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Danica Patrick has stuck the boot in on Jimmy Kimmel after the late night talk show host was suspended by ABC over his offensive comments about Charlie Kirk's death.
Kimmel has been pulled off the air 'indefinitely' by ABC over his take on the assassination of conservative activist and MAGA influencer Kirk, who was fatally shot while speaking with students at Utah Valley University last week.
The suspected shooter, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, appeared in court Tuesday on multiple charges, including aggravated murder, after being taken into custody.
On Monday's episode of his ABC show, Kimmel said during his monologue that the 'MAGA gang' was trying to gain political points over Kirk's murder, while also falsely insinuating that Robinson was conservative - despite investigators stating he has far-left ideologies and was in a romantic relationship with his transgender roommate.
The network's affiliate group, Nexstar, announced on Wednesday that it 'strongly objects' to his comments and 'will replace the show with other programming in its ABC-affiliated markets.'
And former racing driver Patrick, who supported Donald Trump on his election campaign last year, has celebrated Kimmel's suspension as a victory for 'human decency' while pulling up an old tweet from Kirk in which he branded the comedian 'not funny'.
Danica Patrick has stuck the boot in on Jimmy Kimmel after he was suspended by ABC
Kimmel (left) has been pulled from the network 'indefinitely' for his comments on Charlie Kirk
After sharing a post which announced the news, she wrote on her Instagram story: 'Human decency is coming back. Thank god.'
Patrick also posted an old tweet from the late Kirk, who said back in 2017: 'Jimmy Kimmel isn't funny'.
Kimmel was reportedly set to address his remarks on his show Wednesday night before he received news that he had been axed, according to Deadline. He is now said to be livid over the sudden change of plans.
The television personality's remarks had caught instant flak from Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr, who told conservative podcaster Benny Johnson earlier on Wednesday that he was considering an investigation into Kimmel and his network ABC for his claims.
Following the news of his cancelation, Carr told Fox News' Sean Hannity that he was simply 'suffering the consequences' of his actions.
Many left-wing leaning celebrities leapt to Kimmel's defense following the drastic move with some branding it an attack on free speech, while other social media users have claimed the host is the latest victim of cancel culture.
Patrick took to Instagram to celebrate his axing, describing it as a victory for 'human decency'
The former racing driver and MAGA influencer also shared an old post from Kirk about Kimmel
Yet Barstool Sports chief Dave Portnoy, who fired his own member of staff earlier this week for sending a message to Kirk's family, hit back at those claims as he also suggested Kimmel was merely facing the consequences of his actions.
'With Kimmel getting canned I’m seeing lots of people talking about the hypocrisy of cancel culture,' the outspoken media mogul posted in a rant on X. 'To me Cancel culture is when people go out of their way to dig up old tweets, videos etc looking for dirt on somebody they don’t like in an effort to get them fired.
'Like if Kimmel got canceled for s*** he did on the Man Show that would be cancel culture. But when a person says something that a ton of people find offensive, rude, dumb in real time and then that person is punished for it that’s not cancel culture. That is consequences for your actions.'
