A dejected Jimmy Kimmel staffer said they “can’t imagine a scenario” in which the late-night show returns after ABC indefinitely axed it over the comedian’s false claim that Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin was a MAGA supporter.
The now-unemployed “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” worker insisted the one-hour late-night show will remain permanently shelved, saying right-wing critics are unrelenting and Disney — ABC’s parent company — will likely buy out the host and fill his slot with reruns of other flagship network programs.
“Even if Jimmy was willing to publicly apologize and donate money to whatever ghoulish conservative group that is demanding it….MAGA people will never be happy,” the unidentified staffer told veteran journalist Rick Ellis in an interview published on his “Too Much TV” Substac