Actor Robert De Niro joined Jimmy Kimmel on stage Wednesday, prodding the late-night host with a baseball bat and jokingly slapping him while posing as FCC Chairman Brendan Carr."I don’t know if you know this, but the last time we were here in Brooklyn, we were just getting back on the air after we had that unexpected FCC vacation week," Kimmel said during the show."And while I would like to say that things have improved over the last year, they haven’t really.
We are still being threatened by the FCC."De Niro entered the set and said, "You’re being threatened by the FCC? Who is threatening you? Am I threatening you? Do you feel threatened by me?"ABC ACCUSES FCC OF 'RETALIATION' AS FEDERAL AGENCY THREATENS TO REVOKE DISNEY'S BROADCASTING LICENSESDe Niro listed off a series of insults about President Donald Trump and asked the late-night host if he had said them before Kimmel questioned, "What is the point of this?"Robert De Niro poses as Brendan Carr and holds a baseball bat on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on Sept.30, 2026.
(ABC/JimmyKimmelLive)"Did I tell you it was your turn to talk, numbnuts? You speak when I tell you to speak, and otherwise you shut the f--- up," De Niro said, as he appeared to slap Kimmel.DE NIRO SAYS HE CAN'T LOVE AMERICA, COMPARES COUNTRY TO ABUSIVE HUSBANDThe FCC did not return Fox News Digital's request for comment.De Niro went on, "Did you say that President Trump has touched more women than the music of Adele?"Kimmel responded and told De Niro, "Come on now.You have to admit that’s pretty funny, right?""You’re doing it again!" De Niro responded.
"Am I going to have to tie your d--- to a bag of doorknobs and kick you down the stairs?""Robert De Niro is a washed-up has-been who hasn’t been relevant in 30 years," White House spokesman Davis Ingle told Fox News Digital in a statement."Now, he just beclowns himself by spewing hate speech and inciting violence against others.
Instead of embarrassing himself every time he speaks, he shou...