ABC Execs Were ‘Pissing Themselves’ Fearing Trump Blowback, Yanked Kimmel Despite Thinking He Didn’t Cross Line: Report

David Gilmour Sep 18th, 2025, 9:47 am

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Multiple ABC executives felt that Jimmy Kimmel had not crossed any editorial lines, but the top brass were “pissing themselves” in fear of blowback from the Trump administration, according to a new Rolling Stone report .

In the hours before Kimmel was suspended over remarks about conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s killing, executives at ABC, its parent company Disney, and affiliate stations reportedly scrambled in emergency meetings to limit fallout.

Two sources told that “several execs believe that Kimmel said nothing over the line,” but the fear of government retaliation won out.

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