Overview
- On a Nov. 6 episode of the We Can Do Hard Things podcast, McNearney said political differences with Trump-supporting relatives led to severed relationships.
- She said she grew up in a conservative St. Louis household and sent pre-election emails urging family not to vote for Trump, receiving mostly silence or harsh replies.
- McNearney said the divide is about values rather than party labels and that those votes feel like a rejection of her, Kimmel and their children.
- ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! for six days in September after Kimmel’s remarks about Charlie Kirk’s killing drew backlash, including criticism from an FCC commissioner, and some stations dropped the show.
- Disney reinstated the program after discussions, calling the comments “ill-timed,” and Kimmel apologized on-air before continuing his pointed critiques of the president.