{
  "id": 9150717,
  "title": "Rosie O’Donnell Says ABC Blocked Her From Having Jeffrey Epstein Survivors on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’: ‘They Were Certain That Could Not Happen’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/rosie-odonnell-says-abc-blocked-her-from-having-jeffrey-epstein",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-22T14:05:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/rosie-odonnell-abc-blocked-epstein-survivors-jimmy-kimmel-live-1236871978/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Rosie O’Donnell said in a recent interview on the “The Jann Arden Podcast” (via HuffPo) that ABC blocked her from having Jeffrey Epstein survivors on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” during her guest hosting stint in August. O’Donnell ended up filming a video with the survivors that she posted directly to Instagram instead. “My idea for the […]",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The A.V. Club",
        "title": "Rosie O'Donnell says ABC blocked her interview with Epstein survivors",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/rosie-odonnell-says-abc-blocked-her-interview-with-epstein-survivors",
        "published": "2026-09-21T17:24:59.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Consequence",
        "title": "Rosie O’Donnell Says ABC Blocked Epstein Survivors Segment on Kimmel",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/rosie-odonnell-says-abc-blocked-epstein-survivors-segment-on-kimmel",
        "published": "2026-09-22T15:53:59.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}