Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night sidekick is speaking out.

Guillermo Rodriguez took to Instagram to share a short message on Tuesday, just hours before <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/09/22/business/jimmy-kimmel-set-to-return-to-abc-on-tuesday-after-being-yanked-off-air-over-charlie-kirk-comments/">the return of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”</a> following a weeklong suspension.

“We are back full of love,” Rodriguez, 54, wrote <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DO9LkGOAUVT/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D" target="_blank" rel="noopener">alongside a photo</a> of himself and Kimmel, 57, embracing on the set of the newly reinstated ABC late-night talk show.

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<figcaption>Guillermo Rodriguez and Jimmy Kimmel hugging on the set of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” <span class="credit">ABC via Getty Images</span></figcaption>

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 <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/09/17/entertainment/abc-pulls-jimmy-kimmel-live-indefinitely-after-charlie-kirk-comments/">pulled their program off the air</a> on Tuesday, Sept. 17.

Rodriguez has served as Kimmel’s right-hand man ever since “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” premiered in 2003.{ai:summary}<p>Guillermo Rodriguez posted on Instagram: "We are back full of love" as Jimmy Kimmel Live! returns after a weeklong suspension.</p><p>They were seen leaving LA's El Capitan Entertainment Centre with Kimmel after ABC pulled the show off air on Sept. 17. This is developing. #culture</p>

Jimmy Kimmel’s ‘JKL!’ sidekick Guillermo Rodriguez speaks out after suspension

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