A defiant and emotional Jimmy Kimmel failed yet again to apologize for his false and inflammatory comments about Charlie Kirk’s assassination in the late-night show host’s return to the air Tuesday after spending nearly a week on the sidelines. Kimmel attempted to clarify his past assertion that Kirk’s alleged killer, Tyler Robinson, was likely affiliated with the MAGA movement and teared up while praising the slain conservative activist’s wife, Erika Kirk, during his highly anticipated monologue. “You understand that it was never my intention to make light of a murder of a young man. I don’t think there’s anything funny about it,” he said in his opening remarks, which were interrupted several times by standing ovations from the audience.