McLachlan issued a passionate statement in support of free speech as she spoke to the audience to explain her move at the premiere of Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery on Sunday night. Disney owns the documentary’s distributor, ABC News Studios, as well as the wider ABC network that used to air Jimmy Kimmel Live!

A source tells The Hollywood Reporter that Sarah McLachlan and Jewel were the artists who were going to take the stage at the event. "We have collectively decided not to perform but instead to stand in solidarity in support of free speech,

Pedro Pascal, Billy Crystal, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Mark Ruffalo are among those who added their name to the letter.

Students from Odyssey Charter School, McKinley School and Don Benito — all three of which have taken displaced students and staff from the Eaton fire, including Eliot Arts Magnet and Rosebud

We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday.”