Danica Patrick did a victory lap after ABC pulled the “Jimmy Kimmel Stay!” exhibit the air “indefinitely” because of the late-night host’s feedback in regards to the capturing dying of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
The previous NASCAR driver, who has been outspoken in her help for President Trump, reposted a information headline about Kimmel and wrote, “Human decency is coming again. Thank God.”
Patrick additionally reposted a earlier tweet from Kirk in 2017 that stated, “Jimmy Kimmel isn’t humorous.”
It got here after she mourned Kirk in a publish on Instagram, together with images of them collectively on his podcast.
Kimmel, 57, was taken off of the air at ABC following his feedback on the Kirk capturing, which recommended that Tyler Robinson — the person who’s charged with killing Kirk on Sept. 10 throughout a Utah Valley College occasion — might have been aligned with Trump’s “Make America Nice Once more” motion.
“The MAGA Gang desperately making an attempt to characterize this child who murdered Charlie Kirk as something apart from certainly one of them and doing every little thing they’ll to attain political factors from it,” Kimmel stated. “In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving.”
An ABC spokesperson stated on Wednesday, “Jimmy Kimmel Stay can be pre-empted indefinitely,”
Nexstar and Sinclair, which personal ABC affiliate stations, confirmed the information.
Federal Communications Fee Chairman Brendan Carr stated Thursday that Kimmel appeared to “mislead” the American public about information concerning Kirk’s killing.
Trump ripped Kimmel afterwards and known as on NBC Information cancel its personal late-night exhibits, “The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon,” and “Late Night time with Seth Meyers.”
“Jimmy Kimmel was fired as a result of he had dangerous scores greater than the rest, and he stated a horrible factor about an amazing gentleman often called Charlie Kirk,” Trump stated throughout a information convention with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
In July, CBS canceled “The Late Present with Stephen Colbert” for what they stated was “purely a monetary choice.”
