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Charlie Kirk’s Team Isn’t Buying Jimmy Kimmel’s Tearful Apology: ‘Unrepentant Liar’

RNN Staff

Jimmy Kimmel returned to late-night TV Tuesday with a shaky apology over his comments about the assassination of Charlie Kirk — but Kirk’s allies are calling it a performance designed to save his career, not honor the victim.

Andrew Kolvet, a spokesman for Turning Point USA and executive producer of The Charlie Kirk Show, blasted Kimmel’s teary-eyed moment as self-serving and hollow.

“Yes, Jimmy got emotional. So what,” Kolvet wrote on X. “He’s emotional for himself because he almost torched his entire career.”

Kolvet accused Kimmel of trying to deflect from his original smear — suggesting Kirk’s assassin was tied to the “MAGA gang” despite authorities confirming otherwise. “He’s an unrepentant liar who tried to blame Charlie’s assassination on the part of the country that just spent the last two weeks praying and holding vigils,” Kolvet said.

Kimmel previously claimed conservatives were using the tragedy to score “political points.” Last week, he mocked MAGA supporters for saying the killer wasn’t one of them, saying, “We hit some new lows with the MAGA gang trying to characterize this kid who killed Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them.”

But authorities say the 22-year-old suspect was radicalized by left-wing ideology and viewed Kirk as “hateful.” At the time of his murder, Kirk was speaking with students at Utah Valley University, participating in what he called a peaceful debate tour.

Kolvet responded sharply: “The truth is that someone on the left picked up a gun and murdered someone on the right who advocated for peaceful debate.”

He continued, “It’s critical that liars admit they lied. Anything short of that is a fake and scripted cry line designed to endear him to his fans.”

Jack Posobiec, a Turning Point contributor and close friend of Kirk’s, posted similar thoughts. “He still won’t tell the truth about the suspect. And that’s the tell. He’s running cover.”

Kimmel, who claimed he was suspended by Disney after his controversial remarks, said during his return monologue that he never intended to make light of Kirk’s murder. “I don’t think there’s anything funny about it,” he said. “I don’t think the murderer who shot Charlie Kirk represents anyone. I think this was a sick person.”

Despite his return, Jimmy Kimmel Live! was not aired in certain markets. Broadcast giants Sinclair and Nexstar, who own dozens of ABC affiliates, confirmed they would not be carrying the episode. The damage may already be done. RELATED: (Trump Rips Into ABC for Ending Jimmy Kimmel Suspension: ‘A True Bunch of Losers’)

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