Just like Jimmy Kimmel Live! 's Jimmy Kimmel from ABC, NBC's Jimmy Fallon didn't hold back from showing support for the CBS host who was technically his competition in late night television. He posted in a since-expired Instagram Story that he was "just as shocked as everyone" about Stephen Colbert's Late Show and "really thought I'd ride this out with him for years to come.

The Tonight Show' host, who started his Monday broadcast addressing his ‘Late Show’ counterpart’s cancellation, also posted on social media last week about the news.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday distanced himself from the firing of The Late Show host Stephen Colbert, suggesting that Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon could be next on the chopping block. Following news earlier this month that CBS would be canceling Colbert’s The Late Show,