Call Jimmy Kimmel naive.

In an interview this summer with Variety for a story examining Donald Trump’s attacks on media companies and journalists, Kimmel was asked if he was worried that the Trump administration would start coming after comedians in the same way.

“Well, you’d have to be naive not to worry a little bit. But that can’t change what you’re doing,” Kimmel said . “And maybe it is naive, but I have the hope that if and when the day comes that he does start coming after comedians, that even my colleagues on the right will support my right to say what I like. Now, I could be kidding myself, and hopefully we’ll never find out. But if we do, I would hope that the outrage is significant.”

But now that Trump and his backers have succeeded in forcing “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (fo

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