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Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night sidekick is speaking out.
Guillermo Rodriguez took to Instagram to share a short message on Tuesday, just hours before the return of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” following a weeklong suspension.
“We are back full of love,” Rodriguez, 54, wrote alongside a photo of himself and Kimmel, 57, embracing on the set of the newly reinstated ABC late-night talk show.
The comedian, who has served as Kimmel’s right-hand man ever since “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” premiered in 2003, was last seen leaving LA’s El Capitan Entertainment Centre with Kimmel shortly after ABC pulled their program off the air on Wednesday, Sept. 17.
Meanwhile, fans of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” rushed to the comments section of Rodriguez’s post to share their excitement about the show’s highly anticipated return.
“Welcome back!” one person wrote.
“Cannot wait for tonight’s episode!” added another.
“Can’t wait to see you where you belong, together again!” commented a third, while a fourth fan wrote, “Let’s make this the most watched show of all time!”
As for Kimmel, he took to the social media platform earlier in the day to share his own post ahead of his show’s return Tuesday night.
“Missing this guy today,” the comedian wrote alongside a photo of himself and late TV legend Norman Lear, who passed away in December 2023 at the age of 101.
Like his sidekick, Kimmel’s first message since his short suspension left fans flocking to the comments section.
“Kill it tonight,” Rosie O’Donnell wrote. “Feel all the love.”
“Really looking forward to having you back,” wrote another excited fan.
“I feel like Santa’s coming tonight!” commented a third. “I’m bouncing off the walls.”
ABC pulled “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” off the air last week due to the host’s comments about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was shot dead at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on Sept. 10.
“We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang trying to characterize this kid who killed Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them, and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel said during his opening monologue earlier in the week.
Following pressure from FCC chair Brendan Carr, Nexstar Media Group and Sinclair Broadcast Group, ABC announced that Kimmel’s show was being “pre-empted indefinitely.”
However, the network reversed course on Monday, and it was announced that Kimmel’s show would return the following night.
“Last Wednesday, we made the decision to suspend production on the show to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country,” the Walt Disney Company, which owns ABC, said in a statement.
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“It is a decision we made because we felt some of the comments were ill-timed and thus insensitive,” it continued. “We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday.”
Insiders told The Post that even though Kimmel will address the fallout from his monologue when he returns on Tuesday night, the host does not plan to apologize for the controversial remarks.
Nexstar and Sinclair, meanwhile, will not air “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on their stations.