Late night host Jimmy Kimmel tried to shed tears and claimed he didn’t really mean to “make light” of the murder of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, as he returned to his show Tuesday night after being suspended for a week over false and inflammatory statements he had made.
However, conservatives are not buying it, noting he never actually apologized.
Turning Point USA spokesman Andrew Kolvet is not buying it either. In a statement posted on X Wednesday morning, Kolvet wrote:
Yes, Jimmy got emotional. So what. He’s emotional for himself because he almost torched his entire career.
Kimmel is an unrepentant liar who tried to blame Charlie’s assassination on the part of the country that just spent the last 2 weeks praying and holding vigils. What he’s really saying is that he still thinks it’s fair game to slander conservatives. He would rather advance his own political and cultural agenda than confront the truth. The truth is that his own side has been fanning the flames of political assassinations for years. The truth is that someone on the left picked up a gun and murdered someone on the right who advocated for peaceful debate.
It’s critical that liars admit they lied. There can be no restoration without that. Anything short of that is a fake and scripted cry line designed to endear him to his fans, not to make right the wrong he committed.
Yes, Jimmy got emotional. So what. He’s emotional for himself because he almost torched his entire career.
Kimmel is an unrepentant liar who tried to blame Charlie’s assassination on the part of the country that just spent the last 2 weeks praying and holding vigils. What he’s…
— Andrew Kolvet (@AndrewKolvet) September 24, 2025
Kolvet also spoke out on Fox News Wednesday morning and said, “Jimmy Kimmel said the shooter [who killed Charlie Kirk] was MAGA. What he’s really saying is it’s ok to lie about conservatives, that their lives don’t matter.”
“What we need is ‘I’m sorry, I lied, I was wrong, and won’t do it again. My apologies to the family and Erika Kirk.’ That would’ve been contrition,” he said.
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Turning Point’s Andrew Kolvet says Jimmy Kimmel owes an immediate and genuine apology to the Kirk family:
“We need ‘I’m sorry, I lied, I was wrong, and won’t do it again. My apologies to the family and Erika Kirk.’ That would’ve been contrition.”
pic.twitter.com/wEKeicz9hZ— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 24, 2025
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