Jimmy Kimmel has made headlines again after a comment about Melania Trump, made just days before the attack, went viral Donald Trump. Now, the Federal Communications Commission is demanding a strict review of the license of 8 television channels. Throughout the episode, Kimmel commented on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” He said it was part of the begging he was keeping on his show.Read on to learn more about the topic before reading.
8 TV channels to review license after Jimmy Kimmel’s comment
Sky News recently reported that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a notice, naming 8 different television channels, stating that they will soon undergo a license review. These revisions, according to the report, would begin around October 2028; however, they have anticipated a “year-long discrimination investigation”.
Recently, at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, shots were fired at attendees including US President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and many others. A few days before the shooting, Kimmel, while on his show, made a beggar about Donald Trump and Melania Trump. He commented on how the First Lady had a “widow-like glow.”
Melania Trump and Donald Trump have posted about Jimmy Kimmel after his viral comment
After his comment, many officials, including the First Lady and Donald Trump, called for Kimmel to be removed from the network. The US president also took to his social media account and posted on the issue, “I appreciate that so many people are outraged by Kimmel’s despicable call to violence, and normally he wouldn’t respond to anything he said, but this is far-fetched.”Melania Trump also took to her accounts to express her disdain for Jimmy Kimmel, as well as his show ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ by the popular TV channel. He wrote that Kimmel’s rhetoric was intended to divide the country. He also added: “His monologue about my family is not comedy – his words are corrosive and dig deep into America’s political sickness.”In response to the backlash, Kimmel addressed the issue in an episode that aired Monday, saying his comment was not an attempt to call violence, but an honest comment about the couple’s age difference. “It was a very funny joke that he is almost 80 years old and younger than me. It was not a murder call at all,” he said.
Jimmy Kimmel’s show was pulled from the air last year after a comment about the Charlie Kirk shooting
It’s not the first time Jimmy Kimmel has attacked the Trump administration. Last year, after discussing the murder of political activist Charlie Kirk, his show was briefly pulled as many people, including the President of the United States, protested against his show. His show was taken off the air for a few days, but after much backlash it was reinstated that the move violated Kimmel’s and everyone else’s freedom of speech. On his return, his talk show drew a record number of viewers.Disclaimer: The information in this report is based on a legal hearing reported by a third party source. The details given are allegations made by the parties involved and are not proven facts. The case continues, and a final verdict has not been reached. The publication does not claim that the allegations are true.