Key Highlights
- is in a "fragile time for freedom" following her husband's brief suspension.
- McNearney was the keynote speaker at The Hollywood Reporter's Women in Entertainment 2025 breakfast gala on Wednesday, where she described Kimmel’s suspension as a moment she realized she had taken freedom of speech for granted."I've been asked to speak about freedom of speech and I have to be honest, I naively assumed it was a guarantee in this country until Sept.
- 16, 2025," McNearney said.
- "It's something that I took for granted.
- Something I thought I’d always have, like my period.

