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Jimmy Kimmel’s tearful monologue about the Texas shooting was cut short in the state

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Jimmy Kimmel’s tearful monologue about the Texas shooting was cut short in the state

A gunman opened fire in a Texas elementary school on Tuesday, causing yet another tragic mass shooting in the United States. Celebrities and regular people alike have expressed their displeasure with the incident, which has sparked debate about gun control and mass shootings in the United States. Jimmy Kimmel, the host of Jimmy Kimmel Live, addressed the incident in his opening monologue on Wednesday. However, the monologue was cut short by a Texas network, prompting speculation that it was done on purpose.

Officials said an 18-year-old gunman opened fire at a Texas elementary school on Tuesday, killing at least 19 children as he moved from classroom to classroom. It was the deadliest school shooting in nearly a decade and the latest gruesome moment for a country scarred by a string of mass shootings. Law enforcement shot and killed the assailant. Two adults were also killed, according to authorities. One of the two, according to Governor Greg Abbott, was a teacher.

Jimmy began his monologue without the studio audience on Wednesday in an unusually quiet manner. “Once again, we grieve for the little boys and girls whose lives have been cut short and whose families have been destroyed,” the comedian said through tears. While our right-wing leaders, members of Congress, Fox News, and other media outlets warn us not to politicise this, we must. They slam our president for even mentioning that something should be done to stop it. They don’t want to talk about it because they are aware of what they have done and what they haven’t done. And they’re well aware that it’s unjustifiable, so they’d rather sweep it under the rug.”

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Jimmy slammed the leaders, calling them ‘cowardly,’ and saying, “Our cowardly leaders just aren’t listening to us.” They’re paying attention to the NRA and the people who write them checks to keep them in power. That’s the way politics works.”

Jimmy tweeted that he later learned from viewers and other feedback that his monologue, in which he also criticised Texas Governor Abbott, had been cancelled by a state television network. “To my friends in Dallas who are asking: I do not know whether our ABC Network affiliate WFAA cut away from my monologue tonight intentionally or inadvertently,” Kimmel tweeted, adding his full monologue to the post for those in Dallas who “didn’t get to see.”

“Kimmel’s six-minute monologue was cut short by a string of commercials, beginning with an in-house WFAA/Ch. 8 news spot,” according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Before cutting back into the end of the monologue, which Kimmel used for a three-minute Everytown.org commercial, the ABC affiliate played a few more commercials. The organization’s goal is to implement ‘evidence-based solutions’ to reduce gun violence.”

WFAA, a network that broadcasts ABC shows in Texas, cut the telecast. WFAA’s director of digital content, Peter Freedman, responded to Jimmy on Twitter, saying that “they were on the same team.” “We’d made the decision earlier in the day to extend our 10 o’clock news to include extra Uvalde coverage in our broadcast, it had nothing to do with your monologue,” he said, claiming that the decision to cut the segment was made in advance. We’re both on the same side.”

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Jimmy received a tweet from the network apologising for his actions. “Please accept our apologies for the technical difficulties we experienced last night. “You can find a full explanation of the technical issues, as well as your entire monologue, here (link),” their tweet read.

Priyanka Chopra, Taylor Swift, Jennifer Aniston, Selena Gomez, and Matthew McConaughey, among others, had previously expressed their sadness and anger over the tragedy.

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Year-ender 2024 | Anant Ambani-Radhika Merchant to Sobhita Dhulipala-Naga Chaitanya: Grandest celeb weddings of 2024

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Year-ender 2024 | Anant Ambani-Radhika Merchant to Sobhita Dhulipala-Naga Chaitanya: Grandest celeb weddings of 2024

Year ender 2024 | Sonakshi Sinha, Millie Bobby Brown, Keerthy Suresh, Aaliyah Kashyap and Aditi Rao Hydari, a list of celebs who got married this year. 
The year 2024 witnessed the weddings of many celebrities from India as well as from outside the country. The Ambanis, Sonakshi Sinha and Millie Bobby Brown opted for summer weddings. Many other celebrities tied the knot in December, including Sobhita Dhulipala, Keerthy Suresh, and Aaliyah Kashyap. (Also Read | Naga Chaitanya, Sobhita Dhulipala make first public appearance post wedding; visit temple with Nagarjuna. Watch)

Check out the grand weddings that took place in 2024:

1) Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant

Radhika Merchant and Anant Ambani tied the knot on July 12 this year in Mumbai, as per Hindu rituals. The grand wedding ceremony was followed by a Shubh Aashirvaad ceremony on July 13, which saw the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The grand reception on July 14 was also attended by prominent figures from the entertainment industry.

