Kimmel, referring to his words about Kirk, said, "I want to clarify something because this is important to me as a person, and that is that it was not my intention to trivialize the murder of a young man. I posted a message on Instagram on the day he was killed, conveying my love to his family and expressing my sympathy. I truly meant it and I still do,"
Summarized the events by saying, "It was also not my intention to blame a specific group for the actions of a clearly troubled individual. Actually, that was the exact opposite point I was trying to emphasize."
