Overview
- Following his Dancing With the Stars exit, Richter told Entertainment Weekly that he and Conan O’Brien would respond with “all gas and no brakes.”
- He urged current late-night hosts not to relent, saying Jimmy Kimmel should “go harder” rather than scale back criticism.
- Richter’s remarks came as Trump kept pressuring networks on Truth Social, again telling ABC to take Kimmel off the air.
- The comments reference ABC’s September suspension of Jimmy Kimmel and the reported cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s Late Show, as well as threats directed at Seth Meyers that included the FCC chair.
- Entertainment Weekly reported it had asked the White House for comment on Richter’s statements and the broader push against late-night comedy.