Rosie O’Donnell says ABC put a hold on a sketch that mocked President Donald Trump while she guest-hosted “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” this summer. According to her account, the network asked her to delay the segment as ABC readied or prepared legal action related to the case involving the Trump administration.
O’Donnell was a guest host for a week on the late-night show. The reports describe that the skit was intended to satirize Trump, but ABC asked for it to be held off. The New York Times frames the delay as connected to the network’s handling of a Trump-related lawsuit, while the New York Post similarly links the pause to ABC’s preparation for litigation involving the federal government. Both outlets present O’Donnell’s remarks as the basis for the claim and identify the show and guest-host period as context.
