A smirking Jimmy Kimmel emerged from his Los Angeles home Thursday afternoon — to drive himself to his high-powered attorney’s office — after getting canned by ABC over his offensive Charlie Kirk comments.
The “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” host, 57, was spotted in his sleek black Audi S8, wearing shades and flashing the sinister smile as he arrived at a Century City complex that houses several law firms, according to photos snapped by The Post.
The comedian was meeting with his attorney, Karl Austen, a day after the network “indefinitely” yanked his longtime late-night show over venomous remarks — for which he refused to apologize — that targeted the gunned-down right-wing icon during Monday night’s monologue, Page Six confirmed.
Austen’s other high-profile Hollywood clients have included Seth MacFarlane, Jude Law, Dave Bautista and Jeffrey Wright.
The TV personality was later seen slipping out of the legal eagle’s office before sneaking his posh car through the back gate of a parking garage and down an alley about four hours later.
Kimmel came under fire when he said the “MAGA gang” was trying to score political points off Kirk’s savage public execution.
“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 on his show, which is taped in front of a live audience.
Kirk, a close ally of President Trump, was shot dead by a single bullet to the neck while speaking with thousands during an outdoor event at Utah Valley University in Orem on Sept. 10.
Tyler Robinson, 22, has since been arrested and charged with the vicious slaying.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr blasted Disney — ABC’s parent company — over Kimmel’s comments about Kirk’s accused assassin, demanding the media giant take action over “some of the sickest conduct possible.”
Kimmel also faced blowback from the Sinclair Broadcast Group and Nextar, which own dozens of ABC affiliates, with both slamming the comedian and preempting his show.
Sinclair went as far as to demand that Kimmel issue a direct apology to the Turning Point USA co-founder’s family and make a “meaningful personal donation” to the conservative organization.
But Kimmel stood firm in his vitriol and rejected dozens of calls for an apology during a phone call with top Disney exec Dana Walden on Wednesday afternoon when he learned he was being taken off the air, Deadline reported.
Kimmel — known for taking frequent jabs at the president and his followers in his monologues — felt his remarks required no apologies, another source told the Hollywood Reporter.
But Page Six has learned that the multimillionaire late-night host had only months left on his Disney contract — and ABC may have been trying to push him out before negotiations began later this year.
Sources said the network may have used the fierce uproar as a pretext to pull the plug early and sidestep another year of Kimmel’s incendiary remarks.
Since Wednesday’s decision, both Sinclair and Nexstar have been accused of bowing to the Trump administration in an effort to smooth the path for billion-dollar mergers that require FCC approval.
Trump has since celebrated the move — claiming he has his eyes set now on Kimmel’s fellow late-night hosts Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers, who air on NBC.
“Great News for America: The ratings challenged Jimmy Kimmel Show is CANCELLED,” Trump posted on Truth Social from England, shortly after the news was announced.
“Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done. Kimmel has ZERO talent, and worse ratings than even [Stephen] Colbert, if that’s possible. That leaves Jimmy [Fallon] and Seth, two total losers, on Fake News NBC. Their ratings are also horrible. Do it NBC!!! President DJT.”
Trump told reporters Thursday that the host was axed over his “bad ratings.”
Kimmel’s tenure was cut short just two months after CBS killed Colbert’s “The Late Show” following similar political controversy.
It remains unclear whether Kimmel will return to host the late-night show, which has been a staple for ABC since 2004, following Disney’s decision.
Reps for Disney and Kimmel did not immediately respond for comment.
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