NOTN- Residents filled Centennial Hall on Monday to oppose a plan to redevelop Juneau’s Telephone Hill into higher-density housing.
About 30 people testified against the proposal, which calls for replacing 14 existing units with more than 100 new units. Mayor Beth Weldon said the project is part of the city’s effort to expand downtown housing.
The Assembly has appropriated $5.5 million toward the redevelopment, though Weldon said no decisions are final.
“Most of it just comes down to trying to get housing downtown.” said Weldon, “So instead of 14 units, we’re looking for over 100 units, its a leap of faith.”
Opponents who testified criticized the plan’s cost and the displacement of current residents. The city maintains the redevelopment is necessary to address Juneau’s housing shortage.
“We do have a timeline. This is a topic for people, because we are doing evictions, but in the spirit of trying to get more housing downtown.” Weldon said.
According to Mayor Weldon, the Assembly changed the format through resident testimony so that there was more conversation between the city and the individuals who showed up to testify.
FILE – In this photo provided by the National Park Service is Grazer, the winner of the 2023 Fat Bear Contest, at Katmai National Park, Alaska on Sept. 14, 2023. (F. Jimenez/National Park Service via AP, File)
AP- After gorging all summer on sockeye salmon, the portliest brown bears on the Alaska Peninsula will battle it out to see who will be named the fattest of them all in the wildly popular online voting contest called Fat Bear Week.
Those casting votes online starting Tuesday will choose between 11 mammoth brown bears and the winner of last week’s competition for cubs, named “128 Junior.” She’s a cub of “Grazer,” the two-time defending Fat Bear Week champion at Katmai National Park and Preserve who is looking for a third title.
The contest, which began in 2014, is meant to showcase the resiliency of the brown bears, who pack on the pounds each fall to survive the harsh winter, mostly by gobbling salmon on the Brooks River in the remote preserve about 300 miles (482 kilometers) southwest of Anchorage by plane. The public can watch the bears on explore.org’s livestream cameras before deciding on their favorite creature.
How to vote for Fat Bear Week
The 12 contestants announced Monday will face off in a single-elimination, bracket-style tournament. All voting is done online at www.fatbearweek.org, with the winner declared Sept. 30.
The first round features eight bears squaring off in four separate contests. The four winners advance to the second round, where they face four bears that received first-round byes.
There are about 2,200 brown bears within Katmai, a 6,562-square-mile (16,997-square-kilometer) park on the Alaska Peninsula, which extends from the state’s southwest corner toward the Aleutian Islands. To be featured in the contest, the bears must frequent the area of the main Brooks Camp.
The contest has some colorful characters
The contestants include a number of colorful characters, from a bear nicknamed “Flotato” for a stomping dance it does, to one that will place its paw over its heart like she is pledging allegiance to the flag while waiting for fish to arrive.
Two of the contestants were once dominate males now adjusting to new realities. One was once at the top of the bear hierarchy but now is the old man of the river. The other is adapting to life with a broken jaw that will never heal properly.
The brown bears at Katmai are among the largest in the world. Mike Fitz, a naturalist for explore.org who started the Fat Bear Contest at Katmai when he was a ranger there, said that the only bears that are bigger are on nearby Kodiak Island.
A male bear at Katmai weighs about 700 to 900 pounds (318 kg to 408 kg) mid-summer and can bloat to over a 1,000 pounds (454 kg) by September or October, thanks to successful foraging. But even a 1,400-pound (635-kg) male isn’t unusual.
Female bears are about half to two-thirds the size of adult males.
But the contest isn’t always just about how big the bear is, and the past two years prove that point with “Grazer” defeating “Chunk,” one of the biggest bears on Brooks River.
Voters could consider the challenges some contestants have had to overcome, such as female bears who protect their young and produce milk for the cubs while also fattening up for winter themselves.
Abundant salmon equals fat bears
Even though factors other than girth can be considered when voting, this might be the year when weight does play a role.
Brooks Falls is famous for brown bears snagging salmon out of the air as the fish try to jump upstream to get to their spawning ground.
That didn’t happen much this year, as an exceptional salmon run reduced the need for bears to compete for fishing spots at the falls.
“We are kind of expecting really to have some of the fattest bears we’ve ever seen in the event,” Fitz said. In fact, officials refer to one contestant as “cruise ship” because of its sheer plumpness.
