He then quipped, “I know a lot of people have been asking me if there are conditions for my return to the air, and there is one. Disney has asked me to read the following statement, and I have agreed to do it. Here we go: ‘To reactivate your Disney+ and Hulu account, open the Disney+ app on your smart TV or TV-connected device.’”

While Jimmy heaped praise onto ABC for long defending his right “to poke fun at our leaders” and to “advocate for subjects” important to him, he did acknowledge how unhappy he was when they pulled his show. “I was not happy when they pulled me off the air. I did not agree with that decision, and I told them that, and we had many conversations. I shared my point of view. They shared theirs,” he said before adding, “We talked it through and at the end, even though they didn’t have to…They welcomed me back on the air, and I thank them for that.”