Walt Disney Executives To Meet With Jimmy Kimmel, Assess Talk Show Future, Bloomberg News Reports

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Huff Post/Reuters

Sep 18, 2025, 08:11 PM EDT | Updated 8 hours ago


Sept 18 (Reuters) - Walt Disney DIS.0 representatives and talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel raced to find the right words on Wednesday to calm a social media furor that erupted following criticism of his remarks about slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Kimmel’s comments in his monologue on Monday had angered many, and the reaction reached a fever pitch on Wednesday, including death threats that raised concerns for the safety of Kimmel and his staff, the source said. The late-night host prepared to make a statement, but Kimmel and Disney representatives could not find language that they agreed would not further inflame the situation, the source said.

As the show’s 4:30 p.m. taping time approached, Disney CEO Bob Iger and Disney Entertainment co-Chairman Dana Walden agreed that the best approach would be to take the show off the air and later find a way to bring Kimmel back, the source said. Walden informed Kimmel of the decision.

A representative for Kimmel did not respond to Reuters’ request for comment. Executives will meet with Kimmel to discuss the future of his program, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing three people with knowledge of the matter.

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[Lovie777]

1. There are so many version of what happened...............

but apparently the firing of Kimmel must have hurt Disney's pocket book.

One thing about Liberal Comedians, they do have the gift of humor.

[Javaman]

2. kimmel is in the drivers seat.

I bet he takes an offer, but goes right back to his scathing commentary on the orange asshole.

it's a win win for him. he continues on, but if Disney fires him again, they will look like complete shithead lapdogs to tRump. more so.

[C_U_L8R]

3. Jimmy's lawyers are going to have so much fun

batting the mouse around and gnawing on it's tail and tiny feet

[Traildogbob]

4. Disney has always

Catered to children with its theme, and entertainment. And made it’s fortune doing so. So why the hell would they ever bow to child rapists?

[LiberalArkie]

5. Money, same as always.. Disney catered to the "Baby Boom" children. A real growth group or so it was for many decades.

People are not having as many children and those that do can not afford to go to the Disney properties.

[Traildogbob]

7. Still got the movies.

The world’s baby sitter, and mind groomer.
As an educator in Wildlife science and management, we had to alert the future wildlife biologists about the Disnification of animals. That is why people get killed thinking wild animals talk and are so sweet and need a hug. Then get “Et” in THEY house.
The biologist have to do more people management than animals. Because of the Disney portrayal.
But do underestimate, they are raking in fortune's at the theme parks parks.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. "the Disnification of animals"

Animals have been "personified" by humans LONG before anything "Disney". Literally for millennia. This is why doing such was acceptable because you see it in many books of parables, children's stories, and even religious texts, with animals (and even insects) depicted in art, writing, and song, well before he showed up.

Thanks to "technology", Disney just took the idea, monetized it, and spread it further than how such characters were passed down generationlly, through oral and/or written tradition in many ethnic communities, by taking advantage of the era of film and television, and eventually theme parks, and the internet.

[artemisia1]

25. Are you telling me that if I meet a cinnamon bear in the woods it might not love me and offer to perform a duet? /nt

[Traildogbob]

31. 😁

If you sing to it, it may not eat you out of confusion.

[ananda]

12. Yeah, I was a Mousekateer when I was 7.

Disney was a big part of our world for a long time.

[thomski64]

14. You are dating yourself..

As we get older, sometimes that's the only dates we can get
....

[ananda]

18. LOL. Old age is my job description.

[BettyBlueDot]

23. Wonderful World Of Color

I recall the family visited my Mom's cousins on Sunday evening so we could watch The Wonderful World of Color on a COLOR TV set

[Traildogbob]

32. I loved it too

It took the edge off knowing you had to go to school on Monday. We had a few BW seasons before we got color TV.

[BumRushDaShow]

34. "Wonderful World of Disney"

when it was on NBC with the peacock! I remember they used to run it on Sunday evenings. We got one of those color console TVs (RCA) in 1967. Batman was great in the most vivid colors that they could find for the costumes.

Before that, we had a 19" B&W (I think a GE).

[travelingthrulife]

13. Or to Kirk, who though kid's deaths from guns was perfectly fine in order to

preserve the 2nd amendment.

I think Kirk's death was very poetic. He helped saved our glorious second amendment rights!

[Irish_Dem]

6. Disney has always had the best team of lawyers in the US?

I wonder how these whiz kids are feeling today?

[nwduke]

9. Take a stand now!

It will never end with the Orbán wannabe! His goon FCC gestopo goose stepping moron wrote this into Project 2025!

[kacekwl]

10. If I were Kimmel

I would send my lawyer and a video camera to the meeting.