Demonstrators march in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 6, 2025, to protest President Donald Trump’s use of federal law enforcement and National Guard troops in the nation’s capital.AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana
Protests are becoming a routine part of public life in the United States. Since 2017, the number of nonviolent demonstrations has almost tripled, according to researchers with the nonprofit Crowd Counting Consortium.
My research shows that polarization – the extent to which people dislike members of the opposing party – is a key driver. Today political polarization, as reflected by the ratings Americans give to the political parties, continues to be at its highest level since political scientists began using the measure in 1964.
I am an expert on political behavior, and my work analyzes how polarization shapes public life. In a recent article published in the journal Social Forces, I analyzed surveys conducted between 2014 and 2021 that asked Americans whether they had joined protests connected to Black Lives Matter, the climate movement or the tea party, the small-government movement that was active in the early 2010s.
These surveys, which include over 14,000 respondents, make it possible to see what separates people who protest from those who stay home.
The data points to a clear pattern: Anger at the other side motivates protest. People who rated the opposing party more negatively at one point in time were much more likely to take part in demonstrations in the years that followed.
Dislike for the other side spurs action
Importantly, I found that partisan animosity was a strong motivator for taking part in protests, even after taking people’s feelings about the issues into account. In the surveys, respondents were asked detailed questions about their views on the movements’ topics: for example, whether white Americans enjoyed advantages that Black Americans did not, or how serious a problem they thought climate change was and whether it was caused by human activity.
This allowed me to calculate how much protest activity was due to partisan anger and how much was simply a result of policy concerns. The results surprised me.
For the two higher-profile movements – Black Lives Matter and the tea party – partisan animosity mattered for protest a little more than half as much as people’s feelings about racial inequality or government spending, respectively. For climate protests, the effect of partisan anger was even greater. How people felt toward the “other side” mattered 2½ times more for their decision to protest than did concern about climate change.
This finding matters because it shows that polarization is not just about what people think. It also changes how they participate in politics.
What’s known as “affective polarization,” or the tendency for partisans to dislike and distrust each other, has already been shown to affect how people view U.S. political parties and their willingness to be friends across party lines. My study showed that this kind of division also increases people’s real-world engagement with politics.
When partisans feel threatened or angry at the opposing side, they don’t just complain about it. They organize, hit the streets and march.
More division, more marches
The polarized nature of protest also helps explain why some of today’s protests address multiple issues. The No Kings protests in June 2025, for instance, challenged a number of actions, including funding cuts to social programs, ICE deportations and the deployment of troops in Los Angeles.
But the “King” in question was always clear: President Donald Trump. Protesters may not have shared identical or extreme views on every issue, but they were united by their opposition to Trump.
Protest has long been an infrequent activity, but that’s changing. In the 2020 American National Election Study, nearly 1 in 10 Americans said they had joined a protest in the past year, the highest figure recorded on that survey since the question was first asked in 1976.
That level of participation makes protest one of the most visible ways Americans now engage in politics. As polarization remains high, there is every reason to expect it will continue – starting with another nationwide No Kings protest planned for Oct. 18, 2025.
The author has attended public events for social movements mentioned in this article. These experiences did not involve any funding, employment, or formal affiliation, and the analysis presented here is guided by academic standards of objectivity and evidence-based research.
A proposed mega-merger would give the new company massive influence over film, television, streaming and the cloud infrastructure.bymuratdeniz/iStock Getty Images Plus
Following unprecedented threats from Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr, major affiliate station owners Nexstar and Sinclair Broadcasting pressured Disney’s ABC to pull Jimmy Kimmel’s show off the air over his comments related to Charlie Kirk’s killing.
The suspension is a harbinger of what could happen under a fundamental restructuring of U.S. media that will take place if the proposed Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery merger is approved by the Trump administration.
The deal, first revealed on September 11, 2025, would erase one of the five remaining movie studios and concentrate oversight of two of the country’s most prominent newsrooms – CNN and CBS, both targets of the Trump administration’s ire – under one owner with strong ties to Donald Trump.
Based on research from the Global Media & Internet Concentration Project, our analysis shows that Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery would gain control of more than a quarter of the US$223 billion U.S. media market, along with influence over film, television, streaming and the cloud infrastructure upon which digital media increasingly depends.
The combined entity would acquire nearly half of the cable television market, including HBO and CNN. The merger would nearly double Paramount’s share of the video streaming market, uniting HBO Max, Paramount+ and Discovery.
