“Without them we would not have done it!” – Rolling Stone

The trump government’s attempt to silence Jimmy Kimmel seems to have backfired. According to the Nielsen data, his return to late night television on Tuesday attracted 6.2 million viewers. Four times more than usual. Kimmel’s monologue on YouTube has now reached over 21 million views. And it is his most viewed monologue on the platform.

Hollywood’s support for Kimmel

The comedian used the Thursday program to thank the president. “It was a turbulent week. Even though we are still not broadcast in 60 American cities, we had our second highest quota in almost 23 years on Tuesday,” said Kimmel. “The monologue of Tuesday evening has over 21 million views on YouTube alone. And I would like to say: Without you, we would not have done it, Mr. President. Thank you very much.”

ABC had suspended the long -term show abruptly last week. Because of an “unfortunate and therefore insensitive” monologue, in which Kimmel had criticized the right side to politically exploit the murder of Charlie Kirk. Kimmel himself was silent. But Hollywood showed solidarity. Over 400 artists, actors and celebrities publicly resisted “state threats to our freedom of speech”.

A week after the unlimited suspension, Disney decided to bring Kimmel back onto the ABC screen. “We have held intensive discussions with Jimmy for the last few days and then decided to resume the show on Tuesday,” said a statement by Walt Disney Co.

Trump’s outbreak of anger and Kimmel’s reaction

Donald Trump responded to the return with a tirade to Truth Social and announced that it would sue the broadcaster. Kimmel did not leave this uncommented and described the President the following day as the “villain from a eighties film”-including a detailed disassembly of Trump’s online post.

In the same monologue, Kimmel also made fun of “the escalator staircase, which tried to maliciously attack the president this week”. He alluded to Trump’s anger about a defective escalator at the UN General Assembly. “Have you enjoyed Trump’s most ridiculous distraction from the Epstein processes?” Asked Kimmel before recording clips conservative media that complained about the “transport fiasco” of the president. “Do you know what another word for frozen escalators is? Stairs,” he joked. “Is [Trump] The strongest, healthiest, physically powerful man beast that has ever been elected president-or a grandma with fragile bones and osteoporosis? “