[mdbl]

11. Fuck you Disney/ABC

Either put Kimmel back on the air or STFU. I won't use any of your products unless that happens. I cancelled all of your services, including streaming services that carry your shitty local broadcasters. I hope you and your fucking deplorable viewers are very happy together - assholes.

[Wiz Imp]

15. Jimmy Kimmel will NOT change. He's already proven that.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-view-abc-tone-down-politics-trump-report_n_682e7eaae4b0a052877e91b3

ABC executives have previously pressured hosts over their Trump talk, with late night host Jimmy Kimmel revealing in 2022 that the network’s top bosses asked him to tone it down when he began to regularly quip about Trump.

Kimmel told the “Naked Lunch” podcast that he informed execs that he wouldn’t let up on the jokes even if they fired him. They eventually backed away from the ask, he noted.

Back in May, ABC Execs told the View to dial down the political talk. Their reaction?

The women of “The View,” sources explained, weren’t having it with the “silly” requests and look to just “keep doing their thing” on the program. “This is what our audience wants. Isn’t it gonna look kind of bad if we’re all of a sudden not talking about politics?” one source familiar with the meeting reportedly said of the hosts’ response to their boss.

[moniss]

16. A big part of me wants Jimmy to

tell them to go f*ck themselves. Yes I know he has a whole large staff that have their jobs on the line as well but I would encourage Jimmy to find a way to take the show elsewhere. F*ck ABC/Disney/Nexstar etc. because apparently they have forgotten how abysmal their late night offerings were before Jimmy Kimmel. They spent decades nearly being outperformed by infomercials in late night. Once Ted Koppel left Nightline even that went to crap for them.

In the end the thing about Disney is to always remember there is a very good reason their longstanding nickname has been "The Rat".

[Skittles]

30. it would be a HUGE FU to Trump if Jimmy returned

[moniss]

35. Yes in a way but Disney could

always paint it to give Crumb The 1st the ability to say Jimmy had been whacked and now would be "on a short leash" and if he "steps out of line" then Crumb The 1st will yank him again. That's why it would be best for Jimmy and his people on the show to find another platform for the show.

[Baitball Blogger]

17. They may be lined up with lawyers, but

There are millions of us on Kimmel’s side.

[republianmushroom]

19. To hell with Walt Disney's Executives they can shove it right up

Donald Ducks ass, as far as I'm concerned. Boycott disney

[Wonder Why]

20. Deport the executives to Guantanamo.

[twodogsbarking]

21. Kimmel needs to show up with at least a dozen attorneys. Different ethnic groups.

[bmichaelh]

22. Kimmel, an advocate for healthcare

Any assessment that Trump makes of Jimmy Kimmel is meaningless and is driven by his desire for revenge.

Kimmel has been a vocal advocate for healthcare often when GOP or Trump tried to dismantle ACA.

To me, that makes Trump and GOP the immoral ones.

[moonshinegnomie]

24. iv'e heard rumors hes going to sue disney and nexstar

[lostincalifornia]

27. It depends what his contract says. I hope he takes them to the cleaners.

[lostincalifornia]

26. ABC/Disney screwed up royally. They have probably lost 30% of their viewers because of this bullshit, and I

wouldn't be surprised if where ever Kimmel goes he will attract a lot of new viewers.

[Skittles]

29. he is very likeable

yes indeed

[Skittles]

28. Jimmy better NOT apologize

HE HAS NOTHING TO APOLOGIZE FOR

[wishstar]

36. Ought to apologize to him after NBC reported FBI hasn't yet found left wing ties to shooter

justifying Kimmel's remarks about MAGA's being desperate to tie shooter to left wing.

[Skittles]

37. DING DING

omg I am so fucking SICK on the reverence being shown to a fucking WHITE SUPREMACIST, WTF

[Traildogbob]

33. Before "Don Un Hung"

Is done CANCEL CULTURING all of TV will be 24/7 cabinet meeting sessions with every show, every “News” channel being just like his ass licking meetings.
I am old enough to remember Bill got a blow Job under the table and got impeached. In Private.
Trump is getting a dozen or more BJ’s, all televised, at every Cab meeting, and he is doing God’s work. Talk about hypocrisy.
🤑😮🍄🍆.
He makes them do it, cause they inhale the shroom spores embedded in his balding pub combover, and they hallucinate to believe his lies. And see trump riding God like Putin on a horse. .

[Xolodno]

38. I think Kimmel will be back...

...but I think Iger will probably hang it up after this. Eisner lost his touch and he took over. He probably realizes he stepped into it this time. He was supposed to be out already, think he's going to move up the time table and hand the reigns to someone else.