Guillermo Rodriguez, the popular sidekick to Jimmy Kimmel on his late night show, was spotted “looking downcast” in an alley behind the show’s studio in the moments after ABC suspended the program on Wednesday, September 17, according to photos obtained by the New York Post.

Rodriguez, 54, wore a T-shirt and sneakers in the photos, which showed him staring at his phone, then getting into his car and driving away with the windows rolled up. The Post reports other staffers on the show soon followed him out of the parking lot with their gear in tow.

Also on Wednesday, NBC 4 Los Angeles captured video of Kimmel, 57, climbing into the backseat of a waiting black Chevy Silverado that soon whisked him off the lot as well.

Rodriguez began working on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in 2003 when he was a park

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