Jimmy Kimmel Shares Photo with Norman Lear Ahead of Late-Night Return

Jimmy Kimmel returned to social media for the first time since his latenight shows hiatus and the ABC latenight host posted a photo on Tuesday with late Norman Lear who former President Richard Nixon once singled out as one of his enemies as reported by Fox NewsHe captioned the image Missing this guy todayView this post on InstagramA post shared by Jimmy Kimmel jimmykimmelHe has been at the centre of a national political firestorm about free speech and the differences between cancel culture and consequence culture It marked his first public comments since he was taken off the air last week and came just hours before his return on Tuesday night according to the outletThe post came hours before Kimmels return to Jimmy Kimmel Live following the controversy over remarks about the alleged assassin of Charlie Kirk Kimmel faced backlash for suggesting the suspect was a MAGA supporter leading to a veiled FCC warning and two major ABC affiliate owners temporarily pulling his showThe Walt Disney Company confirmed Monday that after thoughtful conversations with Kimmel the program would resume although Sinclair and Nexstar affiliates will continue to preempt itLear was a legendary screenwriter and producer who died in 2023 at the age of 101 His sitcoms were quite popular in their day and addressed social issues including racism homosexuality and war Some of his hit shows he created and produced include All in the Family The Jeffersons and Good Times as per Fox NewsLear was known to be on the enemies list of President Richard Nixon who was in the White House from 1969 to 1974 according to PeopleIn a 2016 interview with Democracy Now Lear talked about being on the enemies list of President Richard NixonI think I just got lucky Lear said of his spot on Nixons enemies list Well hes on tape you know I think we used the tape in the American Masters documentary where he is talking about it with HR Halderman in his office hes talking about that show that makes fun of a good man Those were his words And he was talking about Archie Bunker from All in the Family And he was talking about that we were lauding homosexuality and homosexuality brought down the Greek empire It was Nixon at his Trumpish as per the outletThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever