Kimmel's Disturbing Attack on Hannity Even Has Liberals Turning Against Him
A series of tweets by late-night host Jimmy Kimmel is being criticized by some liberals for his series of witter insults against Fox News host Sean Hannity that are being called homophobic.
Kimmel and Hannity began a Twitter war which had Hannity calling Kimmel “Harvey Weinstein Jr.” for some of the sexist stunts performed on “The Man Show.”
Reader discretion is advised for suggestive language.
https://twitter.com/seanhannity/status/982110963678629888
Kimmel struck back by saying the sexually explicit stunts were done with consent and claiming that Hannity was trivializing sexual assault.
I vote for whichever one best helps you trivialize the horrors of Harvey Weinstein by comparing them to televised comedy bits in which every woman was a willing participant who gladly signed a release https://t.co/6jlpRqtttY
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) April 6, 2018
Kimmel then proved how enlightened he’d become in recent years by implying that the the Fox News host was in a sexually coercive relationship with the president.
When your clown makeup rubs off on Trump’s ass, does it make his butt look like a Creamsicle? https://t.co/DEhmfOh0Hn
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) April 6, 2018
Don't worry – just keep tweeting – you'll get back on top! (or does Trump prefer you on bottom?) Either way, keep your chin up big fella..XO https://t.co/R4QJCoGYCL
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) April 6, 2018
Needless to say, his own side wasn’t particularly happy with Kimmel’s remarks. The biggest liberal name striking out against Kimmel was gossip columnist Perez Hilton, who is openly gay and about as liberal as it gets.
And again from Jimmy Kimmel! Lazy humor to consistently use gay men as punchlines or homophobic? pic.twitter.com/LBYIVbs3Dm
— Perez (@ThePerezHilton) April 7, 2018
He was far from the only one on the left to question whether the tweets were homophobic.
https://twitter.com/RyanHoulihan/status/982394852775260162
https://twitter.com/RyanHoulihan/status/982453455485898752
I’m physically ill over you making gay a punchline in 2018. With all the hatred out there, this is how you get laughs & RTs @jimmykimmel
— Scott Linnen (@ScottLinnen) April 6, 2018
YOU THINK YOURE JUST FEUDING HANNITY, CONGRATS PAL YOU JUST ALIENATED YOUR LGBT VIEWERS @jimmykimmel
— Scott Linnen (@ScottLinnen) April 6, 2018
Even some conservatives even got in on the fun.
https://twitter.com/BerrinAndro/status/982371430774947840
Well, that didn’t go over well. It looks like the left’s personal Jesus might only have a 97 percent chance of hosting next year’s Academy Awards.
That’s the rub, however: Kimmel has mostly gotten a pass for his past without apologizing for it because of what he believes. Regardless of whether those vulgar segments on “The Man Show” were done with release forms and consent or not, they were still overtly sexist and clearly made to imply that sexual harassment was going on. In fact, that was the entire joke.
And this was the guy lecturing people about sexual harassment from the stage at the Academy Awards.
Kimmel has mostly outrun any responsibility for it by making a lot of Trump jokes and crying about Obamacare. That’s it. Apparently, he’s still the same person underneath, as these tweets seem to prove.
Will the left finally use its standards on its own when it comes to Kimmel? We’ll certainly see.
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