Jimmy Kimmel -Gasten celebrate the return after suspension
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is officially back in the air, and Jimmy KimmelThe first guests could not be happier.
Robert de Niro, Glen Powell And Sarah Mclachlan Each to be seen during the episode of Tuesday 23 September, Kimmel’s first in almost a week.
First was the Niro, 82, which appeared as a fictional FCC chairman (Federal Communications Commission) via a Videolink. (FCC chair Brendan Carr said on a New York City Forum a day earlier that, despite speculation, there was no government pressure to suspend the talk show late in the evening.)
Kimmel, those jokes said he had planned an on-air interview with Carr, the Niro told that he believed that Mafia tactics had been engaged to suppress freedom of expression. The Niro replied, “What did you just say to me?” (The Niro is notorious for portraying intimidating mob characters in films such as Goodfellas And Irishman.)
The tongue-in-cheek exchange was followed by the arrival of Powell, 36, who stepped out to embrace Kimmel, 57 and shake his hand. “I’m sorry I have to pull you in the middle of all this,” Kimmel said to the Twisters Actor, who responded with a smile: “I’m just so happy that you are back.”
Musical guest Mclachlan, also 57, then followed with a performance of “Better Broken”, the title track of her tenth studio album. In the run -up to the return of the show, the singer shared supporting words through her Instagram account. “So happy that Jimmy Kimmel is back in the air,” she wrote on Tuesday. “Even happier to perform at @jimmykimmellive tonight!”
Jimmy Kimmel and Robert de Niro
Randy Holmes/Disney via Getty ImagesMclachlan previously expressed her support for Kimmel at the premiere of her ABC New Studios -Documentary, Lilith Fair: Build a mystery. Mclachlan and Jewel belonged to the musicians who would perform at the event in Los Angeles on Sunday 21 September, but Mclachlan revealed that they decided not to sing.
‘It’s a gift for all of us to see [this film]But I am also struggling with being here tonight and about what to say about the current situation that we are all dealing with, the grim contraction to the many progress that we have made to view the insidious erosion of women’s rights, of trans and queer rights, the muzzle of freedom of freedom of freedom of freedom, said MCLachlan. ” I think we are all anxious. Find a way through, and although I don’t start to know what the answer is, I believe that we all have to work on a mitigation to let the possibility of a better way inside, because I see music as a bridge to our shared humanity, to find common ground. “
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Mclachlan added that she hoped that the documentary felt the audience inspired to “continue to defend the causes in which you believe with kindness and empathy” before she explains her choice not to perform.
“My apologies if this is disappointing, but we have jointly decided not to perform, but instead in solidarity to support free speech,” she said. “Thanks for your understanding.”
ABC announced that on Wednesday 17 September Jimmy Kimmel Live! would be “indefinitely for an indefinite period” after his controversial comments about Tyler RobinsonThe accused murderer of a conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.
‘The Maga gang [is] Desperately trying to characterize this boy that Charlie Kirk has killed as something other than one of them and everything they can do to score political points, “said Kimmel during the episode of his talk show on September 15.” Mourning in between the finger. “
Jimmy Kimmel’s colleague Late Night Comedians celebrate his return to TV after a suspension. On Monday, September 22, ABC announced that Kimmel will be back in the air from Tuesday 23 September, less than a week after being suspended for his commentary on President Donald Trump and the late conservative podcaster Charlie Kirk. […]
In the midst of the Fallout, colleague -guests in the late night, including Seth Meyers And Stephen Colbert publicly expressed their support for Kimmel. Some stars went one step further by canceling their subscriptions on Disney+ and Hulu. On Monday 22 September a group of 400 celebrities – Ben Stiller” Meryl stripe And Jennifer Aniston Among them – signed an open letter that stood up for kimmel and freedom of expression.
Later that day ABC officially announced Kimmel’s return. “Last Wednesday we made the decision to suspend production on the show to further avoid a tense situation for our country at an emotional moment,” read a statement from the company. “It is a decision that we made because we found that some comments were poorly timed and therefore insensitive. We have spent thoughtful conversations with Jimmy in the last days, and after those conversations we made the decision to return the show on Tuesday.”
Despite the network’s decision, more than 30 ABC -affiliate stations under the Sinclair Broadcast Group are still not broadcast Jimmy Kimmel Live!
