David Letterman has been in contact with Jimmy Kimmel since the late-night host was pulled out of the air indefinitely.
“I’ve heard of it from Jimmy,” and “The next guest doesn’t need a referral,” the host was confirmed at Thursday’s Atlantic Festival in New York City, according to daily emails.
78-year-old said, “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” The 57-year-old host said, “It’s good enough to send a text this morning.”
Regarding what Kimmel’s message conveyed, Letterman said, “He’s sitting in the bed, taking nourishment. He’ll be fine.”
Letterman added, “It’s ridiculous. You can’t fire someone because you’re trying to suck into the horrible things and the authoritarian criminal administration of an oval office. That’s not how this works.”
Kimmel’s representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Page 6.
In particular, Kimmel has not issued an official statement on Wednesday as he told Page Six that the long-term show will be “preempted indefinitely.”
The shocking move comes after Kimmel, who began launching his eponymous show in 2003, brought a monologue about Charlie Kirk’s September 10th assassination and President Trump’s reaction.
TV conglomerate Nexstar Media told ABC “a powerful purpose (ED)” in Kimmel’s comments, according to Variety.
In the quote in question, the Emmy nominee argued, “We’re desperately trying to characterise this child who is trying to kill the Magagang (yes) Charlie Kirk as something other than one of them and does everything he can to score political points from there.”
Kimmel also enjoyed a clip of the 79-year-old Trump, and was asked how he held up after Kirk’s death and said it was “very good,” and quickly turned his attention to the construction of the White House ballroom.
“This is not a way for adults to grieve the murder of someone he calls a friend,” Kimmel said. “This is how a four-year-old child laments goldfish.”
Sinclair, a media company run as the largest ABC affiliate group, has requested Kimmel to “directly apologise” to Kirk’s family and “meaning personal donations.”
Daily Mail reported on Thursday that Kimmel is “offended” by the scandal and is hoping to “break its relationship with ABC forever.”
Filmed Thursday, Kimmel smirked and visited his lawyer’s office, but hears he had only been left with a few months in a deal with Disney before his monologue, and was due to begin negotiations later this year.
In addition to Letterman, a late-night host from 1982 to 2015, Kimmel’s competitors defended him fiercely.
“He’s a decent, funny, loving guy. I hope he’ll come back,” Jimmy Fallon told viewers Thursday.
“This is a huge moment in our democracy, and we all have to stand up to the principles of free expression,” Seth Myers said.
Trump has named alumni of Saturday Night Live in his recent true social post celebrating Kimmel being drawn out of the air.
“That left the two total losers Jimmy and Seth on fake news NBC,” the commander wrote. “Their reviews are scary too. Please do NBC.”
In July, he asked Kimmel to “go…next.”
