Bob Iger, who recently stepped down as CEO of Disney, is defending the company’s decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel back in September over his comments about the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
Publicly addressing the debacle for the the first time in an interview with the Financial Times, Iger denied the widespread speculation that Disney pulled “Jimmy Kimmel Live” to capitulate to the Trump administration.
“That was not the case,” Iger said. “We thought it was in bad taste.” The retired executive also explained that Kimmel was asked to apologize for his remarks: “We just wanted him to acknowledge that it was an ill-timed and probably inappropriate comment.”
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