Robert De Niro Goes Into Full Mafia Mode In Brutal Jimmy Kimmel Spoof

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/68d393981800008f815d003d.jpg?cache=RZ0GBN1r8w&ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Robert De Niro made a surprise cameo during Jimmy Kimmel's first show back from his suspension" data-caption="Robert De Niro made a surprise cameo during Jimmy Kimmel's first show back from his suspension" data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="Randy Holmes via Disney via Getty Images" />Robert De Niro made a surprise cameo during Jimmy Kimmel's first show back from his suspension</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><a href="../../../../news/robert-de-niro/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Robert De Niro</a> channeled his iconic mob movie roles on <a href="../../../../news/jimmy-kimmel/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jimmy Kimmel</a>’s <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/jimmy-kimmel-slams-donald-trump-monologue-return-suspension_uk_68d39269e4b02b5b9fb38cb6">return to late-night TV on Tuesday</a> with a mock video call that skewered both Donald Trump and Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr, whose attacks on the comedian over his comments about Charlie Kirk were widely seen as key to <a href="ABC’s decision to suspend the show" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ABC’s decision to suspend the show</a>.</p><p>During the skit, Kimmel pretended to dial into a video call with Carr, only to be greeted instead by De Niro, who claimed to be the FCC’s new boss.</p><p>In the sketch, the two-time Oscar winner was first seen sending a menacing message about The View host and Trump critic Whoopi Goldberg, prompting Kimmel to suggest that Trump’s FCC was using “mob tactics to suppress free speech”.</p>