{"id":90732,"date":"2025-09-23T13:23:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T17:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=90732"},"modified":"2025-09-30T13:24:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T17:24:45","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-is-pissed-over-his-suspension-will-he-apologise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/jimmy-kimmel-is-pissed-over-his-suspension-will-he-apologise\/90732\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel Is \u2018Pissed\u2019 Over His Suspension, Will He Apologise?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jimmy Kimmel is set to <strong>return to ABC with Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/strong> after a brief suspension over his comments regarding Charlie Kirk\u2019s assassination. Despite his anger at being pulled off the air, insiders reveal that <strong>he is coming back primarily out of respect for his team<\/strong>, ensuring that crew members don\u2019t miss pay or face additional work disruption.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy began when Kimmel criticized the \u201cMAGA gang\u201d for politicizing Kirk\u2019s death and mocked the national response of lowering flags to half-mast, which led to his suspension. While it\u2019s unclear whether he will <strong>apologize or continue to critique the situation<\/strong>, insiders expect him to address the issue boldly on his return, saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe last week has made his balls bigger, not smaller. I expect him to come out swinging\u2026 We are depending on him to stand up for what\u2019s right.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sources also indicate that <strong>Kimmel plans to leave ABC when his contract expires in May 2026<\/strong>, unless a substantial offer is made. His temporary return allows the staff time to plan their next steps, reflecting his concern for his team over his personal grievances. Essentially, Jimmy is back on air <strong>for his crew, not because the suspension changed his mind about ABC<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jimmy Kimmel is set to return to ABC with Jimmy Kimmel Live! after a brief suspension over his comments regarding\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":90733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[4463],"class_list":["post-90732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","tag-jimmy-kimmel"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}