Late night legend Conan O'Brien breaks silence on Jimmy Kimmel with rare political statement [View all]
Source: The Independent
Friday 19 September 2025 16:32 EDT
Late-night TV legend Conan O'Brien has broken his usual silence on politics to speak out in defense of Jimmy Kimmel after his show was suspended following comments he made in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
"The suspension of Jimmy Kimmel and the promise to silence other late night hosts for criticizing the administration should disturb everyone on the right, left, and center. It’s wrong and anyone with a conscience knows it’s wrong," the veteran talk show host said on X Friday.
It was a rare venture into hot-button issues for O'Brien, who has long said he prefers to leave political commentary to other comedians and has criticized boilerplate anti-Trump barbs in the past.
But this week he joined fellow late night hosts David Letterman, Jay Leno, Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert in standing by Kimmel. ABC confirmed that Kimmel’s show would be suspended “indefinitely” after the comedian said the “MAGA gang” was trying to “score political points” from the fatal shooting of Kirk during his Monday monologue. Kimmel did not mock or celebrate Kirk's death, which he previously condemned as "senseless murder".
Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/jimmy-kimmel-charlie-kirk-conan-o-brien-b2830171.html
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