By combining two major Hollywood film studios, it would also capture nearly one-third of the film production market.
This is exactly the type of merger that U.S. antitrust agencies have historically scrutinized because of concerns that excessive market concentration gives too much power to a few companies.
A mega-conglomerate like Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery would control a vast share of U.S. viewership. Subject to pressure from or, worse, alignment with the Trump administration, the merged company could promote and protect the administration’s interests.
By combining media production and valuable brands such as Harry Potter, DC Comics and Barbie, the merged giant would gain great negotiating power with competing streaming companies, advertisers and distributors. The merged companies could also secure more lucrative streaming deals, better licensing windows and higher per subscriber and ad rates with cable providers.
The 2023 Hollywood writers and actors strikes opposed the exploitative impact of streaming and AI on creative workers’ compensation. The new media giant would wield significant bargaining power over those media workers.
The merger’s potential detrimental impact extends beyond film and television industries.
Cloud providers are the critical infrastructure for streaming platforms, ferrying digital content from streamers to viewers. As streaming becomes the dominant mode of media consumption, the Ellison family’s control over this infrastructure could give Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery another lever of power over its competitors.
Diversity denied
With potential size and reach to rival Disney and Comcast’s NBC Universal, Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery could become another massive media outlet with right-wing ties.
If the merger is approved, Fox Corporation, the conservative Sinclair Broadcasting and Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery would control one-third of all U.S. media.
The Trump administration has not shied away from using antitrust law and communications regulation to exercise political control over media.
Before initiating its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount was acquired by David Ellison’s Skydance Media. Ahead of the government’s merger review, amid regulatory signals it could affect the review process, Paramount-owned CBS paid $16.5 million dollars to Donald Trump to settle a lawsuit Trump filed based on allegations of “deceptive” editing of an interview with his political opponent Kamala Harris. Editing of interviews is a standard editorial practice.
Shortly after, the merger was approved by the FCC with strict political conditions: hiring an ombudsman to oversee CBS’s reporting and eliminating all of the network’s diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
David Ellison accepted these conditions, promising to eliminate all of Paramount’s U.S.-based DEI programs. For the ombudsman role, he hired Kenneth Weinstein, former CEO of the conservative Hudson Institute and ambassador to Japan under the first Trump administration.
Since then, the Paramount CEO also has pursued Bari Weiss, a prominent conservative voice, to guide “the editorial direction” of the CBS news division. Ellison’s moves signal that editorial independence at CBS, and soon perhaps CNN, may be subject to ideological oversight.
Oracle’s Larry Ellison and son David Ellison, head of Skydance, attend a Los Angeles film premiere on May 14, 2013. Eric Charbonneau/Invision/AP
The senior Ellison has been playing a key role in negotiations over the future ownership of TikTok. His ties to Trump run deep enough to likely make him one of the main beneficiaries of the TikTok deal currently in negotiation between the United States and China.
Trump has shown an appetite for coercing media companies. For instance, ABC settled a Trump lawsuit in late 2024 with a $15 million donation to the as-yet-unbuilt Trump Library.
By placing two major news outlets in the hands of a family with ties to Trump, the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger would facilitate such control.
If the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger is approved and Larry Ellison joins Andreessen Horowitz as part of the impending TikTok deal, a movie studio, CBS, CNN, Fox, 185 Sinclair-owned TV stations and a major social media platform will have owners with strong ties to Trump.
We believe the promised benefits of a Paramount-Warner Bros. Disovery merger, including lower streaming prices, pale next to the damage it would do to media diversity and pluralism.
By acquiring greater control over film production, TV and streaming, the merger would dramatically reconfigure the very media institutions that shape U.S. culture and politics.
The Trump administration’s review of this merger may further cement the administration’s political control over the U.S. media.
This story has been updated to reflect developments in the status of Kimmel’s show.
Pawel Popiel receives funding from funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Dwayne Winseck receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Hendrik Theine receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Sydney Forde receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Also in attendance were Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
Trump and Musk shook hands and spoke to each other.
Now, a new report may shed light upon their conversation.
NEW: President Trump and Elon Musk were spotted sitting together and chatting during a surprise reunion at Charlie Kirk’s memorial. pic.twitter.com/5asd3mTiJF
According to RadarOnline, a lip reading expert says that the conversation began with shocking normality considering the less-than-normal speakers and their personal histories.
