Jimmy Kimmel returned to late night on Tuesday evening nearly one week after he was suspended by ABC. Unfortunately for Kimmel, this comeback has since backfired on him as he’s being accused of “fake crying” during his monologue.
Kimmel’s Comeback Blows Up In His Face
Kimmel, 57, is being ripped on social media for shedding “crocodile tears” in his opening monologue, which The New York Post described as being “self-serving.” Indeed, many social media users are blasting Kimmel for making himself the victim in this situation after he made false and inflammatory comments about the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
“Look at Jimmy ‘The Martyr’ Kimmel fake crying tonight. Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender. DARVO playbook. This is what they do,” Kirk’s friend and fellow conservative activist Jack Posobiec wrote on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. “In typical leftist fashion, Jimmy makes the victim himself.”
“No apology. He wasn’t making a joke. He outright lied about the killer because he hated the politics of the victim. Jimmy Kimmel can pound sand,” added conservative personality Dana Loesch.
Kimmel’s Suspension
This all started on Monday, September 15. On Jimmy Kimmel Live! that night, Kimmel falsely suggested that Kirk’s assassin was “MAGA.” In reality, the shooter was a radicalized young man who held far-left ideologies, according to investigators.
“We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang 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,” Kimmel said on Monday night
Two days later, ABC suspended Kimmel indefinitely. Insiders told Daily Mail that Kimmel, 57, was “absolutely [expletive] livid” when he heard of his suspension. This came mere hours before he was set to go on air for his nightly program.
Kimmel’s Monologue
In his nearly 20-minute monologue on Tuesday, Kimmel devoted just a few seconds to clarifying his claim that Kirk’s killer Tyler Robinson was affiliated with the MAGA movement. Indeed, Kimmel waited over seven minutes before he mentioned Kirk’s name. He then appeared to tear up as he alleged that it was “never my intention to make light of a murder of a young man.”
Social media, however, was not having any of it.
“You used the phrase ‘MAGA gang’ & then lied about what happened. You definitely intended to make light of it and mislead the American people. Pathetic,” commented conservative pundit Scott Jennings.
“Hard to feel sympathy for Jimmy Kimmel and his crocodile tears given how gleefully he has always gorged on the career entrails of conservative stars who lost their jobs like Tucker [Carlson], Roseanne [Barr] etc,” wrote the British commentator Piers Morgan. “He’s become a partisan political activist, not a comedic host.”
Andrew Kolvet, a close friend of Kirk’s who is also an executive producer of The Charlie Kirk Show, emphatically stated that Kimmel’s monologue was simply “not good enough.”
“Jimmy, it’s simple,” Kolvet wrote. He then posted the apology he felt that Kimmel should have delivered, writing, “I’m sorry for saying the shooter was MAGA. He was not, he was of the left. I apologize to the Kirk family for lying. Please accept my sincere apology. I will do better. I was wrong.”
Check out Kimmel’s full monologue in the video below.
‘It’s A Double Standard’
Roseanne Barr, who was fired by ABC seven years ago over a tweet that she posted about Barack Obama’s former advisor Valerie Jarrett, called out what she firmly believes is a “double standard.”
“It just shows how they think. I got my whole life ruined, no forgiveness, all of my work stolen, and called a racist for time and eternity, for racially misgendering someone,” Barr, 72, told NewsNation on Tuesday morning. “It’s a double standard.”
Judging by the reaction on social media, it’s clear that many Americans agree with Barr on this one.
Kimmel may have overcome his suspension by returning to late night, but judging by his abysmal ratings, it appears that his days on television are likely numbered. Only time will tell how this all turns out for Jimmy Kimmel, but it’s not looking good for him!