Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night program will return to ABC on Tuesday, nearly a week after being pulled from the air in the wake of backlash to the host’s comments about the assassination of conservative leader Charlie Kirk, according to an NBC News report.
“The Walt Disney Company said in a statement Monday that production was suspended ‘to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country.’ The company added, ‘We felt some of the comments were ill-timed and thus insensitive,’ ” NBC News reported.
Disney said it spent several days in “thoughtful conversations” with Kimmel before deciding the show could resume.
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