Jimmy Kimmel has taken to social media to weigh in on the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist and Donald Trump ally who died at 31 years old after being shot at a college event in Utah. Kimmel, one of Hollywood’s most vocal opponents of Trump, advised his followers to stop with the “angry finger-pointing” in the immediate aftermath of the Kirk’s death.
“Instead of the angry finger-pointing, can we just for one day agree that it is horrible and monstrous to shoot another human?” Kimmel wrote on Instagram. “On behalf of my family, we send love to the Kirks and to all the children, parents and innocents who fall victim to senseless gun violence.”
Kirk was the co-founder of Turning Point USA, a nonprofit political advocacy group that backed Trump during the 2024 presidential election. He was shot in the neck during a debate with college students at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. Kirk was immediately rushed to the hospital by his security. His death was announced by Trump on Truth Social.
“The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead,” Trump wrote. “No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us. Melania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. Charlie, we love you!”
Kimmel frequently criticizes Trump on his ABC late night talk show, with Trump often firing back at Kimmel on Truth Social. Trump boasted more than once over the summer that “Jimmy Kimmel Live” will be the next late night show canceled after CBS gave the ax to Stephen Colbert and “The Late Show.” Kimmel later announced on “The Sarah Silverman Podcast” in August that he got Italian citizenship amid Trump’s second term.
“I did get Italian citizenship,” Kimmel said. “What’s going on [with Trump] is as bad as you thought it was gonna be. It’s so much worse; it’s just unbelievable. I feel like it’s probably even worse than he would like it to be.”
See Trump’s post on Kirk’s death below.
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