Wanda Sykes Returns to 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' After 2025 ABC Suspension Axed Her Interview | Video

Comedian Wanda Sykes told Jimmy Kimmel that she reacted to her canceled appearance on his late night series last year by drinking martinis with a friend, joking, "When life hands you lemons, you make martinis with a lemon twist." Sykes was one of Kimmel's scheduled guests the day he learned Disney and ABC had pulled his show off the air in September, following calls for his firing from President Trump over comments related to the assassination of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk. According to Sykes, she was just about to get in her car to head over to Kimmel's set when she . . .