Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel reached across the pond to deliver an anti-Trump message to the United Kingdom on Christmas.
Kimmel told the Brits on Channel 4 that “tyranny is booming” in the United States, per Fox News.
Kimmel was chose selected to give the channel 4’s annual “Alternative Christmas Message.” This is a counter-programming speech that airs opposite the BBC’s traditional Royal Christmas message.
“I do know what’s going on over here though, and I can tell you that, from a fascism perspective, this has been a really great year,” Kimmel said. “Tyranny is booming over here.”
He said the audience may have read in the newspaper “my country’s president would like to shut me up because I don’t adore him in the way he likes to be adored.” He added the United States government “made a threat against me and the company I work for, and all of a sudden we were off the air.”
“But then, you know what happened?” Kimmel asked. “A Christmas miracle happened. Well, it was September, it was a September miracle. But the holiday does seem to come earlier and earlier every year, doesn’t it? Millions and millions of people stood up and said: ‘No, this is not acceptable.'”
Kimmel said even “people who were on record saying they hate my show” spoke out and marched in support of “the right to a free expression of speech.”
His show was brought back on air.
“Our show came back stronger than ever. We won, the president lost, and now I’m back on the air every night giving the most powerful politician on earth a right and richly deserved bollocking,” Kimmel said. “That’s a word, right? I used it properly?”
Kimmel said he’s relaying this story is because they may be thinking: “Oh, a government silencing its critics is something that happens in places like Russia, or North Korea, or L.A., not the U.K.'”
“Well, that’s what we thought, and now we’ve got King Donny the Eighth calling for executions. It happens fast,” he said.
He concluded then apologized on behalf of the U.S., adding Trump may think he’s a “king” but does not all Americans do.
“We are not bright. We’re Americans. No one knows better than you, we’re always just a little bit late to the game, but do we come through in the end? Maybe. Give us about three years. Please. Thank you for your patience, and thank you for Spider-Man. Merry Christmas, and happy holidays,” he said.
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ABC and Disney, temporarily pulled “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” in September after Kimmel suggested the suspected murderer of conservative activist Charlie Kirk was a Trump supporter.
The show was off air for a week.
