Vice President Vance said Wednesday he found late night host Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue in his return from a brief suspension over comments about Charlie Kirk to be “kind of kind-hearted,” but he expressed frustration that Kimmel did not apologize.

“Well, I watched it, and look, in some ways, it was kind of kind-hearted,” Vance told NewsNation reporter Reshad Hudson in an exclusive interview.

“On the other hand, he didn’t actually say sorry to Charlie Kirk or his family,” added Vance, who was close friends with Kirk.

“And the reason so many people, including me, were so upset with what Jimmy Kimmel said is he accused Charlie Kirk’s murderer of being a MAGA or a right-wing American. It wasn’t a joke; it was straight up disinformation, and I really wish Jimmy Kimmel would apologize for it.”

Kimmel returned to host his show on Tuesday night for the first time since ABC took him off the air over criticism of his comments about Kirk, the conservative activist who was killed earlier this month.

Kimmel accused conservatives of trying to score “political points” over Kirk’s death and said “the MAGA gang was desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them.” While the suspect in Kirk's killing came from a politically conservative family,

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