Disney says White Home by no means contacted them throughout Jimmy Kimmel suspension

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Disney Leisure co-chair Dana Walden stated Thursday that the White Home by no means reached out to Disney throughout its September suspension of "Jimmy Kimmel Stay!"

Walden told Bloomberg's "The Circuit" that throughout the a number of days Disney suspended late-night host Jimmy Kimmel’s ABC present, no person from the White Home contacted the corporate, regardless of President Donald Trump's public feedback on Kimmel.

"We didn't hear from them," Walden advised journalist Emily Chang.

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Disney Leisure co-chair Dana Walden advised Bloomberg this week that the White Home didn't attain out to Disney concerning its suspension of ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel. (Tommaso Boddi/Getty; Randy Holmes/Getty)

Following stress from native ABC-affiliate stations, Disney and ABC suspended Kimmel’s show for a number of days in September after backlash from Trump and conservatives over his on-air implication that the alleged killer of Charlie Kirk was a Trump supporter, regardless that authorities on the time stated the suspect leaned left politically.

The suspension prompted backlash amongst liberals, lots of whom argued that Federal Communications Fee Chair Brendan Carr pressured ABC to droop Kimmel after he stated throughout a conservative radio interview that there have been potential "avenues" the FCC may pursue to carry ABC accountable.

Throughout Kimmel’s time off-air, Trump weighed in on the suspension, telling reporters, "Jimmy Kimmel was fired as a result of he had unhealthy scores greater than anything, and he stated a horrible factor about an amazing gentleman referred to as Charlie Kirk,"

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Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel on the set of "Jimmy Kimmel Stay!" on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. (Screenshot/ABC)

"They need to have fired him a very long time in the past, so , you may name that free speech or not. He was fired for lack of expertise," he added.

Walden denied that anybody from the administration contacted Disney on the time and supplied extra perception into why she and firm executives determined to tug Kimmel from the air.

"We have been fascinated with just one factor as we made that call very near his present going again up on that Wednesday, and that was –– the state of affairs was extraordinarily heated, we wished to take the temperature down, we did not assume that was gonna be doable that night time –– so we hit pause to have conversations with Jimmy."

Walden added, "We wished to resolve the state of affairs in a sure technique to shield our workers, to consider our viewers."

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Disney briefly suspended ABC’s "Jimmy Kimmel Stay!" after the host’s remarks in regards to the alleged murderer of Charlie Kirk sparked widespread outrage. (Randy Holmes/Disney through Getty Pictures)

Chang adopted up by asking Walden about experiences that cancellations in Hulu and Disney+ subscriptions had surged, with some prospects boycotting Disney and ABC over the suspension of the late-night host.

In a single occasion, XM radio host Howard Stern introduced that he can be canceling his Disney+ subscription, stating, "Now, it'd sound silly, however the factor I did this morning — I am canceling my Disney+. I am making an attempt to say with the pocketbook that I don't assist what they're doing with Jimmy."

Nevertheless, Walden remarked that experiences of the cancellations have been "extremely exaggerated."

"You noticed the variety of subscribers that we reported throughout our earnings. We had a really sturdy quarter. I believe that this concern is firmly in our previous," she stated.