Jimmy Kimmel stopped by his late-night friend Stephen Colbert ‘s show for his first interview since Jimmy Kimmel Live! returned to the air after being suspended by ABC on Sept. 17.

During Tuesday night’s episode of The Late Show , Colbert first asked Kimmel to recall how he initially learned his show was “indefinitely” suspended , which he called an “emotional roller coaster” and “very strange” experience. Jimmy Kimmel Live! has since returned to broadcast on Sept. 23.

“It was about 3:00. We tape our show at 4:30. I’m in my office, typing away as I usually do. I get a phone call, it’s ABC. They say they want to talk to me. This is unusual,” he explained. “As far as I knew, they didn’t even know I was doing a show previous to this, so I have like five people who work in my

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