John Oliver used the main segment of his HBO show sunday night addressing the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel.

Last week, Disney suspended the host of Jimmy Kimmel Live! following the ABC late-night host’s remarks about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

The dramatic move followed Federal Communications Commission chair brendan Carr threatening to take action against ABC affiliates in the wake of a Kimmel comment that many took as suggesting the shooting suspect, Tyler Robinson, was a MAGA Republican during his Monday monologue.

“We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel said.

After station owners Nexstar and Sinclair said they would not be airing Jimmy Kimmel Live! in the wake of those comments, Disney made the decision to suspend Kimmel indefinitely. The company has faced backlash from Hollywood A-listers, current and veteran late-night hosts, politicians and the public for its decision, with many accusing Disney of bowing to pressure from the Trump administration.

On Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, Oliver started off his main segment by noting Kirk’s tragic death.

“A person getting shot is tragic and a person getting shot for their ideas is horrifying,” he said. “That is true no matter what those ideas are, and I also recognize that for many, especially those who are the targets of some of Kirk’s ideas, it has been hard to stay quiet as they see flags lowered to half staff, and claims that he debated things the right way. But setting all of that aside, it does seem like some are now willing to weaponize Kirk’s death to do things they’ve been

John Oliver Calls Out FCC Chairman Over Kimmel Suspension

Last week, ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel for three weeks after the comedian’s monologue about the FCC and its chairman, Nathan Carr, sparked controversy. Carr had made remarks about potentially revisiting rules regarding indecency on broadcast television, seemingly in response to kimmel’s jokes. Now, John Oliver has weighed in, calling out Carr’s actions on Last Week Tonight.

“So, Nathan Carr, the chairman of the FCC, basically said he’d like to revisit decency standards on television, and then, almost immediately after that, several Sinclair Broadcast Group stations-which, incidentally, own a lot of local news stations-decided not to air Kimmel’s show, and Sinclair even cited Carr’s remarks in their statement, saying, ‘We appreciate FCC Chairman Carr’s remarks today,’ and come on, Sinclair. As I believe Olandria once said to Huda on Love Island, ‘Don’t embarrass yourself going too hard for a man.’ Just solid advice for the islands of love and for business.”

Oliver went on to note that Carr wasn’t “trying to dissuade people from connecting the dots here as when one media reporter asked him for a comment, he sent back a smiley emoji” and sent a gif of The Office to CNN in response.

“It’s from The Office, and that’s, that was the actual response by the chairman of the FCC,” Oliver said, adding: “Look, I like The Office. Who doesn’t like The Office? Sure, I could have done without seasons 8 and 9, but if it’s on at a hotel, I’m not kicking it out of bed. Having mentioned that,I want you to run through your friend list in your head right now and pick out the person most likely to text you a gif from The Office. Do you have them in your mind? They’re your least favorite friend,right? Just be honest. They’re the one you invite to stuff just because you’re afraid no one else will show up. They’re a third-string friend, they’re your backup’s backup, and if you’re thinking, ‘There’s nothing wrong with sending Office gifs,’ I’m afraid that person might be you.”

Oliver again emphasized that what went down was very easy to see.

“Look, the sequence of events here could not be clearer because it was all done in plain view,” he said. “Carr leaned on broadcasters to take down Kimmel. They did that, sometimes even directly citing Carr while doing so, and then Carr celebrated with a fun gif.That sure seems like a pretty clear case of the government pressuring companies to censor speech.”

Oliver went on to say that Kimmel’s suspension feels like a “turning point.”

“Not because comedians are vital, but because we are not,” he said. “If the government can force a network to pull a late night show off the air and do so in plain view, it c