorship. Fallon famous, for example, the way in which Trump was trolled throughout his journey to the UK this week by photos of the president with Jeffrey Epstein. However when he mentioned “Jeff,” his announcer interrupted him so as to add “Goldblum.”
Fallon then received a bit extra pointed in mocking Trump. For example, he pretended to be a fawning supporter, saying, “President Trump simply wrapped up his three day journey to the UK, and he regarded extremely good-looking. His tie was precisely the suitable size and his face regarded like a shade that exists in nature.”
“To sum it up, President Trump is making America nice once more by restoring our nationwide fame, reinvigorating our financial system and rebuilding our army. I hereby nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize,” he additionally mentioned.
One other joke concerned how Trump praised the shut bond between the U.S. and the UK. Fallon imaged Trump saying, “the one nearer bond I share is with Prince Andrew,” a reference to Andrew’s personal ties to Epstein.
Watch the entire monologue under:
For these catching up, Kimmel was suspended on Wednesday by ABC in response to conservative outrage over feedback he’d made in his monologue two days earlier than about Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old who murdered proper wing influencer Charlie Kirk. Kimmel mentioned, “We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately attempting to characterize this child who murdered Charlie Kirk as something aside from one in all them and doing all the things they will to attain political factors from it.”
His assumption that Robinson was politically proper wing was based mostly on all obtainable proof made public by authorities as of Monday, when he made that remark. On Tuesday, extra particulars got here out that indicated the other could also be true, and that Robinson might have additionally had private motivations. Although there are nonetheless a whole lot of questions but to be answered.
That context was ignored by conservative critics. So it’s on Wednesday, FCC Chair Brendan Carr stoked outrage by threatening ABC and mum or dad firm Disney throughout a podcast look. Native TV powerhouses Nexstar and Sinclair then each pulled Kimmel from their ABC associates. ABC and Disney suspended the present “indefinitely” shortly after.
