'It's not right': Kimmel's suspension fires up Hollywood supporters

ABC's sudden and indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel's show sparked immediate reaction from his fellow comedians and colleagues in the entertainment world on Wednesday.

People were already lined up in Hollywood, ready to attend that night's taping, when the news hit that Jimmy Kimmel Live! had been yanked following the host's recent remarks about the killing of Charlie Kirk. Even guests slated to be on the show had no idea there would be no show.

Expressions of "not right" to "attack on free speech" immediately lit up social media, as news of the suspension spread.

"So let me get this right. Kimmel is off the air for his comments about the politicization of an assassination but this is totally fine," actor Paul Scheer wrote on the social platform Threads, citing a clip of Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade suggesting "involuntary lethal injection" for the unhoused.

Kilmeade later apologized for that remark, but neither he nor the program were suspended.

Actor and former wrestler Kevin Nash called ABC's move "pathetic" and said its programming would no longer be seen in his home. "I guess freedom of speech doesn't exist at your network. In times like this America looks for a spine."

Comedian Wanda Sykes, who was supposed to be on Wednesday night's show, was among those who appeared to blame the suspension on political pressure from the Trump administration.

The U.S. president "didn't end the Ukraine war or solve Gaza within his first week. But he did end freedom of speech within his first year," she posted on Instagram.

Comedian and actor Alex Edelman, currently appearing in The Paper, a spinoff of The Office, said: "This is the actual cancel culture everyone claims to hate so much."

Ben Stiller was short and to the point, saying "This isn't right."

Former entertainment reporter Ali Carbone said she worried about the effect Kimmel's suspension could have on other shows, such as Saturday Night Live or South Park, which both regularly criticize, poke fun at and satirize Trump.

"What is SNL going to do? And what is South Park going to do?" she said to CBC News host Ian Hanomansing.

"[Jimmy] Fallon, John Oliver — what are these comedians who politicize their content and speak truth to power and find levity in what's happening in our day to day.... Will they be allowed to continue to do that? Or are they going to face cancellation by the government?"

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Former entertainment reporter Ali Carbone says she is worried that the U.S. is entering a 'dangerous place of a controlled media' after Jimmy Kimmel Live! was pulled from the air. ABC said on Wednesday it will indefinitely stop airing the show after remarks the late-night host made about the reaction to Charlie Kirk's assassination came under harsh criticism from the head of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.