""I'm canceling my Disney Plus," Stern said on his SiriusXM show Monday morning. "I'm trying to say with the pocketbook that I do not support what they're doing with Jimmy.""
""I just know when the government begins to interfere, when the government says, 'I'm not pleased with you, so we're going to orchestrate a way to silence you,' it's the wrong direction for our country," Stern said. "And I should know. I've been involved in something like this.""
Howard Stern announced he is canceling his Disney Plus subscription to protest ABC's indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live!. ABC suspended Kimmel after pressure from FCC Chairman Brendan Carr and major broadcast station owners following Kimmel's monologue about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Kimmel criticized what he called the "MAGA gang" for attempting to "score political points" from Kirk's murder. Stern said he objects to government interference in media, citing his own history with FCC censorship. Between 1990 and 2004, the FCC issued $2.5 million in fines against stations that aired The Howard Stern Show. The suspension has ignited debate over free speech and government overreach.
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