Trump calls for Jimmy Kimmel to be fired after joke about 'expectant widow' Melania |
Trump calls for Jimmy Kimmel to be fired after joke about ‘expectant widow’ Melania
President Trump is calling for ABC’s late-night comedian, Jimmy Kimmel, to be fired over a joke the host made last week with a punch line saying first lady Melania Trump has the “glow” of “an expectant widow.”
Kimmel’s joke came during an episode of his nightly show that aired just two days before a gunman tried to storm the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday, an attack that authorities have said was targeting the president and other top administration officials.
“Wow, Jimmy Kimmel, who is in no way funny as attested to by his terrible Television Ratings, made a statement on his Show that is really shocking,” President Trump wrote on his Truth Social website on Monday. “He showed a fake video of the First Lady, Melania, and our son, Barron, like they were actually sitting in........