{"id":4845,"date":"2025-09-20T10:37:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T10:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=4845"},"modified":"2025-09-20T10:37:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T10:37:15","slug":"country-star-chris-janson-isnt-usually-one-to-wade-into-late-night-television-controversies-but-after-jimmy-kimmel-was-suspended-for-his-september-15-monologue-a-segment-where-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=4845","title":{"rendered":"Country star Chris Janson isn\u2019t usually one to wade into late-night television controversies. But after Jimmy Kimmel was suspended for his September 15 monologue \u2014 a segment where the comedian unloaded on conservatives in the wake of Charlie Kirk\u2019s assassination \u2014 Janson decided it was time to speak up.  At first, fans thought he might ignore it. After all, Janson has been mocked by Kimmel before; an old clip of the host ridiculing one of his past performances had resurfaced and gone viral. Many expected anger, payback, or at the very least, a sharp rebuttal. But instead, Janson surprised everyone.  Rather than attacking, Janson posted a heartfelt message alongside the clip. He admitted the mockery had once stung, but said the suspension wasn\u2019t something to celebrate&#8230;. VIDEO BELOW \ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jimmy Kimmel ran his mouth, and now his late-night show is off the air.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<p>On September 15, during his opening monologue on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the comedian decided to unload on conservatives in the wake of\u00a0Charlie Kirk\u2019s assassination. Instead of staying in safe late-night comedy territory, he zeroed in on the political fallout, mocking both Trump supporters and the way the former president handled the tragedy. By the end of the week, ABC and its parent company Disney had pulled the plug on his show \u201cindefinitely,\u201d making Kimmel the latest casualty in what they\u2019re calling \u201cconsequence culture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countrythangdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/What-Jimmy-Kimmel-Said-About-Charlie-Kirk-in-His-Monologue-That-Got-Him-Suspended.jpg\" alt=\"Jimmy Kimmel delivering the monologue that led to his ABC suspension after controversial comments about Charlie Kirk\u2019s death.\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<p>So what exactly did he say that got him yanked? Kimmel took aim at conservatives who were connecting\u00a0suspect Tyler Robinson\u00a0to left-wing ideology, even as prosecutors themselves described the 22-year-old killer as politically radicalized on the left. Kimmel dismissed those claims and instead blasted Trump loyalists as desperate opportunists. \u201cWe 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,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jimmy Kimmel's comments on Charlie Kirk assassination lands him off the air 'indefinitely,' ABC says\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q7yBqiKj7pE\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"350\" data-origheight=\"235\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>From there, Kimmel shifted into full mockery mode, taking shots at Donald Trump\u2019s reaction to Kirk\u2019s death. He singled out the White House flying flags at half-staff, sneering that the move was somehow a showboating construction project instead of a real act of mourning. \u201cThis is not how an adult grieves the murder of someone he called a friend; this is how a four-year-old mourns a goldfish,\u201d Kimmel cracked, before riffing about chandeliers being installed in the White House.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\"><\/div>\n<p>The audience in the studio chuckled nervously, but outside that bubble, the blowback was fAast and furious. Nexstar Communications, which operates 23 ABC affiliates, announced it would no longer air Jimmy Kimmel Live! starting September 17. Its broadcasting chief, Andrew Alford, said, \u201cMr. Kimmel\u2019s comments about the death of Mr. Kirk are offensive and insensitive at a critical time in our national political discourse.\u201d That move forced Disney and ABC to step in, and by Wednesday,\u00a0the show was officially preempted\u00a0across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel didn\u2019t stop with that one night. The following evening, he doubled down by mocking Vice President JD Vance, who had filled in as a guest host on Kirk\u2019s own podcast, and accused Trump of \u201cfanning the flames\u201d with his rhetoric. At that point, critics said the late-night host was no longer just joking but crossing into territory that undermined the seriousness of an assassination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jimmy Kimmel ran his mouth, and now his late-night show is off the air. 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