US EditionDonald Trump Sends Chilling Warning to Late Night TV Hosts Jimmy Fallon and Kimmel
UNITED STATES, AUG 7 – Donald Trump claimed Stephen Colbert's cancellation is the first domino and predicted Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon will be canceled next amid CBS's merger and political tensions.
- On August 6, 2025, President Donald Trump publicly condemned talk show personalities Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel, suggesting they could be canceled next after the recent ending of Stephen Colbert’s program.
- Trump’s comments were prompted by CBS’s recent decision to end Stephen Colbert’s late-night program last month, a move the network attributed to financial challenges during an ongoing merger approval process.
- Trump accused Fallon and Kimmel of lacking talent and producing politically biased content he described as “100% political hits” targeting him and the Republican Party.
- Trump declared on Truth Social that Jimmy Kimmel would be the next to be removed from late night television due to a lack of talent, and he praised Colbert’s cancellation, commenting that Colbert’s ability was even lower than his viewership numbers.
- Trump's ongoing attacks suggest an intent to pressure networks and hosts, while CBS maintains cancellations were financial decisions to facilitate a merger, despite some critics alleging political motives.
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Trump Says Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon Could Lose Late-Night Shows: 'They're Next'
President Donald Trump suggested that late-night hosts Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel could face the same cancelation as Stephen Colbert. The post Trump Says Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon Could Lose Late-Night Shows: ‘They’re Next’ appeared first on Breitbart.
Donald Trump says Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon are "going to be gone" after Colbert cancellation
Donald Trump has hit out at late night talk show hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon, predicting that they will be “next” after it was announced that The Late Show With Stephen Colbert would be ending in May 2026. Last month, Stephen Colbert, a vocal critic of Trump, announced that his long-running show would be ending, and the Late Show franchise itself would retire. The host took over the show in 2015 from David Letterman, who had fronted it s…
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