Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show suspension shocked nearly everyone — but according to his family, the drama isn’t over just yet.
Kimmel’s cousin Sal Iacono appeared on The Bill Simmons Podcast on Monday, September 22, and said that he and his family spent some time with the late night host over the weekend. He admitted that his children, at first, “felt weird” approaching Kimmel, 57, about the suspension. However, Iacono’s middle son, Jack, who’s a junior in high school, eventually told him that some of his classmates thought it was wrong that his show was suspended.
“So Jimmy says, ‘Well, what did you say?’ He’s like, ‘I said, yeah, I think you’re right,’” Iacono explained. “And Jimmy’s like, ‘Well, next time tell them, I’m not too worried about what happens.’”
Iacono later added, “I wish I could say anything. There are a couple of bombshells still there. So I’m feeling good.”
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Jimmy Kimmel Live! was suspended indefinitely after Kimmel made comments surrounding the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Kirk, a well-known conservative political activist, was shot and killed at the age of 31 on September 10 during the first stop of his American Comeback Tour.
The night following his death, Kimmel criticized the “extraordinarily vile responses” to Kirk’s murder “from both sides of the political spectrum.” However, the following week, he took aim at Donald Trump supporters.
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“We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel said during his September 16 episode.
Two days later, it was announced that Jimmy Kimmel Live! had been suspended indefinitely. Nexstar described his remarks as “offensive and insensitive at a critical time in our national political discourse” and FCC Chair Brendan Carr called the dad of two’s comments “truly sick.”