Jimmy Kimmel just won a Peabody Award! The late-night host accepted the prestigious award Sunday evening and delivered a speech about the importance of American citizens’ right to criticize their government—and threw in a few jabs at Donald Trump, of course. Keep reading for more information.
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Jimmy Kimmel Slams Donald Trump
Kimmel has been extremely vocal with his criticisms of Donald Trump throughout Trump's second term as president, especially so since last September, when ABC pulled his talk show off air after his monologue concerning Charlie Kirk's killing. ABC received immense backlash, with many users canceling their subscriptions to the service, and Jimmy Kimmel Live! was reinstated a week later.
Ever since, Kimmel has been a huge proponent of the right to free speech, and more specifically, the right to criticize your government. In his acceptance speech, he reminded his audience that "making jokes about the President – in America – shouldn’t win you a prize. We have the right, guaranteed by the Constitution, to criticize and satirize our leaders. That is a right I took for granted, for the first 57 years of my life, until last September, when the FCC delivered an unpleasant surprise."
In response, Kimmel recalled, "I watched firsthand as millions of people, even some from across the aisle, objected. They spoke up, they marched, they cancelled their subscriptions to ‘Star Wars,’ because they refused to allow our freedoms to be bulldozed like the East Wing of the White House."
"They sent a message that we do care," he continued. "And that we will stand up. And that we will not stand by when comedy, and journalism, and dissent are censored, regulated and criminalized."
In typical Kimmel fashion, he couldn't help but reminisce on his many instances of dissent toward the president. "I called our President 'Fattyshack.' And 'Blob the Builder.' And 'Lie-ger Woods.' And the 'Hungry Hungry Hypocrite.' 'Our Fondling Father.' 'Mar-a-Lardo.' 'Nelson Tandela.' And 'Nostra-Dumbass.' And somehow, we got a Peabody out of it," he joked.
"This country really has gone to sh*t…," he concluded. "We thank those who supported us during last year in September. Thank you to the Peabody jurors for this adorable little trophy, and thank you to Donald Trump, our commander-in-thief, 'Abrascam Lincoln,' 'Orange Julius Caesar,' 'Greedy McGolfy,' 'Dopey McGropey' and 'Pumpkin McPornhumper.'
