‘Contrition Is Just Common Decency, But That’s Not Jimmy Kimmel’: Gregg Jarrett Calls ABC Host ‘Craven And Cowardly’

Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett called Jimmy Kimmel “craven and cowardly” during an appearance on Fox Business Wednesday.

Kimmel returned to the air Tuesday without apologizing for the comments that led ABC to suspend his show following backlash over his remarks about Charlie Kirk’s assassination. In an appearance on “The Evening Edit,” Jarrett didn’t mince words in his takedown of Kimmel.

“I think that an honest, honorable person would have admitted he was wrong and apologized. Contrition is just common decency, but that’s not Jimmy Kimmel. And we saw it last night. Instead, what he did was double down on his original lie by lying even more,” Jarrett told host Elizabeth McDonald. “Last night he said — and I was shocked when I was watching it — ‘it was not my intention to blame any specific group for Kirk’s assassination.’ But wait a minute, that was his intent.”

Jarrett said the ABC host deliberately spread falsehoods and refused to take responsibility.

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“It’s exactly what he did. He clearly conveyed by his words a week ago, when he falsely claimed that the killer was part of the, quote, MAGA gang. It was untrue then. It’s untrue now. He continues to exploit his powerful perch to mislead the public without a scintilla of regret, which is, in my opinion, craven and cowardly,” Jarrett said. “What Kimmel lacks, I think, his moral decency, compassion, conscience — not to mention honesty — and, you know, I was pleased to see people today calling him out for his charade of deceptions. They should continue.”

ABC suspended Kimmel after several public figures, including MSNBC analyst Matthew Dowd and Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah, lost their jobs for celebrating, mocking, or justifying Kirk’s assassination on social media platforms like BlueSky. (RELATED: ‘A No-Brainer’: Clay Travis Tells Jimmy Kimmel What To Tell America When He Returns Tuesday Night)

Before Kimmel’s Sept. 15 episode, Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox detailed evidence from the manhunt for the accused assassin, Tyler Robinson, during a Sept. 12 press conference and appearances on ABC’s “This Week” and CNN’s “State of the Union.” Multiple outlets also reported that Robinson embraced a “leftist” ideology, with left-wing slogans etched onto his rifle’s ammunition.

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