Daniel Baldwin is calling out Jimmy Kimmel over his repeated jokes aimed at President Donald Trump, and questioning whether that kind of rhetoric can have real-world consequences following the recent assassination attempt.
Speaking on Sunday’s episode of “The Daniel Baldwin Show,” he said: “Does Jimmy Kimmel not realize that when you keep bombarding in every one of your monologues and planting this kind of hatred in the American public or the people that follow you, someone might act on that?,” according to the New York Post.
He continued: “Now, does that exonerate Kimmel of any wrongdoing? Yeah, he didn’t do it, but did he play a role in it? Does he care that he played a role? Is that the point?
“Does he do it because he wants that to happen? I don’t know the answer to those questions, but I’m sad, man.”
Baldwin said he became conservative in 2016 and claimed he’s disturbed by how casually some people in Hollywood talk about violence involving political figures, such as Donald Trump.
“I remember being on movie sets with big-name people, Oscar winner, high-paid talent.
“And they would just be sh– on some politician or person, like, ‘Yeah, someone should get him.’ ‘Someone should shoot him,’ once someone said in front of me. And I thought, ‘Wow, your voice carries weight. You know, your words have followers and people.’”
“It’s really disturbing to me”
Baldwin added that the industry no longer feels the same to him because of the hostility he believes has become normalized.
“I used to be proud to say I was an actor. You walk into a room now and say, yeah, I’m an actor. I’m a movie actor and television actor … It’s not something I’m as proud to say or is it as big a deal because of the hatred that comes out from that side.”
During the discussion, Baldwin also brought up legendary late-night host Johnny Carson and how he handled the aftermath of the 1981 assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan.
At the time, Carson opened the Academy Awards broadcast by addressing the attack directly.
“I’m sure that all of you here and most of you watching tonight understand why we delayed this program for 24 hours,” Carson said. “Because of the incredible events of yesterday, that old adage, the show must go on, seemed relatively unimportant.”
“We never hated anyone. We never wanted someone to die or laughed about them dying. It’s really disturbing to me,” Baldwin added.
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