Shane Gillis is pleased to see Jimmy Kimmel return to his ABC perch.
The “Jimmy Kimmel Dwell” host received benched for every week after suggesting Charlie Kirk’s murderer was a part of the MAGA second.
ABC gave him his gig again regardless of Kimmel refusing to acknowledge the lie or apologize for it.
BREAKING: Jimmy Kimmel was planning on DOUBLING DOWN and ATTACKING MAGA (once more) earlier than he received SUSPENDED
ABC Executives advised Kimmel to go on-air and APOLOGIZE… however as an alternative, he had wrote a “VERY HOT” monologue, “taking intention at MAGA”
Disney mentioned “We are able to’t have him go on… pic.twitter.com/FwEvxHuqF3
— Jesse Watters (@JesseBWatters) September 19, 2025
Pricey Jimmy Kimmel,
In your semi-apology tonight,
you LIED AGAIN.You weren’t making “gentle” of Mr. Kirk’s dying.
The suspension you justly acquired final week was for FALSELY ACCUSING,
MAGA and Republicans “one in every of their very own” you mentioned, for the homicide of our good friend Charlie Kirk…— Rob Schneider (@RobSchneider) September 24, 2025
Nonetheless, Gillis desires comedians to have as a lot inventive freedom as potential, and he’s genuinely glad Kimmel’s suspension had an expiration date.
He’s additionally keenly conscious of the hypocrisy behind Kimmel’s defenders.
The identical individuals who rose up in righteous fury to defend Kimmel had been quiet again in 2019. Gillis had simply gotten any comic’s dream job – a task on NBC’s “Saturday Evening Dwell.” Then, simply as shortly as he received the gig, Gillis misplaced it.
Why?
Some “resurfaced” Gillis’ crude jokes tied to the Asian group. Poof! Immediately canceled. The gig of a lifetime went up in smoke.
The media didn’t experience to the comic’s rescue. If fellow comedians had been livid about Gillis’ cancellation, they largely stored their rage to themselves.
He was alone and canceled. Even Lorne Michaels, the comedy icon behind “SNL,” didn’t publicly battle his firing (regardless of cosplaying his anger over the problem).
Gillis hasn’t forgotten what that felt like.
“It’s good to see all people stick up for [Kimmel] and free speech. I’m simply glad they had been all there for me again within the day,” Gillis mentioned on “Matt & Shane’s Secret Podcast” earlier this week. “He’s my brother in being canceled now. He was canceled for what, 48 hours? Mine was a few years. No large deal. What’s the distinction?”
His podcast companions famous that Kimmel possible needed to lay low in a million-dollar residence.
“You imply he didn’t have to put on a mattress in Queens with two snarky roommates?” Gillis requested
The circumstances right here aren’t equivalent. NBC dropped Gillis, not any governmental physique. Kimmel’s suspension additionally got here from a broadcast community – ABC – however some declare President Donald Trump pressured the community’s hand.
With out proof.
Sure, the identical president who pressured Kimmel’s cancellation let him again on the air in every week. Worst. Dictator. Ever.
Plus, ABC’s resolution got here after two main affiliate teams – Sinclair and Nexstar – balked at airing the present following Kimmel’s vile feedback.
Gillis’ cancellation got here on the peak of Cancel Tradition. “Saturday Evening Dwell” refused to face up for him. Kimmel actually didn’t rush to the airwaves to mount a pro-Gillis motion.
They stood down. All of them. Gillis managed to rebuild his profession to the purpose that “SNL” requested him to host its far-Left showcase.
That’s the perfect revenge and an instance of {the marketplace} overriding Cancel Tradition. Morgan Wallen would later just do that.
The opposite inconvenient reality have to be mentioned. This isn’t the one occasion when Hollywood, Inc. appeared the opposite approach as one in every of their very own received silenced.