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Melania Trump Calls on ABC to Fire Jimmy Kimmel

HeadlineApr 28, 2026

First lady Melania Trump has joined her husband in calling on ABC to fire late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel, following the gunfire that erupted outside the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday. The first lady objected to Kimmel’s joke last week — before the shooting took place — that she had a “glow like an expectant widow.” On Monday evening, Kimmel pushed back.

Jimmy Kimmel: “I’ve been very vocal for many years speaking out against gun violence in particular. But I understand that the first lady had a stressful experience over the weekend, and probably every weekend is pretty stressful in that house. And also, I agree that hateful and violent rhetoric is something we should reject. I do. And I think a great place to start to dial that back would be to have a conversation with your husband about it.”

This comes after CBS last year canceled “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” under pressure from President Trump, and after ABC temporarily suspended Kimmel’s show last September over his comments about the assassination of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

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