John Oliver defended Jimmy Kimmel on the latest episode of HBO’s Last Week Tonight, calling his suspension a “clear case of the government trying to censor speech.”

On the Sunday, September 21, episode of his late-night show, Oliver, 48, urged ABC and parent company Disney to “stand by Kimmel and his staff” amid what he characterized as politically motivated pressure to take Jimmy Kimmel Live! off the air.

“There are ways you can encourage them to do that. You could exert pressure on them by canceling Disney+ or Hulu. Google searches on that have skyrocketed in the past few days,” Oliver added.

ABC announced on Wednesday, September 17, that Jimmy Kimmel Live! was “pre-empted indefinitely” following criticism over Kimmel’s remarks about Charlie Kirk’s accused murderer, Tyler Robinson, tw

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