Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel said he would \u201clove\u201d to bring President Trump on his nearly axed ABC show despite frequent clashes with the prez online and the White House\u2019s celebration of its suspension.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d love to have Trump on the show, for sure,\u201d Kimmel said during an interview at the Bloomberg Screentime<\/a> media conference on Wednesday. \u201cAll right, I\u2019ll ask him.\u201d<\/p>\n The network mainstay \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d was yanked off the air for almost a week in September after the 57-year-old host made flagrant comments insinuating that Charlie Kirk\u2019s alleged assassin was part of the MAGA movement.<\/p>\n Jimmy Kimmel appears at the Bloomberg Screentime conference in Los Angeles, California, on Oct. 8, 2025. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n Trump had reveled in its temporary cancellation and said he wished it were permanent. <\/p>\n \u201cGreat News for America: The ratings challenged Jimmy Kimmel Show is CANCELLED,\u201d\u00a0Trump posted on Truth Social<\/a>\u00a0after learning of its suspension.<\/p>\n \u201cCongratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done. Kimmel has ZERO talent, and worse ratings than even Colbert, if that\u2019s possible. That leaves Jimmy [Fallon] and Seth [Meyers], two total losers, on Fake News NBC. Their ratings are also horrible. Do it NBC!!! President DJT.\u201d<\/p>\n ABC brought the eponymous show back less than a week later.<\/p>\n Despite being a frequent target of Trump\u2019s insults, Kimmel \u2014 who\u2019s done his own fair share of mocking the commander in chief on his show <\/a>\u2014 said he\u2019d welcome a sitdown with the president.<\/p>\n President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable meeting in the White House on Oct. 8, 2025. AP<\/p>\n Protesters rally outside the El Capitan Entertainment Centre on Hollywood Blvd. after \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d was suspended on Sept. 18, 2025. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n Of all the different administrations Kimmel has covered on his show, he said that Trump is the most accessible to the public \u2014 which he described as a double-edged sword.<\/p>\n The funnyman had Trump as a guest on his show during his first presidential campaign. <\/p>\n \u201c[Trump] is on TV all day, every day, so he gives us a lot to use, to deal with. That\u2019s unusual, it\u2019s not how it used to be,\u201d he said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cYou hear him, you see him, he\u2019s just presented himself so frequently that it makes it more digestible and less digestible at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n Kimmel, however, deadpanned that he has no interest in bringing on Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr, who faced bipartisan backlash to comments he made regarding \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d and the work of the commission. <\/p>\n \u201cWe can do this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to change conduct and take action, frankly, on Kimmel, or there\u2019s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n FCC Chairman Brendan Carr speaks during the Concordia Annual Summit on New York City, on Sept. 22, 2025. Andrew Schwartz \/ SplashNews.com<\/p>\n However, the White House and FCC\u00a0have insisted that \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d was sidelined over its poor ratings and denied accusations that they pressured ABC<\/a> to pull it. <\/p>\n \u201cJimmy Kimmel was fired because he had bad ratings, more than anyone else, and he said a horrible thing about a great gentleman known as Charlie Kirk,\u201d Trump previously told reporters.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cJimmy Kimmel is not a talented person. He had very bad ratings and they should have fired him a long time ago. You can call that free speech or not. He was fired for lack of talent.\u201d<\/p>\n