Jimmy Kimmel has a surprising supporter in his corner after his late night show was pulled from air and then reinstated following his Charlie Kirk assassination comments.

During her appearance on the Thursday, September 25 edition of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, guest Julia Louis-Dreyfus, 64, brought her family’s puppy Ethel along.

Explaining why she brought the dog to the interview, Louis-Dreyfus remarked it had been a big week and Ethel was “a big fan of the First Amendment.”

Earlier this month, ABC abruptly pulled Jimmy Kimmel Live! off air two days after Kimmel caused a stir for comments about Kirk’s accused killer, Tyler Robinson. (Kirk, a controversial conservative commentator, was fatally shot on September 10 while speaking at Utah Valley University. He was 31.)

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