Trump demands immediate sacking of TV host Jimmy Kimmel over ‘despicable’ joke

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Trump joined his wife Melania in calling for ABC to fire Kimmel after the comedian said the first lady had a ‘glow like an expectant widow’

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ReutersPublished: 2:30am, 28 Apr 2026Updated: 2:43am, 28 Apr 2026

US ⁠President ⁠Donald Trump said on Monday that Jimmy ‌Kimmel should be immediately fired by Disney and ABC, ⁠joining his wife ‌Melania Trump in calling ‌out the late-night talk ⁠show ⁠host for ‌a monologue he delivered ‌before a shooting ‌near a ⁠gathering of journalists ⁠and politicians over the weekend.

Kimmel, in a parody of the White House Correspondents Dinner that was broadcast last week before the actual event, said: “Mrs Trump you have a glow like an expectant widow.”

Donald Trump said the comedian’s joke was “something far beyond the pale. Jimmy Kimmel should be immediately fired by Disney and ABC”.

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Earlier on Monday, Melania ‌Trump called Kimmel’s remarks “corrosive” and a symptom of what she described as a political sickness in the United States.

“Enough is enough. It is ‌time for ABC to take a stand. How many times will ABC’s leadership enable Kimmel’s atrocious behaviour at the expense of our community,” Melania Trump wrote in a social media post.Advertisement

“People like Kimmel shouldn’t have the ⁠opportunity to enter our homes each evening to spread hate.

“Kimmel’s hateful and violent rhetoric is intended to divide our country,” the first lady wrote. “His monologue about my ‌family isn’t comedy - his ‌words are corrosive and deepens (sic) the political sickness within America,” she wrote.

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