Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos took the territory on Wednesday adjacent to the policy of their eponymous program in the territory of politics, weighing on the reintegration of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” And approach the controversy that made it removed from the air last week.
ABC, belonging to Disney, had suspended the late evening talk show host after Kimmel’s comments on the alleged killer of activist Charlie Kirk struck a nerve, especially among the conservatives.
By referring to the attempts of right -wing commentators to pin the brutal shooting on an nonexistent left plot, the actor joked by saying that the members of Maga “desperately tried to characterize this child who murdered Charlie Kirk as something other than one of them, and to do everything they could to score political points.”
His comments encouraged the chairman of the federal communications committee Brendan Carr to threaten ABC, saying that the podcast of right -wing influencer Benny Johnson, “we can do it the simplest way or the way.” This made comparisons with the film Mafioso “Goodfellas” of sources as disparate as the editor -in -chief of New York David Remnick and the republican senator of Texas Ted Cruz.
In a few hours, the owner of the affiliation stations, Nexstar, announced that it would stop broadcasting “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” And then ABC pulled it completely. After a huge public reaction characterized by the course of stock prices, canceled the subscriptions and the censorship of celebrities, Disney restored the show on Tuesday evening.
Kimmel returned with an emotional monologue during which he often appeared near tears.
Ripa and Consuelos noted that “living with Kelly and Mark” intentionally embraces the lighter side of life but made an exception to share its reflections on the Storm of Fire, the first amendment and their friendship with Kimmel.
“We make a light show here,” said Consuelos. “We are not talking about politics here, we just don’t do it” because sometimes people need to “get away from all this”.
Kimmel, they said, is “one of the nicest and most generous people”, cares deeply about his family and “takes care of his crew, his staff, everyone,” said Consuelo. “He really cares, really.”
Tuesday’s monologue was “on the point,” he added, praising Kimmel’s humility and sensitivity.
Ripa explained that even with an approach which is “light, frothy”, “unwanted” and as soft as “melted cream”, she and consuelo have often had to think about the potential impact of the most harmless remarks “because we have come to this inflection point where no matter what you say, someone is upset”.
She urged everyone to “take a step back and really think. I have the right to speak, and you have the right to say horrible things about me on Instagram. It is the pleasure of living in a free society. This is important. “
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