“The suspension of Jimmy Kimmel and the promise to silence other late-night hosts for criticizing the administration should disturb everyone on the Right, Left and Center,” O’Brien wrote in an Instagram post Friday.

“Once again, free speech reigns supreme here in town,” Leno said as he was swarmed by reporters in Hollywood Thursday. “It’s a comedian talking. If they don’t like it, don’t watch it.”

Jimmy Fallon addressed the elephant in the room at the top of Thursday night’s Tonight Show with a Kimmel sandwich: jokes, praise, jokes.