Colbert calls himself ‘only martyr in late-night’ as Kimmel returns

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Hosts late at night Stephen Colbert celebrated The return of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” This week – lure the idea that he is now “Only martyrs at night” After the announcement by Disney, that it will bring Kimmel’s show back.

“You know, I’m very happy about you. Also, since Jimmy is not canceled, I can enjoy it again,” said Colbert on Monday and organized the Emmy Award his recently won show. “Again, I’m the only martyr at night.”

Kimmel’s late night show was pulled out of the air last Wednesday after Kimmel’s statements about the alleged assassin of the founder of the Turning Point USA Charlie Kirk triggered outrage and a veiled warning of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Disney decided to suspend the show after two great partner owners had broadcast from their stations, and Kimmel had reportedly reported to the executives that he would not apologize for his comments.

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Moderator Stephen Colbert during his show “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on July 21, 2025. (Scott Kowalchyk/CBS via Getty Images)

“Over the weekend we met some new deep stalls with the Maga gang that desperately tried to characterize this child, which Charlie Kirk murdered as anything but one of them and did everything to make political points out of it,” said Kimmel last week on his show.

Conservatives were outraged by the comments that pointed out that the alleged murderer was a Maga member.

However, the Walt Disney Company announced that Kimmel’s show will return on Tuesday after a brief suspension.

“Last Wednesday we made the decision to suspend production on the show to avoid that we continued to ignite a tense situation for our country at an emotional moment. We made the decision because we were of the opinion that some of the comments were badly coordinated and therefore insensitive. Tuesday to return a Disney spokesman, “said a Disney spokesman.

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Kimmel’s suspension provided liberals who claimed that his show from the air was a problem of freedom of speech. (Getty Images)

During his show on Monday, Colbert Disney’s change in the heart in Kimmel’s suspension used to dig in his own network CBS.

“Wait, unless CBS, you want to announce something?

Colbert’s long -term role as a moderator of “The Late Show” is to end in May 2026. CBS said that the decision was “purely” financially and “in no way related to the performance, the content or other matters of the show in Paramount, the parent company of the network.

Paramounts settlement with the president Donald Trump In his CBS News, “60 minutes of Colbert and others” was criticized to appease the administration before the 8 -billion dollar -parachute leap of 8 billion US dollars. The merger was approved on July 24th and completed on August 7th.

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