MONTREAL — Canadian comedian Mike Ward says it’s unthinkable that Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show has been taken off the air.

In a series of X posts, Ward says the decision was entirely political and that America should be ashamed of what happened.

Broadcast company ABC said Wednesday it had indefinitely suspended “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” following the host’s comments about the assassination of Conservative influencer Charlie Kirk.

Kimmel made several remarks on his Monday and Tuesday night shows, including that the suspected killer was an adherent of U.S. President Donald Trump’s political movement.

Ward is an ardent advocate for free speech and became embroiled in a years-long court fight after he was ordered to pay money to a disabled Quebec singer whom he had mocked in a routine.

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