"I don't think the result would have been as positive if I hadn't talked to Dana as much as I did. It helped me think everything through and where everyone was coming from."
"I happen to love Dana Walden very much and think she's done a great job, and what's happened over the last three weeks was very unfair to my bosses; it was insane."
"I did not agree with that decision, and I told them that, and we had many conversations."
Jimmy Kimmel returned to ABC on September 23 after a brief suspension tied to remarks that drew backlash. Kimmel credited Disney entertainment co-chair Dana Walden with helping him think through the situation and understanding different perspectives. Kimmel said he loved and respected Walden and called the events of the prior weeks unfair to his bosses. He criticized the decision to pull him from the air, saying he did not agree and held many conversations with ABC. Kimmel used his return monologue to challenge FCC chair Brendan Carr and President Donald Trump while defending free speech and ABC's flexibility.
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