After more than a week of escalating criticism, ABC is apologizing for a segment of “Jimmy Kimmel Live” in which a child joked about killing Chinese people.
According to The NY Post, the network said the offensive skit will be edited out of the late-night talk show’s episode for future airings or any other distribution, including online.
The controversy erupted after an Oct. 16 comedy bit in which Kimmel asked a “Kids Table” of youngsters to comment on recent news events, such as the federal government shutdown. At one point, Kimmel asked the kids what the United States should do to end its growing debt to China .
“America owes China a lot of money, $1.3 trillion,” he said. “How should we pay them back?”
“Kill everyone in China !” a 6-year-old boy exclaimed.
Kimmel joked, “That’s an interesting idea” and laughed.