The remarks drew intense backlash from conservatives, along with a veiled threat from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), but Kimmel’s benching didn’t even last a week and "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" "I don't want Jimmy Kimmel to be a martyr. He's a liar, he's an unrepentant liar, but he should not be considered a martyr by anybody," Kolvet told Fox News Digital. JIMMY KIMMEL SHEDS 64% OF AUDIENCE AFTER SHORT-LIVED RATINGS SPIKE FOLLOWING SUSPENSIONKolvet said some of the messaging from the FCC was "well-intentioned," but "muddied the water" and allowed liberals to rally around Kimmel in the name of free speech. Kimmel’s brief benching caused outrage from the left, and hundreds of protesters demonstrated outside Disney’s location in Burbank, California, to demand that Disney put "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"