“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” aired for the first time Tuesday since Disney suspended its host last week.

Jimmy Kimmel walked out on stage to rousing applause — with audience members chanting, “Jimmy! Jimmy! Jimmy!” — and delivered an 18-minute monologue.

Here are some of the highlights:

Jimmy Kimmel thanks supporters — and nonsupporters

He started off by thanking fellow late-night talk show hosts .

Kimmel thanked the audience in attendance: “You supported our show, cared enough to do something about it to make your voices heard so that mine can be heard,” he said. “I will never forget it.”

He also thanked people who disagree with him: “And maybe most of all, I want to thank the people who don’t support my show and what I believe but support my right to share those beliefs anyway,” Kimmel s

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