Ben Stiller and Extra Celebrities React to Jimmy Kimmel’s Return to Air

As Jimmy Kimmel made his much-anticipated return to air on Tuesday, September 23, Ben Stiller and extra celebrities are talking out in help of the late-night host.

Stiller praised Kimmel’s tearful monologue, through which the host mentioned the transient suspension of his present for the primary time on air.

“What a superb monologue from Jimmy Kimmel,” Stiller posted to X.

Don Lemon supplied his commentary on the monologue, saying that Kimmel struck the proper tone in his return. “It was unbelievable. I believe he was proper on, he hit the proper tone, and that is a professional. An actual skilled,” Lemon stated in a video posted to Instagram. “All these individuals who have been cheering for him to be fired or suspended, disgrace on you. 

Lemon additionally shared a video clip of a joke from Kimmel’s monologue about how the controversy may push President Donald Trump to launch the Epstein information, captioned with “RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!”

Within the feedback of Jimmy Kimmel Dwell‘s first submit to Instagram because the hiatus, which featured Kimmel standing in entrance of an “On Air” signal, Kimmel acquired reward from a number of ceelbrities, together with Walton Goggins, Melanie Griffith and Jamie Foxx.

“Go get em Jimmy…. You Redwood you,” Goggins wrote.

Stephen Colbert, whose CBS present The Late Present With Stephen Colbert was cancelled simply days after he criticized mum or dad firm Paramount’s $16 million settlement with Trump, welcomed Kimmel again into the fold.

“Welcome again, brother,” Colbert wrote from the official Late Present account.

U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett additionally shared her help within the feedback. “We love you!” she wrote.

The outpouring of help comes after almost per week of uncertainty surrounding the way forward for Jimmy Kimmel Dwell. On Sept. 17, ABC introduced that it could put Jimmy Kimmel Dwell! on indefinite hiatus following the host’s feedback in regards to the deadly capturing of Charlie Kirk. That call got here shortly after FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatened to pursue motion in opposition to the community over its criticism of Trump.

ABC later reversed its choice, saying the corporate felt a few of Kimmel’s feedback have been “ill-timed, and thus insensitive.”

“Final Wednesday, we made the choice to droop manufacturing on the present to keep away from additional inflaming a tense state of affairs at an emotional second for our nation,” the corporate’s assertion learn. “It’s a choice we made as a result of we felt a few of the feedback have been ill-timed and thus insensitive.”

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In his return monologue, Kimmel didn’t apologize for these feedback, however was visibly emotional as he described the influence of the capturing and the fallout of the following controversy.

“I posted a message on Instagram of the day he was killed, sending like to his household and asking for compassion, and I meant it and I nonetheless do,” Kimmel stated. “Nor was it my intention guilty any particular group for the actions of what was clearly a deeply disturbed particular person. That was actually the alternative of the purpose I used to be attempting to make.”

Trump was much less keen about Kimmel’s return, writing on Reality Social that he may “check ABC” over the present’s return.

“I am unable to consider ABC Pretend Information gave Jimmy Kimmel his job again,” Trump wrote in a submit on Reality Social on Tuesday, Sept. 23. “The White Home was instructed by ABC that his Present was cancelled! One thing occurred between then and now as a result of his viewers is GONE, and his ‘expertise’ was by no means there.”

Though Jimmy Kimmel Dwell! returned to ABC on Tuesday night time, it didn’t air on affiliate stations owned by Nexstar and Sinclair.