THE JIMMY Kimmel Live! crew was blindsided by the suspension, as they learned the show was pulled off the air when the story broke in the news.

Jimmy 's show was pulled from the air on Wednesday night following backlash over his previous monologue about activist Charlie Kirk 's death.

An insider familiar with the late-night show's production told The U.S. Sun that the situation unfolded quickly on Wednesday afternoon in Los Angeles.

"Things transpired very fast. Word filtered down to the individual stations around 3 pm that Jimmy would get pulled and it sent station heads panicking," the insider said.

"Jimmy and the crew were getting ready to film when, at 3:45 pm, news broke widely and that's how the crew found out. They were shocked."

Taping typically starts at 4:30 pm, accor

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