Kimmel's colleagues come out fighting - here's what they had to say to Trump

US speech amusement big Stephen Colbert has condemned the cancellation of chap late-night prima Jimmy Kimmel arsenic a "blatant battle connected state of speech".

He utilized the opening of Thursday night's variation of his Late Show to code the pulling of Jimmy Kimmel Live, implicit comments helium made astir the assassination of the right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk.

The determination by Disney-owned ABC has been wide criticised, with the web accused of kowtowing to President Donald Trump.

Meanwhile, Jon Stewart, big of the Comedy Central's Daily Show, appeared successful a garish golden set, successful parody of Mr Trump's redesign of the White House, to archer viewers the occurrence would beryllium "another fun, hilarious administration-compliant show".

Stewart, playing the relation of an over-the-top, politically obsequious TV big nether authoritarian rule, lavished praise connected the president and satirised his disapproval of ample cities and his deployment of the National Guard to combat crime.

"Coming to you contiguous from the existent (expletive), crime-ridden cesspool that is New York City. It is simply a tremendous catastrophe similar no-one's ever seen before. Someone's National Guard should invade this place, americium I right?" helium said.

He past introduced his impermanent - Maria Ressa, a writer and writer of the publication How To Stand Up To A Dictator.

Over astatine The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon told his assemblage helium was "not definite what was going on" but that Kimmel is "a decent comic and loving feline and I anticipation helium comes back".

Fallon past promised viewers that successful spite of radical being "worried that we won't support saying what we privation to accidental oregon that we volition beryllium censored" helium was going to screen the president's caller travel to the UK "just similar I usually would".

He was past replaced by a voiceover describing Mr Trump arsenic "incredibly handsome" and "making America large again".

Kimmel's removal from the amusement helium has hosted for 2 decades led to disapproval that escaped code was nether attack.

But speaking connected his sojourn to Britain, Donald Trump claimed helium was suspended "because helium had atrocious ratings".

It came aft chap late-night big Stephen Colbert saw his programme cancelled earlier this year, which fans claimed was besides down to his disapproval of Mr Trump, who has since railed against Kimmel, Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon.

Figures from some the worlds of amusement and authorities lined up to lament ABC's removal of Kimmel.

Chat amusement doyenne David Letterman said radical should not beryllium fired conscionable due to the fact that they don't "suck up" to what helium called "an authoritarian" president.

During an quality astatine The Atlantic Festival 2025 successful New York connected Thursday night, helium added: "It's nary good. It's silly. It's ridiculous.

"I consciousness atrocious astir this, due to the fact that we each spot wherever spot this is going, correct? It's managed media."

Former US president Barack Obama wrote connected X: "After years of complaining astir cancel culture, the existent medication has taken it to a caller and unsafe level by routinely threatening regulatory enactment against media companies unless they muzzle oregon occurrence reporters and commentators it doesn't like.

"This is precisely the benignant of authorities coercion that the First Amendment was designed to prevent, and media companies request to commencement lasting up alternatively than capitulating it."

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