John Oliver offered an impassioned defense of Jimmy Kimmel last night on Last Week Tonight. The host spoke out about the importance of free speech and not succumbing to “bullies,” at one point directing his monologue at Disney head Bob Iger.

It's "the only phrase that can genuinely make a weak bully go away," the "Last Week Tonight" host said in a direct address to Bob Iger.

"America's third favorite Zazu" noted that viewers could list the reason for their cancellation of the platforms as "refusing to protect freedom of speech."

John Oliver defended Jimmy Kimmel after his suspension from ABC’s ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ and urged Disney to support the host in the controversy

John Oliver made a direct plea to Disney’s CEO to tell off Trump with “four key words” in the wake of ABC’s indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live! Oliver used his Last Week Tonight monologue on Sunday night to encourage viewers to cancel their Disney+ and Hulu subscriptions.

John Oliver devoted the main segment of the latest "Last Week Tonight" to eviscerating ABC's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel.

John Oliver said that “history will remember the cowards” in a blistering takedown of Disney CEO Bob Iger following Jimmy Kimmel ’s indefinite suspension from ABC.

John Oliver has never shied away from poking fun at whoever his "business daddy" is at the moment, but on Sunday night, the HBO host lost his cool for just a moment after realizing he might have another one soon — one who is more likely to cave to pressure from the FCC.