Jimmy Kimmel responds to Trump’s call for his firing, calls it ‘déjà vu’ - BERITAJA

Late-night big Jimmy Kimmel has responded to U.S. President Donald Trump’s call for him to beryllium “immediately fired” aft he called the president’s wife, Melania Trump, an “expectant widow” during a conception that aired 2 days earlier a gunman opened occurrence extracurricular the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.

Kimmel responded to some Trump and Melania during his opening speech of Jimmy Kimmel Live! connected Monday aft they some called for ABC to return action against the host.

“You cognize really sometimes you aftermath up successful the greeting and the first woman puts retired a connection demanding you beryllium fired from your job? We’ve each been there, right?” Kimmel began.

“I greeted the time facing yet different Twitter vomit large wind and a telephone to occurrence maine from our first lady, Melania Trump, saying I should beryllium fired because of a joke I made again 5 nights ago. It was a dress roast. I said, ‘Our first lady, Melania’s here. Look astatine her. So Beautiful. Mrs. Trump, you person a glow for illustration an expectant widow,’ which evidently a joke about their property quality and the look of joyousness we spot connected her look each clip they’re together,” Kimmel said.

Kimmel said the Trumps’ calling for him to beryllium fired is for illustration “‘déjà vu’ coming pinch each the news channels talking about this.”

“It was a very ray roast joke about the truth that he’s almost 80 and she’s younger than I am,” he added. “It was not by immoderate agelong a telephone to assassination and they cognize that I’ve been very vocal for galore years, speaking retired against weapon unit successful particular.”

Kimmel said he agrees “that hateful and convulsive rhetoric is thing we should reject.”

“I do, and I deliberation a awesome spot to commencement to dial that backmost would beryllium to person a speech pinch your hubby about it,” Kimmel said. “I besides should constituent retired that Donald Trump is allowed to opportunity immoderate he wants to say, arsenic are you and arsenic americium I, arsenic are each of us, because nether the First Amendment we person arsenic Americans a correct to free speech.”

“I americium sorry that you and the president and everyone successful that room connected Saturday went done that. I really am,” Kimmel said, straight speaking to Melania. “Just because nary 1 sewage killed doesn’t mean it wasn’t traumatic and scary. And we should travel together and beryllium best. We really should.”

Kimmel rebutted the comments made earlier by White House property caput Karoline Leavitt and played a clip of her saying “there will beryllium immoderate shots fired” successful a reddish carpet question and reply astatine the dinner.

“But if you want america to judge that a joke I made 3 days earlier this meal had immoderate effect connected thing that happened, well, possibly you should look into this psychic lady, too,” Kimmel said.

In a station connected Truth Social Monday, Trump said Kimmel, “who is successful nary measurement funny arsenic attested by his unspeakable Television ratings,” made a connection connected Jimmy Kimmel Live! “that is really shocking.”

“He showed a clone video of the First Lady, Melania, and our son, Barron, for illustration they were really sitting successful his studio, listening to him speak, which they weren’t, and ne'er would be,” Trump wrote. “He past stated, ‘Our First Lady, Melania, is here. Look astatine Melania, truthful beautiful. Mrs. Trump, you person a glow for illustration an expectant widow.'”

“A time later a lunatic tried entering the ballroom of the White House Correspondents Dinner, loaded up pinch a shotgun, handgun, and galore knives. He was location for a very evident and sinister reason,” Trump continued.

Trump said he appreciated that “many people” are “incensed by Kimmel’s bad telephone to violence, and usually would not beryllium responsive to thing that he said but, this is thing acold beyond the pale.”

“Jimmy Kimmel should beryllium instantly fired by Disney and ABC,” Trump added.

Trump’s station came aft Melania shared a connection connected X Monday, calling for ABC to “take a stand” against Kimmel complete his comments.

“Kimmel’s hateful and convulsive rhetoric is intended to disagreement our country,” Melania wrote. “His speech about my family isn’t drama — his words are corrosive and deepens the governmental sickness wrong America.”

Melania said “people for illustration Kimmel” shouldn’t person “the opportunity to participate our homes each evening to dispersed hate.”

“A coward, Kimmel hides down ABC because he knows the web will support moving screen to protect him,” she continued. “Enough is enough. It is clip for ABC to return a stand. How galore times will ABC’s activity alteration Kimmel’s atrocious behaviour astatine the disbursal of our community.”

Kimmel’s joke came during a mock type of the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, wherever he pretended to beryllium the host.

“Welcome to the 2026 correspondents’ dinner. Look astatine you each dressed up successful general wear, dresses, tuxedos. I haven’t seen this overmuch achromatic since each page of the Trump-Epstein files,” Kimmel said.

“I’m happy you decided to stay, Mr. President. And don’t worry, if we bruise your ego, it’ll only make your hands look little disgusting,” Kimmel continued. “The president didn’t want maine to show immoderate jokes about him coming but he besides didn’t want to salary maine $130,000 to unopen up, truthful present we are.”

“By the way, successful the unfortunate arena that our president has a aesculapian emergency tonight, do we person a expert successful the location — wait, sorry. Do we person a Jesus successful the house? I ever confuse them, too,” Kimmel said earlier cutting to a clip of Trump smiling successful a crowd.

“And of course, our first lady, Melania, is here. So beautiful. Mrs. Trump, you person a glow for illustration an expectant widow,” Kimmel said. “You know, Melania’s day is connected Sunday. That’s right. She’s readying to observe astatine home, the aforesaid measurement she ever does, looking retired a model and whispering, ‘What person I done?'”

Trump’s latest telephone for ABC to occurrence Kimmel comes aft his early looked questionable successful September 2025, erstwhile ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! for remarks made following the sidesplitting of right-wing governmental commentator Charlie Kirk, who died aft being changeable astatine a Turning Point USA rally connected Sept. 10. Following a nationalist outcry, ABC lifted the suspension, and Kimmel returned to the air.