Almost a week after Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show was pulled out of the air indefinitely, the co-host of “The View” dealt with his suspension.
“Did you really think Y’all didn’t talk about Jimmy Kimmel?” Whoopi Goldberg asked Monday morning – after multiple episodes avoided the issue.
“I mean, have you seen the show over the last 29 seasons?” EGOT winner, 69 continued. “No one will silence us.”
Goldberg explained that she and her co-host “had taken a breath” to see if Kimmel would make a statement about the scandal.
Last Wednesday, “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” was paused following a comedian’s monologue about the death of Charlie Kirk and President Trump’s response to the September 10th murder of 31.
ABC pulled out the series after Nexter Media, a television station conglomerate, expressed a “strong object (ion)” in Kimmel’s statement. FCC Commissioner Brendanker threatened to launch an official investigation into the 57-year-old and his show.
Kimmel has not made an official statement, but recently she was photographed with a smirk in his lawyer’s office.
Goldberg opposed him on Monday, saying, “You can’t like the show and it can go into the air. Someone can be taken from the air saying things they shouldn’t. But the government can’t put pressure on someone to force someone.”
“In this country where the first amendments to the Constitution were made to ensure freedom of the press and freedom of speech, the government itself does not understand how it uses its weight and power to bully people and silence people,” Anna Navarro said.
“This is what dictators and authoritarians do,” he added, “a 53-year-old who lived through Nicaragua’s right-wing dictatorship and Nicaragua’s left-wing dictatorship.” “That’s not important, ideology.”
Alyssa Farrah Griffin agreed with his colleague, saying, “The first amendment is the first reason for a reason, as you need to hold the powerful person responsible.”
Goldberg said he would “talk about freedom of speech” on the show that has been running since 1997 after discussing with co-hosts Joy Behar, Sara Haines and Sunny Hostin.
“We’re always in someone’s mess because we decided that someone said something offensive,” she said. “But we fight for the right to have freedom of speech for all, as it means my speech is free.”
Page Six reported last Thursday that the woman hosting “The View,” which airs like Kimmel’s eponymous show on ABC, was not told not to “discuss.”
Sources said the woman “will not be silent.”
Stephen Colbert, Seth Myers and Jimmy Fallon have also made comments in Kimmel’s defense since the news broke.
Colbert, 61, announced in July that the “Late Show” franchise will end in 33 years.
He wrote the same thing about 51-year-old Myers and Fallon last week, calling him “all losers” with a “terrifying” rating.
Howard Stern is the latest to applaud ABC, with the 71-year-old shock jock blowing up the network’s “silly” decision and boycott by canceling his Disney+ subscription.
“When the government starts to interfere, it’s the wrong direction for our country when the government says, ‘I’m not happy with you, so we’re going to adjust the way we keep you silent,'” he told listeners on Monday.
