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Riley Gaines has ripped into actor Ben Stiller after he defended Jimmy Kimmel's outburst against Charlie Kirk.
Late-night talk show host Kimmel was pulled off the air 'indefinitely' by ABC on Wednesday over his divisive comments regarding the assassination of political commentator Kirk, who was shot dead in Utah last week.
The veteran host's Jimmy Kimmel Live! has been removed from the network 'for the foreseeable future,' a spokesperson announced.
Many left-wing leaning celebrities leapt to Kimmel's defense following the drastic move - including Stiller - who took to X wrote: 'This isn’t right'.
Shortly afterwards, Gaines responded to his post and said: 'In case you were wondering, Ben Stiller didn't say a word about the most consequential political assassination in 50+ years'.
Just minutes before that post, she had also written: 'Says a lot about humanity when people are furious over a lying, low-rated comedian losing his show, yet barely blink when a husband and father of two is assassinated in front of thousands by a deranged freak merely for disagreeing with him. A chilling sign of the times.'
Riley Gaines took aim at Ben Stiller over his outrage towards Jimmy Kimmel's ABC axing
Stiller took to social media to claim: 'This isn't right' regarding Kimmel's dismissal
Kimmel made controversial statements about Kirk on Monday following his assassination last week at Utah Valley University - and said during his monologue that the 'MAGA gang' was trying to gain political points over Kirk's murder.
'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,' the host said.
The suspected shooter Tyler Robinson, 22, has since been taken into custody and appeared in court on Tuesday on multiple charges, including aggravated murder.
Kimmel also falsely insinuated that Robinson was conservative - despite investigators stating he has far-left ideologies and was also in a romantic relationship with his transgender roommate.
The network's affiliate group, Nexstar, additionally shared on Wednesday that it 'strongly objects' to Kimmel's comments and 'will replace the show with other programming in its ABC-affiliated markets.'
Kimmel was reportedly set to address his remarks on his show Wednesday night, before he received news that he had been axed, according to Deadline.
Meanwhile, Gaines recently made headlines after she revealed that Kirk's widow, Erika, once told her that her 'greatest fear' was the MAGA star getting assassinated.
Gaines pulled no punches as the took aim at Stiller in her own series of posts on X
Kimmel made controversial statements about Kirk on Monday following his assassination
The former NCAA All-American swimmer, who sat alongside Kirk at an event at San Francisco State University back in May, called him 'a friend and mentor'.
Gaines also recalled a conversation she once had with Erika about the risks involved with Charlie sharing his fierce MAGA views in debates across the country.
Gaines said: 'I've lost a friend, a mentor, the person I go to. The intellectual mind and genius that is Charlie Kirk, the generational talent.
'I truthfully believe that his impact alone as one person and what he's been able to do through Turning Point, which I'm a very very proud contributor of, I talk about it on this show all the time, what he's been able to do is transform a nation, revive a culture. A culture of young people, people just like me.
'I lost a friend and a mentor, Erika lost her husband, I can't help but think about her. This is one of the most kind and compassionate women you can possibly imagine.
'This was her greatest fear, I mean we had talked about it. This is her greatest fear, I won't go into the details there, two children lost their father. They will be haunted forever by the videos that can't be scrubbed from social media.'