“How are you doing?” Trump reportedly began.
“So Elon, I’ve heard you wanted to chat.”
Musk’s response was to shrug.
Elon Musk speaks alongside Donald Trump to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025. (Photo Credit: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
“Let’s try and work out how to get back on track,” Donald Trump allegedly told Elon Musk.
The purchaser of Tesla responded to that with a nod.
According to the same report, when Trump his hand, he confessed to Musk: “I’ve missed you.”
On September 21, 2025, Elon Musk decided to post a brief excerpt of Matthew 6:12, a Christian prayer regarding forgiveness. (Image Credit: Twitter)
“Forgive us our trespasses,” Musk tweeted in the early evening on Sunday. “As we forgive those who trespass against us.”
Some have speculated that he was simply echoing Kirk’s widow, Erika, as she shared a message of forgiveness.
Notably, the idea that past misdeeds can be absolved has been a huge selling point for Christianity for nearly 2,000 years.
Elon Musk and Donald Trump shake hands as they attend the men’s NCAA wrestling competition at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 22, 2025. (Photo Credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
However, others wondered if this was Elon Musk referring to forgiving Donald Trump.
The two ill-tempered social media users launched a war of words earlier this year.
(We do not say this often, but Trump’s suggestion was astute, despite his motives.
There has not been any apparent follow-through, unfortunately)
Trump: He did not hate his opponents. He wanted the best for them. That’s where I disagreed with Charlie. I hate my opponent and I don’t want the best for them. I’m sorry pic.twitter.com/GUiW7NBb0y
Less than one week after ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel amid pressure from the FCC, the network announced today that the comedian’s talk show will return to the airwaves on Tuesday.
ABC’s parent company Disney confirmed the news in a statement issued Monday afternoon.
Jimmy Kimmel attends as Keep Memory Alive hosts star-studded lineup at annual “Power Of Love” gala at MGM Grand Garden Arena on February 22, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images for Keep Memory Alive)
Disney announced Kimmel’s return to the airwaves
“Last Wednesday, we made the decision to suspend production on the show to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country,” the Walt Disney Company said in a press release.
“It is a decision we made because we felt some of the comments were ill-timed and thus insensitive,” the statement continued.
“We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday.”
The decision is sure to be a controversial one, as many Americans still believe that Kimmel’s joke about Trump’s reaction to the shooting was somehow sufficient cause to prompt a government intervention.
Jimmy Kimmel speaks onstage at The Alliance For Women In Media Foundation’s 50th Annual Gracie Awards Gala at Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel on May 20, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
But for the most part, the move was an unpopular one, that led even staunch Trump allies like Ted Cruz to speak out against what he described as a dangerous revocation of First Amendment rights.
The American Civil Liberties Union issued an open letter signed by more than 400 celebrities, in which Disney’s decision was characterized as a “dark moment for freedom of speech in our nation.”
“We the people must never accept government threats to our freedom of speech,” the letter says.
“Efforts by leaders to pressure artists, journalists, and companies with retaliation for their speech strike at the heart of what it means to live in a free country.”
Jimmy Kimmel attends the ABC Walt Disney Television Upfront on May 14, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
The list of stars who signed the letter included such names as Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Billy Crystal, Robert De Niro, Jane Fonda, Selena Gomez, Tom Hanks, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Joaquin Phoenix, Ben Stiller, Meryl Streep, and Kerry Washington.
“You can’t go around firing somebody because you’re fearful or trying to suck up to an authoritarian, criminal administration in the Oval Office,” ex-late night host David Letterman remarked, according to NBC News.
Kimmel has yet to address ABC’s decision publicly, but you can be sure he’ll share his thoughts during his opening monologue tomorrow night.
We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.
In June of 2025, Farrah Abraham appeared as a podcast guest to discuss her favorite topics. (Image Credit: YouTube)
Farrah Abraham is allegedly sporting a filler-free face
While speaking toUs Weekly, Farrah Abraham made some bold claims about her use — or disuse — of cosmetic injectables.
“I actually have no Botox, no filler, nothing in my lips,” she announced.
“My face is just however my face is,” Farrah alleged.
“And my body.” (It seems that Farrah is saying that her body is also however her body is)
During her 2018 appearance on ‘Face The Truth,’ Farrah Abraham seemed reluctant and angry to do so when the host confronted her with her drug test results. (Image Credit: Fox)
By definition, Farrah’s face and body would be however they are. That’s how faces and bodies work.
