‘We Won, the President Lost’: Jimmy Kimmel Reflects on Suspension and How ‘Tyranny Is Booming’ in America in Christmas Day Message

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• thanks to Trump, who he said “thinks he is our king.” Related Stories Golden Globes 2026 Nominations: 'One Battle After Another' Tops Films With Nine Nods, 'White Lotus' Leads TV With Six Wagner Moura Becomes First Brazilian Male Actor Nominated in Lead Drama Category at Golden Globes Kimmel also reflected on the controversial — and brief — suspension of his talk show “Jimmy Kimmel Live” from ABC after comments he made in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder, accusing Trump of trying to “shut me up because I don’t adore him in the way he likes to be adored.” Popular on Variety His return to airwaves he likened to an (early) “Christmas miracle,” asserting it was because people stood up to support free expression of speech.
• “Our show came back stronger than ever.
• We won, the President lost and now I’m back on the air every night giving the most powerful politician on earth a right and richly deserved bollocking,” he said, deploying a rather British term.
• “That’s a word, right, I used it properly?” Kimmel concluded his message, broadcast shortly after the more traditional King’s Christmas Day speech, by apologizing to the U. K.
• for the current state of the U. S., asserting that Americans are “not all like” Trump and urging Brits to hold out.