In a recent online confrontation, CNN commentator Scott Jennings has alerted the FBI after former MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann allegedly issued a threat during a heated discussion about Jimmy Kimmel’s return to late-night television.
The dispute was sparked by Jennings’ reaction to ABC’s decision to bring Kimmel back to the airwaves, following controversial remarks the host made concerning the potential assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
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Jennings expressed his views on the situation via X, stating, “So basically his employer suspended him for being an insensitive [expletive], and we don’t live in an authoritarian regime? Got it.” In a now-removed response, Olbermann ominously replied, “You’re next [expletive].”
‘But keep mugging to the camera.’ Jennings responded by sharing a screenshot of the post and tagging FBI Director Kash Patel, seeing it as a violent threat.
Olbermann last week suggested that Kirk was burning in hell in another social media post. It had panned broadcast group Sinclair for arguing that taking Kimmel off public airwaves was not enough punishment for the host. ‘Burn in hell, Sinclair. Alongside Charlie Kirk,’ Olbermann wrote on his X account last Wednesday.
The company, at the time, was demanding an apology and a donation to Kirk’s Turning Point USA to bring Kimmel’s show back to the air. Sinclair is still refusing to air Kimmel more than a week later – the only owner of ABC local stations still doing so following Disney’s decision reinstate the star.
The move was made Monday afternoon – a week removed from Kimmel’s initial comments. ‘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 with everything they can to score political points from it,’ he had said of 22-year-old suspect Tyler Robinson.
The decision to pre-empt his show – made by Disney Co-chair Dana Walden and CEO Bob Iger – came Wednesday.