She also gushed that she has learned to “love who I am at 34.”
That is interesting, as Farrah has always seemed to be her own #1 fan.
Apparently, she finally saw what she looks like (and it was a wake-up call)
For many, many years, Farrah Abraham has announced her various procedures, including controversial treatments like vaginal tightening.
(That one’s controversial primarily because Farrah is a young woman and the therapy is not really designed for someone her age)
However, Farrah explained that she had finally noticed that her face looked “super puffy” on TV. Finally. Finally.
As always, Farrah Abraham has a lot to say to anyone willing to listen. (Image Credit: YouTube)
“I actually love who I am at 34, but it has taken such a long way to get here,” Farrah shared.
Sounding like a commercial, she spoke about how it was quite the journey “to just be like, ‘Hey, this is plain Farrah, love that skin you’re in.’”
Farrah continued: “And so, because I was having those allergic reactions to some of the fillers, I’m like, ‘I need, I need to stop this.’”
Want to hear Farrah Abraham confess on this ‘Ex On The Beach’ scene? No? (Image Credit: MTV)
‘I’m so happy to not be bothered right now’
“It was bothering everything,” Farrah Abraham claimed. “So, I’m happy to not be bothered right now. And breathe, right? Normal, yeah. Thank God.”
She affirmed; “And I needed this, and I think I needed to feel this alone, not with someone around me.”
Farrah said that this was “because, like, my brain gets confused sometimes, of like, you know, happiness with relationships, but it’s actually happiness with self.”
Yes, her brain does get confused sometimes.
At the moment, it sounds like she’s on a track towards not getting cosmetic work done on impulse. We’ll see how long that lasts.
As we previously reported, Sunday’s Charlie Kirk memorial drew an estimated 90,000 mourners to State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
Several public figures who were close to Kirk took the stage, with some paying tribute to his life and legacy, while others seized the opportunity to score political points.
The guest of honor, of course, was Charlie’s widow, Erika Kirk, who delivered an emotional eulogy to her late husband.
Mrs. Erika Kirk wipes away tears during the memorial service for her husband, political activist Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium on September 21, 2025 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Getty Images)
But with 90,000 attendees, numerous celebrities delivering speeches, and literal onstage pyrotechnics, the event had a very different tone than the usual memorial service.
And some social media users believe aspects of the memorial were inappropriate or even offensive.
X users share hot takes on Charlie Kirk memorial
“Critics are calling the #Charlie_Kirk memorial service ‘disingenuous’ & ‘performative,’ pointing to flashy special effects and dramatic lighting,” wrote an account that used the handle World News, adding:
“Some compared it to a WWE event, while others found it a powerful honouring.”
Another user accused Erika of fake crying, writing:
Erika Kirk speaks during the memorial service for her husband, political activist Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium on September 21, 2025 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
“Erika Kirk’s portrayal of grief is disingenuous. Tears aren’t streaming down from red eyes, and it seems like makeup is still intact.
“While I understand that people grieve differently, it’s important to be honest and not pretend to be in pain.”
“I watched Erika Kirk’s speech last night with an open mind, because regardless of how anyone feels about Charlie Kirk, she has the right to grieve her husband,” another user chimed in, adding:
“It felt rehearsed, strategic, and honestly… promotional. Then I saw the bizarre scene where she was recorded (while wearing a mic), talking to Charlie Kirk in the casket. Which was then uploaded to all her social media accounts, rather than kept as a private moment. All I can say is, the grift never stops.”
Erika Kirk joins U.S. President Donald Trump onstage during the memorial service for political activist Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium on September 21, 2025 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Stephen Miller blasts perceived enemies in event’s most incendiary speech
The unusual mix of memorial service and political rally yielded some bizarre moments, including one in which Trump operative Stephen Miller delivered a bizarrely combative speech.
“You have no idea how determined we will be to save this civilization, to save the West, to save this republic, because our children are strong, and our grandchildren will be strong, and our children’s children’s children will be strong,” Miller said, before addressing an unspecified foe:
“And what will you leave behind? Nothing. Nothing to our enemies. You have nothing to give. You have nothing to offer. You have nothing to share but bitterness.”
On Monday, meanwhile, the mother of eight engaged in a lengthy TikTok video that answered a number of questions folks have been asking about her rather interesting and unusual life.
