“Regardless of our political preference, whether or not we are politically active, we all love our country. We also share the conviction that we should never be silent by people with power – because if it happens to us, it all happens to us,” the letter says. “This is the time to defend the freedom of expression in our country. We encourage all Americans to join us and the ACLU in the struggle to defend and retain our constitutionally protected rights.”

The letter was signed by Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Robert de Niro, Jane Fonda, Selena Gomez, Tom Hanks, Olivia Rodrigo, Ben Stiller, Pedro Pascal, Jamie Lee Curtis, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Maggie Lunel,-yllenhaal, Miranda, Natalie Portman, Maya Rudolph, Martin Short, Kerry Washington and Rosie O’Donnell.

Kimmel’s talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live! Was suspended by channel ABC for ‘indefinitely’ after comments about the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

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