Jimmy Kimmel and his sidekick Guillermo Rodriguez were spotted moments after ABC yanked the program following backlash to the late-night host’s remarks about Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
Kimmel rushed into a black Chevy Silverado outside the El Capitan Entertainment Centre in Los Angeles on Wednesday night in Los Angeles shortly after receiving the news that his show is getting the boot.
The comedian — clad in a flannel shirt, jeans and a baseball cap — clutched his backpack as his assistant helped him climb into the backseat of the vehicle, according to video footage captured by NBC 4 Los Angeles.
Dear dishonest corporate media hobgoblins:
Jimmy Kimmel did not make a “joke.”
Jimmy Kimmel went on air and told the ABC audience that Charlie Kirk’s assassin was a MAGA conservative, effectively blaming Charlie Kirk for his own assassination.
Then he accusing the right of… pic.twitter.com/or7uP5i3AR
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 18, 2025
Reactions to ABC’s Pulling of ‘Kimmel’ Reflect America’s Partisan Divide
Fans, celebrities and Democratic politicians on Wednesday expressed anger and disappointment after ABC announced that it was pulling “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” from the air indefinitely, saying that the move amounted to censorship and was an attack on free speech.
Conservative activists and media personalities, meanwhile, celebrated ABC’s decision, saying that Mr. Kimmel’s comments about the motives of the man accused of fatally shooting the right-wing activist Charlie Kirk last week warranted the network shelving his late-night show.
On Monday, Mr. Kimmel said the “MAGA gang” was “desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them, and doing everything they can to score political points from it.”
Jimmy Kimmel propagated vicious radical left propaganda in an effort to shift blame for a heinous political murder. He can continue to do so, no one is stopping him. His employer may face consequences for allowing such behavior in the future just as you or I would have our licenses suspended or revoked for drunk driving.
The same people crying for poor Jimmy were just fine with banning President Trump from social media and censoring the Hunter Biden laptop revelations.
Remember when Twitter’s Jack Dorsey banned the President of the United States from the world’s biggest forum during an election?
Screw Jimmy Kimmel. pic.twitter.com/H6iNpenWo6
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) September 18, 2025
