00:00But I do want to make something clear because it's important to me as a human
00:03and that is, you understand that it was never my intention
00:06to make light of the murder of a young man.
00:10I don't...
00:11I don't think there's anything funny about it.
00:18I posted a message on Instagram on the day he was killed
00:21sending love to his family and asking for compassion
00:23and I meant it, I still do.
00:26Nor was it my intention to blame any specific group
00:29for the actions of what...
00:30It was obviously a deeply disturbed individual.
00:34That was really the opposite of the point I was trying to make.
00:37But I understand that to some that felt either ill-timed or unclear
00:40or maybe both.
00:41And for those who think I did point a finger,
00:44I get why you're upset.
00:46If the situation was reversed, there's a good chance I'd have felt the same way.
00:49I have many friends and family members on the other side
00:53who I love and remain close to,
00:55even though we don't agree on politics at all.
00:58I don't think the murderer who shot Charlie Kirk represents anyone.
01:02This was a sick person who believed violence was a solution
01:06and it isn't.
01:08It...
01:08Ever.
01:09And also, selfishly...
01:11I am...
01:13I am a person who gets a lot of threats.
01:18I get many ugly and scary threats against my life, my wife, my kids, my co-workers
01:22because of what I choose to say.
01:24And I know those threats don't come from the kind of people on the right
01:27who I know and love.
01:28So that's what I wanted to say on that subject.
01:31But I don't want to make this about me because...
01:33And I know this is what people say when they make things about them.
01:36But I really don't.
01:37This show...
01:39This show is not important.
01:41What is important is that we get to live in a country
01:44that allows us to have a show like this.
01:46I mean, I've had the opportunity to meet and spend time with comedians
01:57and talk show hosts from countries like Russia, countries in the Middle East
02:01who told me they would get thrown in prison for making fun of those in power
02:05and worse than being thrown in prison.
02:07They know how lucky we are here.
02:10Our freedom to speak is what they admire most about this country.
02:13And that's something I'm embarrassed to say I took for granted
02:16until they pulled my friend Stephen off the air
02:18and tried to coerce the affiliates who run our show
02:22in the cities that you live in to take my show off the air.
02:25That's not legal.
02:26That's not American.
02:28That is un-American.
02:29And it is so dangerous.
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