Jimmy Kimmel reads New York Post cowl story about himself for Vanity Fair photoshoot

At least he has good style in newspapers.

Jimmy Kimmel, who was suspended from his late-night show in September over his inflammatory comments about Charlie Kirk’s killer, is featured in next month’s Vanity Fair holding the very version of The New York Post that trumpeted his on-air return.

The late-night host was photographed holding the Sept. 23 newspaper that includes his grinning face — and the headline, “What a joke!” — while sitting atop Los Angeles’ El Capitan Theatre the place his show is filmed.

Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel is featured in next month’s Vanity Fair holding the very version of The New York Post that trumpeted his on-air return. Norman Jean Roy / Vanity Fair.

The Post’s front-page story exclusively reported that Kimmel could be back on ABC, though the nation’s largest proprietor of its local affiliate stations wouldn’t air his show after he refused to apologize for his false suggestion that Kirk’s murderer was a pro-Trump Republican.

Sources told The Post that Kimmel negotiated his return to the airwaves straight with Disney CEO Bob Iger and his No. 2, Disney Entertainment Co-Chair Dana Walden, and that he was set to readability his comments in his monologue however would not issue a mea culpa, as both he and his bosses “didn’t think he did anything wrong.”

Kimmel prominently options in a Vanity Fair article about Hollywood “at a crossroads.” The issue is about to hit newsstands Dec. 2.

The article, which is already out there online, consists of a sequence of vignettes about Hollywood’s movers and shakers — including Paramount Skydance boss David Ellison, superstar stylist Law Roach and Los Angeles Philharmonic conductor Gustavo Dudamel.

The Sept. 23 entrance web page of The Post that includes his grinning face.

In the piece, Kimmel revisits what Vanity Fair calls a “good news day” — particularly, the day Disney-owned ABC put him back on the air after a brief hiatus.

“This September, in the face of censorship, Kimmel unwittingly became a beacon that united everyone from anti-fascists to Ted Cruz,” Vanity Fair wrote. “Soon there were calls to boycott Disney and protest an administration that would dare take away an American’s right to laugh — and to free speech. Perhaps as more rights come under attack, Americans will remember this moment of collective power.”

Kimmel was briefly suspended over his inflammatory comments about Charlie Kirk’s killer. through REUTERS

The longtime TV host was suspended from “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” for six days over his tasteless commentary about Kirk’s killer.

Iger and Walden benched the late evening star as they confronted scrutiny from Federal Communications Chair Brendan Carr, President Trump and major affiliate stations Nexstar and Sinclair.

President Trump, next to Erika Kirk, posthumously awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Charlie Kirk in October. Getty Images

Meanwhile, Kimmel’s A-list associates like actor Ben Stiller, comedians Wanda Sykes and Marc Maron, rivals Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers and Stephen Colbert — and even former President Obama — backed Kimmel publicly.

Over 1.7 million customers also canceled their Disney+, Hulu and ESPN subscriptions following the suspension.

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