Jimmy Kimmel Jokes About His Late-Night Show's Suspension at Selena Gomez's Fundraiser: 'I Was This Close to Starting an OnlyFans'

Jimmy Kimmel poked fun at his late-night show's suspension drama when he took the stage at Selena Gomez's 3rd annual Rare Impact Fund Benefit.

On the night of Wednesday, October 29, the comedian introduced himself by admitting, "I'm excited to be here. Honestly, after the month I've had, I'm excited to be anywhere!"

"I was this close to starting an OnlyFans," quipped Kimmel in a video published by a news outlet.

He also took aim at Donald Trump, stating, "We have a very special event tonight filled with amazing stories from amazing organizations that the president wants to defund."

Kimmel went on to praise the singer's foundation for "the progress this organization has made in the mental health sphere."

"This work the Rare Impact Fund does is needed now more than ever," the father-of-four insisted. "It's very painful to see what's happening in this country right now, and we're not even allowed to take Tylenol for it."

His Tylenol comment was a reference to Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. making unfounded claims that taking Tylenol while pregnant causes autism.

The TV star concluded his speech by noting the night was aiming to raise $100 million for mental health resources and joked that if anyone in attendance didn't get Gomez and new husband Benny Blanco a wedding gift, a donation is the perfect choice.

As OK! reported, Jimmy Kimmel Live! was suspended from September 17 to 22 after he made a comment about Charlie Kirk's death during the September 15 monologue of his show.

"We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it," he said, despite there being no evidence that Kirk's suspecter shooter, Tyler Robinson, voted for Trump.

He also made a joke about the way the president ignored a question about Kirk's death to brag about White House renovations.

Broadcast company Nexstar then announced Kimmel's show would be on hiatus, as the company "strongly objects to recent comments made by Mr. Kimmel concerning the killing of Charlie Kirk and will replace the show with other programming in its ABC-affiliated markets."

Many people were outraged by the decision, claiming it violated freedom of speech.

Upon the Emmy winner's return to the small screen, he got choked up while discussing the situation.

"It was never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man," he insisted. "This show is not important. What is important is that we get to live in a country that allows us to have a show like this."

"I shared my point of view, they shared theirs. We talked it through, and at the end, even though they didn't have to — they really didn't have to, this is a giant company, we have short attention spans, and I am a tiny part of the Disney corporation — they welcomed me back on the air and I thank them for that," Kimmel added. "It's been overwhelming."