Actor Robert De Niro dropped in on Jimmy Kimmel’s return to the air on Tuesday with an expletive-laden video bit posing as the “new” FCC chairman.

Kimmel spent a lot of wind falsely claiming that President Trump tried to trample his First Amendment rights, and De Niro was on hand to drive that narrative with his prerecorded bit in which he put on his mobster persona.

“We were in the middle, and in a lot of ways, still are in the middle of an unprecedented fix. After almost 23 years on the air, we’re suddenly not being broadcast in 20% of the country, which is not a situation we relish. So we reached out to the chairman of the FCC, Brendan Carr,” Kimmel said to kick off De Niro’s bit. “He has, to his credit, agreed to join us from his office in Washington, and here he is now. Thank you, C

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