Damon Lindelof was a co-creator and co-showrunner for Misplaced, a monster hit for ABC. However he received’t be doing any extra work for the community or for mum or dad firm Disney until company execs reverse their suspension of Jimmy Kimmel.
“I used to be shocked, saddened, and infuriated by yesterday’s suspension and look ahead to it being lifted quickly,” Lindelof wrote on Instagram on Thursday, a day after ABC controversially yanked Jimmy Kimmel Dwell! off the air following Kimmel’s Charlie Kirk feedback. “If it isn’t, I can’t in good conscience work for the corporate that imposed it.”
Lindelof mentioned he first heard Kimmel — seen with him beneath, in a photograph from a 2006 occasion — on the previous KROQ-FM morning present Kevin and Bean after shifting to Los Angeles in his 20s. “I used to be a fan of his goofy sincere wit from the soar, and I by no means imagined we’d at some point be buddies,” he wrote. “I met him for the primary time backstage on the ABC upfronts in 2004… he had simply seen the Misplaced pilot and dug it. He additionally mentioned, ‘I hope you guys know what you’re doing.’”
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He went on: “If you recognize Jimmy, you recognize his unimaginable spouse and head author, Molly [McNearney], who isn’t just his higher half however his higher three quarters. You additionally know he’s caring and empathic and grateful. he loves his nation. he appreciates an excellent roast, and he can take pretty much as good as he provides. he supported his crew via a number of strikes, and you recognize he’s beneficiant and philanthropic, and most of all, you recognize that he’s sort.”
Lindelof closed his missive with a message to Instagram customers and to Kimmel himself, writing, “If you happen to’re about to fireside up in my feedback, simply ask your self if you recognize the distinction between hate speech and a joke. I believe you continue to do. And Jimmy? You’ve at all times identified what you have been doing. Love you and help you.”
Amid outcry from conservative activists, ABC put Jimmy Kimmel Dwell!on pause on Wednesday, two days after Kimmel mentioned on the present that the “MAGA gang” was “desperately making an attempt to characterize this child who murdered Charlie Kirk as something apart from one in every of them, and doing every little thing they’ll to attain political factors from it.”
Along with Misplaced, Lindelof’s different Disney work consists of the 1999 ABC drama collection Wasteland, on which he was a author, and the 2015 Walt Disney Photos movie Tomorrowland, which he co-wrote and produced.