India, Sept. 24 -- Popular American talk host Jimmy Kimmel made his much-anticipated return to late-night television on Tuesday addressing for the first time the controversy that briefly suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! and sparking an outpouring of celebrity support.

Hollywood star Ben Stiller was among the first to react online, praising the host's emotional opening. "What a brilliant monologue from Jimmy Kimmel," he posted on X.

In the comments of Jimmy Kimmel Live's first Instagram post since the hiatus, which featured Kimmel standing in front of an On Air sign, messages of encouragement poured in. The White Lotus actor Walton Goggins wrote, "Go get em Jimmy.. You Redwood you." Melanie Griffith, Dave Bautista, Jamie Foxx, and others als...