India, Sept. 20 -- Guillermo Rodriguez is a popular name in Hollywood and has been a longtime fixture on Jimmy Kimmel Live. In fact, he's Kimmel's sidekick in many ways, and was part of a gag that showed Kimmel wanting to leave the US when Donald Trump won his second presidency. Rodriguez was the one who convinced him to stay, in the skit, before packing and leaving for Mexico himself.

Now, with Kimmel's show suspended indefinitely by ABC, following his remarks on Charlie Kirk's shooting suspect, Tyler Robinson, there is a renewed interest in Rodriguez, Kimmel's comedic partner of many years.

Rodriguez first caught his big break while working as a parking lot security guard at Hollywood Boulevard Studios, where he received an offer to a...