Jimmy Kimmel to return Tuesday after Disney lifts suspension over Charlie Kirk comments

Disney says it will reinstate comedian Jimmy Kimmel on Tuesday after pulling the late night host off the air.

The company said in a statement shared with multiple media outlets it took the comedian off the air "to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for the country."

Kimmel had been taken off the air after comments last Monday saying conservatives were trying to score "political points" off the assassination of Charlie Kirk and joking that President Trump was mourning his death "like a four-year-old mourns a gold fish."

The remarks earned the comedian a sharp rebuke from Trump's FCC chair, who argued the the late night host be punished by the network.

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