Jimmy Kimmel has said he would “love” to have Donald Trump on his show, even though the president led the right-wing celebrations when the host’s primetime program was nixed.

He has also said that he thought Jimmy Kimmel Live! was “done” after he triggered an intense MAGA backlash with comments he made about the assassination of political activist Charlie Kirk.

The comedian was speaking at the Bloomberg Screentime conference in Los Angeles, his first interview since returning to the air. He said there was a concerted effort to “maliciously mischaracterize” his comments.

The MAGA outrage focused on Kimmel’s solo stand-up and one comment in particular. “We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anyth

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