Global personalities such as John Cena, Kim Kardashian, Boris Johnson and Tony Blair were also part of Anant and Radhika’s wedding functions. The high-profile wedding ceremony saw the presence of celebrities including Priyanka Chopra, Nick Jonas, Rajinikanth, Mahesh Babu, Yash, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Ajay Devgn, Vicky Kaushal, Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh, Shahid Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Katrina Kaif, and Deepika Padukone, among others.

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2) Sonakshi Sinha and Zaheer Iqbal

Sonakshi Sinha and Zaheer Iqbal got married on June 23 in the presence of their loved ones at their residence in Mumbai. It was an intimate wedding. The civil wedding was followed by a wedding bash at Bastian, which saw Saira Banu, Rekha, Salman Khan, Vidya Balan, and Siddharth Roy Kapur, among others, in attendance. Sonakshi and Zaheer dated for seven years before tying the knot.

3) Sobhita Dhulipala and Naga Chaitanya

Naga Chaitanya and Sobhita Dhulipala got married on December 4 in a traditional Telugu ceremony. The ceremony was held at the iconic Annapurna Studios in Hyderabad in the presence of close friends and family members. The couple made their relationship official in August of this year by sharing photos from their engagement ceremony.

4) Aditi Rao Hydari and Siddharth

Aditi Rao Hydari and Siddharth tied the knot in September. Aditi had shared a series of pictures on Instagram. Both the bride and groom chose ethnic outfits for their wedding. Aditi wrote in the caption, “You are my Sun, my Moon, and all my Stars… To being Pixie Soulmates for eternity…to laughter, to never growing up… To Eternal Love, Light & Magic..Mrs & Mr Adu-Siddhu.”

5) Keerthy Suresh and Antony Thattil

Keerthy Suresh and his long-time partner Anthony Tattil got married in Goa in December. The actor shared her wedding pictures after solemnising her relationship in a traditional ceremony. Keerthy took to Instagram and shared pictures from her special day. She captioned the post, “#ForTheLoveOfNyke.”

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6) Taapsee Pannu and Mathias Boe

Taapsee Pannu tied the knot with Mathias Boe in a traditional ceremony on March 23 in Udaipur, Rajasthan. The wedding was attended by their close friends and family. Anurag Kashyap, Kanika Dhillon and Pavail Gulati were among the celebrities who were part of her special day. Recently, Taapsee revealed that she had a court marriage with Mathias in December 2023. Taapsee dated Mathias for about a decade.

7) Aaliyah Kashyap and Shane Gregoire

Aaliyah Kashyap, daughter of filmmaker Anurag Kashyap and film editor Aarti Bajaj, tied the knot with longtime boyfriend Shane Gregoire on December 11. She announced her engagement to Shane, a US entrepreneur, in May 2023. The couple’s wedding reception was attended by Naga Chaitanya, Sobhita Dhulipala, Abhishek Bachchan, Agastya Nanda, Shah Rukh Khan’s daughter Suhana Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Bobby Deol.

8) Ira Khan and Nupur Shikhare

Aamir Khan’s daughter Ira Khan and Nupur Shikhare solemnized their relationship via a registered marriage at Taj Lands End, Bandra, in Mumbai on January 3 this year. They then tied the knot as per Christian rituals in Udaipur. After that, the newlyweds hosted a reception for Bollywood and Mumbai celebrities at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre in the city.

9) Charlie Puth and Brooke Sansone

Singer-songwriter Charlie Puth married his fiancee, Brooke Sansone, in September this year, just one year after their engagement. The couple exchanged vows at his family’s estate in Montecito, California, on September 7. In a heartfelt Instagram post announcing the news, Charlie expressed his deep affection for his new bride. He shared a series of intimate photographs from the ceremony.

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10) Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi

Millie Bobby Brown married singer Jon Bon Jovi’s son, Jake Bongiovi, in an intimate ceremony in June. In October, she shared some wedding pictures on Instagram. Along with the pictures, Millie added a caption that read, “Forever and always, your wife.” Earlier in June, Millie confirmed her secret marriage to Jake.

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