Jimmy Kimmel

I know that's not as interesting as muzzling a comedian, but it's so important to have a free press, and it is nuts that we aren't paying more attention to it.

This show is not important.

What is important is that we get to live in a country that allows us to have a show like this.

And thankfully, the first lady and the president had their hands on the rails.

Yes.

it was never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man

I don't think there's anything funny about it.

I posted a message on Instagram on the day he was killed, sending love to his family and asking for compassion.

And I meant it.

I still do.

Nor was it my intention to blame any specific group for the actions of what it was obviously a deeply disturbed individual.

That was really the opposite of the point I was trying to make.

But I understand that to some that felt either ill-timed or unclear or maybe both.

And for those who think I did point a finger, I get why you're upset.

If the situation was reversed, there's a good chance I'd have felt the same way.

I have many friends and family members on the other side who I love and remain close to even though we don't agree on politics at all.

I don't think the murderer who shot Charlie Kirk represents anyone.

This was a sick person who believed violence was a solution and

It isn't, ever.

We don't need to learn a football game and know that turnovers are very hard to overcome.