Article continues below advertisementKelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos have Jimmy Kimmel's back.During the Wednesday, September 24, episode of Live With Kelly and Mark, the married co-hosts veered away from their typically non-political talk show commentary to show support for the fellow ABC television personality after he was suspended for nearly a week due to his comments about Charlie Kirk's assassination and Donald Trump.Ripa and Consuelos praised Kimmel while defending the country's First Amendment rights to free speech in a rare political moment for the stars.