Jimmy Kimmel May Have to Pay Big After Charlie Kirk Feud

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00:00Jimmy Kimmel may have to pay big after Charlie Kirk feud.

00:04Jimmy Kimmel may be off the air for the foreseeable future,

00:07but there's one way he will be allowed back on the small screen.

00:10He will have to open up his wallet, RadarOnline.com can reveal.

00:14Sinclair, the broadcasting company that makes up the nation's largest ABC affiliate group,

00:19has given the comedian a long list of demands if he wants to save his show,

00:23Jimmy Kimmel Live, after it was pulled from TV following his comments about Charlie Kirk.

00:27In a press release on Wednesday, September 17th,

00:31after expressing how inappropriate and deeply insensitive Kimmel's comments were,

00:35Sinclair revealed their demands.

00:37The 57-year-old will first have to have formal discussions with ABC

00:41regarding the network's commitment to professionalism and accountability.

00:45The TV host will then have to issue a direct apology to the Kirk family

00:49and make a meaningful personal donation to the Kirk family and Turning Point USA.

00:53Kirk founded the non-profit, which advocates for conservative politics on high school,

00:59college, and university campuses, in 2012.

01:02Sinclair stated that Jimmy Kimmel Live won't air until necessary measures are taken

01:06to maintain national broadcast standards.

01:09Social media users reacted strongly, likening the demands to mafia tactics

01:13and drawing comparisons to North Korea's media control.

01:17Some users felt Kimmel was being held hostage.

01:19This controversy unfolded on September 15th,

01:22when Kimmel remarked that the MAGA gang was using a death to score political points.

01:27During his monologue, Kimmel discussed Kirk's alleged killer, Tyler Robinson,

01:31and criticized Republicans' response.

01:34He said,

01:34We hit some new lows with the MAGA gang trying to depict this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk

01:39as anything other than one of them.

01:41Although seemingly harmless, FCC chairman Brendan Carr threatened action against Kimmel

01:46for misleading the public.

01:48Carr later reiterated his disapproval.

01:51He complained at the time,

01:52When we see stuff like this, look, we can do this the easy way or the hard way.

01:56Kimmel faced public outcry and regulatory pressure.

01:59Calls for Kimmel to be fired.

02:01You know, the FCC is going to have remedies.

02:04Following his threats, Kimmel was pulled from the air, leading to plenty of backlash.

02:09After years of complaining about cancel culture,

02:11the current administration now threatens regulatory action against media companies to silence dissent,

02:16former President Barack Obama stated.

02:19ABC stations in 30 U.S. markets, including Washington, D.C.,

02:23will air a special in remembrance of Kirk in Kimmel's time slot on September 19th,

02:28extending the offer to affiliates nationwide.

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