David Letterman is weighing in on Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension from late-night TV.

The comedy legend slammed ABC’s recent decision to pull “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” while speaking at the 2025 Atlantic Festival on Thursday, Sept. 18. 7

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“This is misery,” Letterman, 78, said during a panel at the annual event, per Variety . “I feel bad about this.”

“We see where this is all going, correct?” he continued. “It’s managed media. And it’s no good. It’s silly. It’s ridiculous. And you can’t go around firing somebody because you’re fearful or trying to suck up to an authoritarian criminal administration in the Oval Office. That’s just not how this works.”

“In the world of somebody who is an authoritarian, maybe a dictatorship, sooner or later, everyone is going to be touched,” Letterman added.

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