A demonstrator holds a sign reading "CANCEL DISNEY+" outside El Capitan Entertainment Centre, where the late-night show "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" On his own podcast Friday, Cruz said of Carr’s remarks: “That’s right out of ‘Goodfellas.’ That’s right out of a mafioso coming into a bar going, ‘Nice bar you have here. It’s hard to defend what Kimmel said in any context, particularly while half the country was in shock and grieving. “Jimmy Kimmel is in the situation that he’s in because of his ratings, not because of anything that’s happened at the federal government level,” Carr said, per Variety. Both Carr and Kimmel crossed a line, and now the ball is in Kimmel’s court.