As Jimmy Kimmel returned to late night Tuesday following ABC’s suspension of his show, the host addressed his comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk that led to his program to getting pulled off the air in the first place.

During his opening monologue on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Sept. 24, Kimmel took a moment during a rather upbeat speech to clarify his previous statements on Kirk’s death.

“I do want to make something clear because it’s important to me as a human. And that is, you understand that it was never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man. I don’t think there’s anything funny about it,” Kimmel said before choking back tears.

“I posted a message on Instagram of the day he was killed sending love to his family and asking for compassion. And I meant it,

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