Stephen Colbert called President Trump as an “autocrat” while defending Jimmy Kimmel after being suspended indefinitely after his comments about the deceased conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

ABC pulling the Kimmel night program “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” He arrived two months after Colbert announced in July that News canceled his program, “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.”

“This is a shameless censorship,” Colbert said during a recording of his program in New York City on Thursday, referring to Kimmel’s suspension, according to CNBC. “With an autocrat, you can’t give an inch.”

He added: “Jimmy, I’m with you and your 100%staff.”

Kimmel’s suspension began after commenting on Kirk and Trump supporters during the September 15 episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

During the episode, the night host implied that Trump’s supporters are trying to take advantage of Kirk’s murder after the 22 -year -old arrest Tyler Robinsonwho was loaded In the shooting. Kirk was fatally shot while talking with students from the University of Utah Valley on September 10.

“The Maga gang [is] Trying desperately to characterize this child who murdered Charlie Kirk as more than one of them and doing everything possible to obtain political points, “Kimmel said.

Stephen Colbert and Donald Trump.
Stephen Colbert and Donald Trump.

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ABC announced Wednesday that he would take the Kimmel program from the air after his comments on Kirk. Nexstar was the first to announce on Wednesday that he would stop transmitting the night show for his ABC affiliates.

The news of the Colbert program cancellation occurred a few days after the presenter of the interview program publicly criticized the $ 16 million News agreement with the Trump administration as a “big and fat bribery.”

News agreed to the agreement after Trump filed a lawsuit during a “60 minutes” interview with Harris that was issued during the 2024 presidential elections, which Trump claimed that he was deceptively edited.

The Network said in a statement that its “agonizing decision” to cancel Colbert’s program was “purely financial” and that “it is not related in any way to the performance, content or other issues of the program that occur in Paramount.”

Meanwhile, Kimmel publicly showed his support for Colbert after the comedian shared the news that his program will be eliminated in May 2026.

“Love You Stephen,” Kimmel wrote in an Instagram story of July 17 along with a Colbert clip in the “Late Show.”

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