First, does she have a boyfriend?
(TikTok)
“The answer to that question is actually, finally, yes,” Kate replied. “I’ve been dating somebody for the past year, little over a year, maybe like 14 or 15 months. I’m super, super happy.”
Gosselin didn’t drop a name, but did add of this individual:
“It’s somebody I’ve known for a really long time. I am really, really happy but he doesn’t really want to be on TikTok. I can’t blame him really, I guess. But you perhaps will catch a peep of him here and there once in a while [on my TikTok] going forward.”
Kate and Jon, who got divorced way back in 2010, share 24-year-old twins Mady and Cara, along with 21-year-old sextuplets Leah, Alexis, Joel, Aaden, Hannah and Collin.
They haven’t been together in years and they most certainly do NOT get along.
Kate Gosselin arrives at NBCUniversal’s 2015 Winter TCA Tour – Day 2 at The Langham Huntington Hotel and Spa on January 16, 2015 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Angela Weiss/Getty Images)
Kate went on to address an inquiry this week about her infamous short hairdo from her reality television days. Would she ever return to it?
“No!” she said. “I never plan on it probably until I’m an old lady in a nursing home or something. I plan on leaving my hair long even though it’s a lot to deal with.”
To many, Kate herself is a lot to deal with.
On numerous, very disturbing occasions, son Collin has accused his mother of physical and emotional abuse,
Kate Gosselin of ‘Kate Plus Date’ speaks onstage during the TLC portion of the Discovery Communications Winter 2019 TCA Tour at the Langham Hotel on February 12, 2019 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Amanda Edwards/Getty Images for Discovery)
Last year, for example, Collin claimed that his mother often locked him in the basement.
“When my mother would put me in that room multiple times, she had zip-tied my hands and feet together and bolt-locked the door, turned the lights off, and had cameras there just watching me,” he alleged to The Sun at the time.
About a year earlier, Kate denied and and all similar allegations.
In July 2023, she told People magazine that Collin was “very troubled young man” and described him as having a “history of unpredictable behavior and violent tendencies,” adding back then:
“[He] has received multiple psychiatric diagnoses over the years. … Collin’s distorted perception of reality is one of the many issues that he has always struggled with.”
Disney announced “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” will resume airing on Tuesday, ending Kimmel’s short-lived suspension following comments the host made on his show about the killing of Charlie Kirk.
In a statement released Monday, Disney said it suspended Kimmel last week “to avoid inflaming a tense situation.” The company received intense pressure from Trump allies, including Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr, over Kimmel’s comments.
“Last Wednesday, we made the decision to suspend production on the show to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country,” Disney said in the statement. “It is a decision we made because we felt some of the comments were ill-timed and thus insensitive.”
“We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday,” the statement continued.
Sinclair Broadcasting Group, which operates nearly 40 ABC affiliates, said Monday evening that it will preempt Kimmel’s show on its stations when the show returns.
Kimmel’s suspension set off a wave of criticism from leaders in both parties who were concerned about political censorship.
Prior to Kimmel’s suspension, Carr condemned Kimmel’s comments and suggested that media companies who receive licensing from the FCC have “an obligation to operate in the public interest.”
“We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” Carr said last Wednesday in an interview.
Hours later on Wednesday, Nexstar Media Group and Sinclair Broadcasting Group, two of the nation’s largest owners of local television stations, said they would preempt tapings of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” because of Kimmel’s comments. Nexstar Media Group is currently pursuing a billion-dollar merger with Tegna that would require FCC approval.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
A handful of prominent Republicans on Capitol Hill, including Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, warned that Carr could set a dangerous precedent and urged the Trump administration to be careful in pressuring a private company to influence its speech.
Democratic leaders in Washington and hundreds of artists and celebrities joined in condemning Kimmel’s suspension.
FCC commissioner Anna Gomez, the lone Democrat in the agency’s leadership, welcomed Kimmel’s return to air and praised Americans who criticized the suspension.
“I am glad to see Disney find its courage in the face of clear government intimidation,” she said.
Andrew Kolvet, a spokesperson for Turning Point USA, encouraged Nexstar and Sinclair to keep their pledge to preempt Kimmel when his show returns.
“Disney and ABC caving and allowing Kimmell back on the air is not surprising, but it’s their mistake to make,” Kolvet said in a social media post Monday. “Nextstar and Sinclair do not have to make the same choice.”
