When ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! in September, President Donald Trump crowed on social media that the show had been canceled. It wasn’t — Kimmel returned to the air six days later — but during that time, top Disney executives didn’t communicate with the White House.

That’s according to Disney Entertainment co-chair Dana Walden , who was a key figure in both the decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel Live ! off the air on Sept. 17 and to restart the show the following week. In an interview on Bloomberg TV’s The Circuit , she said neither Trump himself nor anyone from the White House called her or Disney CEO Bob Iger to discuss the suspension.

When ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! in September, President Donald Trump crowed on social media that the show had been canceled.

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