Disney is reportedly bringing Jimmy Kimmel's show back to air Tuesday night, according to reports on Monday.Kimmel was suspended last week "indefinitely" after the late-night show host was accused of making remarks about conservative influencer Charlie Kirk's killer. Disney and ABC were condemned by...
I have very little faith in our liberal late night hosts in shaking the boat very much.
I mean, he never even said anything actually controversial in the first place.
I hope I’m wrong, I hope the first thing he says is “Fuck Trump the Fascist! Retake the white house! End the genocide in Gaza!” and then gets turned off immediately, because he’s going to have a LOT of people watching him. He has an opportunity to say something shocking and lasting and he will still retire with wealth and respect.
But I am not holding my breath.
edit: yeah it was pretty tepid. Good on him for showing emotion and compassion and trying to be unifying, it will look “alright” in the history books, but he lost a chance to utterly denounce Trumpism and the right’s war on the social contract.
Exactly, his comments where really tame and had less to do with Charlie Kirk and more to do with MAGA then anything.
Colbert has been great since his cancellation… although tbh I haven’t watched the late show since he moved. I was salty about the Colbert character retiring… which apparently he came back.