But if he were solid he'd do a Johnny Depp and be like "never working with you fuckers again".
Granted, he has a lot more support staff whose jobs he needs to worry about, too.
Conan O'brien also notably ensured his entire team was account for during the whole Tonight Show debacle, and onward.
The host of the show doesn’t really decide what he’s going to say. He reads the script the writers deliver (with his approval, I’m sure). He’s the talking head of a production team.
Jimmy Kimmel the person didn’t get taken off the air. Jimmy Kimmel the show did.
That makes it relatively easy to go back on the air, if they simply give new direction (constraints) to the writing team that satisfy the network.
If I were to guess, I doubt Jimmy Kimmel the person cares what the team is or is not allowed to write in the script.