Jimmy Kimmel says President Donald Trump “might have to release the Epstein files to distract us from this” after his efforts to “cancel” him “backfired bigly.”
Tuesday, Sept. 23, Kimmel’s show returned, albeit not in all markets, after being yanked off the air for remarks we already pointed out were wholly innocuous. While Kimmel did use a portion of his monologue to clarify those remarks, saying it was “never my intention to make light of” the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, he also made it clear just how crucial it is to fight not only for the protection of free speech at large, but to ensure, specifically, that our country retains a free press.
“Well, I do tonight,” Kimmel, who was visibly emotional at multiple points in Tuesday night’s monologue, said after playing a clip of Trump purporting that his show had no ratings. “You almost have to feel sorry for him. He tried his best to cancel me. Instead, he forced millions of people to watch the show. That backfired bigly. He might have to release the Epstein files to distract us from this now.”
