Report: Affiliates Demanded Jimmy Kimmel Apologize and He Refused, Telling Them He Would Double Down on Trump Attacks;
Disney Suspended Him Because They Would Have Been Forced to Fire Him If He Went Through With Plan

Oh.

So all he needed to do was correct his Dangerous Disinformation and he could return to the air, but he refused?

As predicted.

Late night host Jimmy Kimmel said he was unwilling to apologize for his remarks that blamed MAGA supporters for killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk -- and said he was going to double down on attacking President Trump's backers before he was yanked from the air, according to new reports.

Kimmel learned in a phone call from top Disney exec Dana Walden on Wednesday afternoon that his show was being removed indefinitely, Deadline reported, citing sources.

During the call, Kimmel reportedly refused to comply with calls from critics and the owners of dozens of ABC affiliate stations for him to apologize.

Kimmel felt his remarks required no apologies, another source told The Hollywood Reporter.

The "Jimmy Kimmel Live" host also claimed that he was planning to call out his critics for the latest attack on him, all while trying to clarify his comments about Kirk's death.

Kimmel has claimed that his comments were mischaracterized when he said during a Monday night show that the "MAGA gang" was "desperately" trying to pin left-wing ideology on Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old indicted for Kirk's murder.

Disney, however, felt that if Kimmel had doubled down on his MAGA comments, the company would have been forced to make a more drastic decision than simply suspending the show, sources told Deadline.

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Tonight's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" will be pre-empted by a rerun of Celebrity Family Feud.

Will the ratings be higher, do you think?

And now lefties, who called us a Tiny Angry Minority for boycotting Disney, are urging a Tiny Angry Minority of far-left pro-murder extremists to boycott Disney.

ABC's suspension of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" over the host's comments about slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk has ignited a fierce backlash as left-leaning social media users and influencers are now calling for boycotts of the network and its parent company, Disney.

Hashtags like #BoycottDisney and #BoycottABCNetwork trended on X and Bluesky, where users posted screenshots canceling Disney+ subscriptions, citing Kimmel's removal as the reason.

"Boycott everything affiliated with ABC and Disney. Pass it on," the Democrat-aligned political commentator known by the X handle "JoJoFromJerz" urged her 1 million followers.

#Endorsed!

I want Disney to finally be the subject of business school case reports about the dangers of politicizing a mass-market corporation. So far, none of these corporate pissants have done so.

This is why you don't make your mass-market corporation a virtual political party that is disliked by 60% of the country.

Writer Wajahat Ali demanded a "collective boycott" until Kimmel is reinstated.

"Marvel movies need to shutdown. Ditto the sitcoms," he wrote.

"Corporations love money more than anything, & this will really harm them and force them to do the right thing," Ali wrote on X. His post racked up over 1.3 million views.

Activist Brian Krassenstein blasted Disney and ABC for caving "for political reasons" and urged boycotts of Nexstar, Sinclair and their advertisers.

"Hit them where it hurts: the $$$," he wrote.

What can I do to help?

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