Bill Simmons claims 'stupid s---' like Jimmy Kimmel 'censorship' will happen through Trump's presidency

'Outnumbered' discusses the fallout from Jimmy Kimmel's suspension and whether it's an attack on free speech.

Bill Simmons, CEO of The Ringer, is the latest sports personality to weigh in on Jimmy Kimmel's suspension from ABC.

On Monday, Kimmel accused "the MAGA gang" of reaching "new lows" in "trying to characterize" Charlie Kirk assassination suspect Tyler Robinson "as anything other than one of them."

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr pushed for Disney, ABC's parent company, to address the controversy. Simmons noted Rolling Stone reporting that ABC executives who did not feel Kimmel crossed a line were afraid of retaliation by the Trump administration.

Carr was appointed by Trump before his first term, then again by Biden and once more by Trump upon reelection.

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Bill Simmons appears as a guest on Jimmy Kimmel's show. (Randy Holmes/Disney via Getty Images)

With that report in his back pocket, noting the potential merger between Nexstar and Tegna and the Trump administration's involvement, Simmons outwardly called Kimmel's removal "censorship" rather than "cancel culture," which he said will happen throughout Trump's presidency.

"[Kimmel] can still have that platform wherever he wants because he’s the platform," Simmons said on his self-named podcast. "And that’s the difference in this. And that’s why I don’t think this is quite as scary and terrible as maybe it felt this week. Yeah, we’re gonna have censorship. Yeah, stupid s--- like this apparently is gonna keep happening for the next three years. Yeah, the discourse is the ugliest it’s ever been.

"But I still feel like if somebody’s good enough to have a platform, they can find it. So, I