rant · moment 6 of 20
Setting Up the Jimmy Kimmel Situation
from Cancelling Kimmel, Fired From Riyadh, & The Prison Housing Market | The Tim Dillon Show #462 · #462
3 min
Tim pivots to Jimmy Kimmel's suspension, describing what he knows of Kimmel personally, criticizing late-night hosts for alienating half the country, but previewing why he'll defend Kimmel's right to say the controversial joke.
- Tim says he's never met Jimmy Kimmel and doesn't watch his show, but friends who know him say he's less annoying in person than on TV.
- Late-night hosts including Jimmy went way over the top politically, alienating half the country—a bad business move if you're trying to appeal to multiple demographics.
- Tim defends the joke as weird and factually incorrect but argues pulling Kimmel off the air is ridiculous and a politically motivated hit job, not about declining ratings.
- Anyone who makes money talking or entertaining for a living should care about this, because it affects freedom of speech in the industry.
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