Audience Members: Kimmel Defended Free Speech, Was Emotional

Laura Coates Live

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4.2 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Jimmy Kimmel is back on his late-night stage — and full of emotion. After a nearly week-long suspension, the ABC star taped a new episode on Tuesday evening, and he spoke at length about the controversy that enveloped the show, according to audience members who spoke with CNN afterward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:02.0	Our breaking news tonight, Jimmy Kimmel, delivering what's been described as an emotional defense of free speech as he returns to the air tonight. His show is his first since being suspended indefinitely
1:14.6	over what he said about Charlie Kirk's accused assassin.
1:17.6	But it turns out indefinitely was, well, five days.
1:21.6	Looking at the El Capitan Entertainment Center in Hollywood,
1:25.6	where tonight's show was taped just a short time ago.
1:28.9	The big question tonight on everyone's mind is, will the man at the center of a free speech
1:33.4	controversy speak freely? Will Kimmel apologize? Will he be forced to apologize? Will he try to bring
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