'By-the-Way, for the Record, This Ex-Disney Employee Finds Jimmy Kimmel Very Talented and Funny' — Star Wars Legend Mark Hamill and Other Disney Stars Hit Out at ABC's Suspension of Jimmy Kimmel

Star Wars and Marvel actors Mark Hamill, Pedro Pascal, and Mark Ruffalo person joined a increasing database of erstwhile and existent Disney employees who person deed retired astatine ABC’s suspension of speech amusement big Jimmy Kimmel.

On September 17, 2025, ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! indefinitely aft its big made on-air comments astir the assassination of blimpish activistic Charlie Kirk. ABC axed the amusement aft the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) threatened regulatory action, raising concerns the Trump medication is curtailing the escaped code of its critics.

In his monologue past week, the 57-year-old Kimmel said the "Maga gang" was "desperately trying to characterise this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk arsenic thing different than 1 of them" and trying "everything they can" to "score governmental points from it.”

He besides compared Trump's absorption to Kirk’s decease to "how a four-year-old mourns a goldfish.”

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FCC seat Brendan Carr accused Kimmel of "the sickest behaviour possible" and said networks similar the Disney-owned ABC could "find ways to alteration behaviour and instrumentality action... oregon there's going to beryllium further enactment for the FCC.”

U.S. President Donald Trump past suggested immoderate TV networks opposed to him should person their licences "taken away.” As reported by the BBC, Trump said: "I person work immoderate spot that the networks were 97% against me, again, 97% negative, and yet I won and easy [in past year's election].

"They springiness maine lone atrocious publicity [and] press. I mean, they're getting a licence. I would deliberation possibly their licence should beryllium taken away."

Now, erstwhile and existent Disney employees person issued enactment for Kimmel, publically criticising ABC proprietor Disney, the FCC, and Trump.

Luke Skywalker histrion Mark Hamill took to societal media to say: “Giving a bully your luncheon wealth is lone a impermanent downpayment for aboriginal bullying.

“We ALL request to measurement up for the archetypal amendment.

“By-the-way, for the record, this ex-Disney worker finds Jimmy Kimmel precise talented and funny.”

That past enactment was itself a repetition of a punctuation from ex-Disney CEO Michael Eisner, who slammed his erstwhile company’s determination to suspend Kimmel nether unit from what helium called the Trump administration’s “out-of-control intimidation.”

“Where has each the enactment gone?” Eisner said successful a station connected societal media. “If not for assemblage presidents, instrumentality steadfast managing partners, and firm main executives lasting up against bullies, who past volition measurement up for the archetypal amendment? The ‘suspending indefinitely’ of Jimmy Kimmel instantly aft the Chairman of the FCC's assertive yet hollow threatening of the Disney Company is yet different illustration of out-of-control intimidation. Maybe the Constitution should person said, ‘Congress shall marque nary instrumentality abridging the state of speech, oregon of the press, but successful one’s governmental oregon fiscal self-interest.’ By-the-way, for the record, this ex-CEO finds Jimmy Kimmel precise talented and funny.”

Hamill, an outspoken professional of Trump, has already indicated his clip acting successful Star Wars is over. Pascal and Ruffalo, however, are heavy progressive successful assorted Disney projects. Pascal starred arsenic Reed Richards successful The Fantastic Four: First Steps, and is acceptable to reprise the relation successful adjacent year’s Avengers: Doomsday. But helium besides plays The Mandalorian successful the Star Wars franchise, and volition reprise the relation for adjacent year’s The Mandalorian & Grogu film.

Pascal took to societal media connected September 18 to accidental helium is "standing with" Kimmel, writing: "Defend #FreeSpeech Defend #DEMOCRACY."

Ruffalo, meanwhile, plays Bruce Banner / The Hulk successful the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and volition reprise the relation successful adjacent year’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day. While he’s not connected the authoritative formed database for Avengers: Doomsday, it’s hard to spot the Hulk neglect to amusement up successful either that movie oregon its sequel, Avengers: Secret Wars.

Ruffalo said successful a September 20 station that Disney’s banal volition "go down a batch further if they cancel" Kimmel's amusement permanently. "Disney does not privation to beryllium the ones that broke America," Ruffalo added.

Other Marvel stars, specified arsenic Aunt May histrion Marisa Tomei, and She-Hulk prima Tatiana Maslany, person besides deed retired astatine Disney.

Trump supported ABC's determination to suspend Jimmy Kimmel, pushed backmost connected the thought escaped code was nether attack, alternatively pointing to ratings.

"Well, Jimmy Kimmel was fired due to the fact that helium had atrocious ratings much than thing else, and helium said a horrible happening astir a large man known arsenic Charlie Kirk," helium told reporters. "And Jimmy Kimmel is not a talented person. And they should person fired him a agelong clip ago. So you tin telephone that escaped code oregon not."

Former U.S. president Barack Obama has besides commented, tweeting a connection expressing interest astir caller developments: "After years of complaining astir cancel culture, the existent medication has taken it to a caller and unsafe level by routinely threatening regulatory enactment against media companies unless they muzzle oregon occurrence reporters and commentators it doesn’t like."

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