ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel welcomed actor Ethan Hawke to his Wednesday present to advertise his new TV present, The Lowdown. Nevertheless, earlier than that, Hawke in contrast Kimmel’s current suspension to being despatched to a Russian gulag. Kimmel agreed with the sentiment, claiming it’s “arduous to inform the distinction” between the gulag and the USA.
After some joking about how Kimmel is taking the present to Brooklyn subsequent week and the Brooklyn-based Hawke flew out to Los Angeles for this interview, Hawke recalled he was presupposed to do it earlier, “Then there was, like, some bizarre delay. I did not get to go on after I was presupposed to go on… I don’t watch the information a lot. I do not know what that was about.”
Kimmel replied, “Yeah, you had been a sufferer of the preemption. Effectively, I’m glad to have you ever out right here.”
That’s when Hawke made his analogy, “Effectively, I am glad to have you ever again within the United States of America… I used to be advised you had been despatched to a Russian gulag, however fortunately, you are again.”
An appreciative Kimmel concurred, “Thanks. I admire that. It is arduous to inform the distinction now between the gulags and the United States.”
Hawke then had some ultimate bits of reward, “However final evening was wonderful. And we’re all actually pleased with you.”
Kimmel was suspended for his remarks that MAGA was “desperately making an attempt to characterize this child who murdered Charlie Kirk as something apart from one in every of them.”
That could be a conspiracy concept that Kimmel nonetheless hasn’t addressed, and no critical dialogue about President Trump or FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s function on this story can happen till that time is made. In the end, Kimmel was suspended due to his actions and returned per week later. He’s not precisely Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
Here’s a transcript for the September 24 present:
ABC Jimmy Kimmel Dwell!
9/24/2025
11:56 PM ET
JIMMY KIMMEL: You reside in Brooklyn, proper?
ETHAN HAWKE: I dwell in—if you simply stated that, I’m like “why did not you’ve me on then? It might have saved me the flight.”
KIMMEL: It is actually dangerous planning since you did fly out right here for this.
HAWKE: Yeah, after which there was, like, some bizarre delay. I did not get to go on after I was presupposed to go on.
KIMMEL: Oh, that’s proper.
HAWKE: I do not know, I don’t watch the information a lot. I do not know what that was about.
KIMMEL: Yeah, you had been a sufferer of the preemption. Effectively, I’m glad to have you ever out right here.
HAWKE: Effectively, I am glad to have you ever again within the United States of America.
KIMMEL: You had been advised that I left?
HAWKE: I used to be advised you had been despatched to a Russian gulag, however fortunately, you are again.
KIMMEL: Thanks. I admire that. It is arduous to inform the distinction now between the gulags and the United States.
HAWKE: However final evening was wonderful. And we’re all actually pleased with you.
KIMMEL: Oh, that’s good.
