Howard Stern Trashes Jimmy Kimmel's Suspension: 'Someone's Gotta Step Up'

Source: Huff Post

Sep 22, 2025, 05:16 PM EDT


Before Disney announced Monday that Jimmy Kimmel would be returning to air this week, Howard Stern had strong words for ABC.

“When the government says, ‘I’m not pleased with you, so we’re going to orchestrate a way to silence you,’ it’s the wrong direction for our country,” Stern said on his SiriusXM show “The Howard Stern Show” on Monday.

Kimmel was “indefinitely” suspended after criticizing Trump supporters and conservatives’ response to Charlie Kirk’s shooting death on Sept. 10.

Kimmel suggested during an episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” that Trump supporters were trying to capitalize off of Kirk’s death following the arrest of the suspect accused of killing Kirk, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson. Robinson was charged in the shooting. “The MAGA gang [is] desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel said.

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Stern's leaving terrestrial radio almost 2 decades ago, sort of puts an exclamation point on "free speech". Was never a fan but any like him that have been "free speech rebels", need to continue to speak out.