{"id":47656,"date":"2026-04-28T13:29:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T13:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/47656\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T13:29:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T13:29:10","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-responds-after-trump-first-lady-call-for-his-firing-over-expectant-widow-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/47656\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel responds after Trump, first lady call for his firing over \u2018expectant widow\u2019 joke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">(Gray News) \u2014 Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zust6eID9mk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zust6eID9mk\">is defending the joke<\/a> that triggered the president and first lady to call for his resignation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump both called for ABC to fire Kimmel on Monday after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GRjKhsJc95o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GRjKhsJc95o\">a joke last week<\/a> in which Kimmel described the first lady as having \u201cthe glow of an expectant widow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The remark about the president\u2019s wife was part of a sketch on Thursday\u2019s \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live,\u201d where Kimmel pretended to deliver a comedy routine at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association dinner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Two nights later, that event was cut short when a man armed with guns and knives tried to enter the room where the Trumps and many of the nation\u2019s political leaders had gathered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">After the Trumps called for his firing, Kimmel said Monday night that the joke had nothing to do with violence against President Trump, but instead the 24-year age gap between the president and his wife. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cIt was a very light roast joke about the fact that he\u2019s almost 80 and she\u2019s younger than I am,\u201d Kimmel, 58, said. \u201cIt was not by any stretch of the definition a call to assassination. And they know that. I\u2019ve been very vocal for many years speaking out against gun violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Authorities said the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association dinner had barely begun Saturday evening when Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of California, tried to race past a security barricade armed with a shotgun and a pistol.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">He exchanged gunfire with Secret Service agents tasked with safeguarding the event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Allen was injured but was not shot. A Secret Service officer was shot but was wearing a bullet-resistant vest and survived, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">President Trump was hurried off the stage unharmed as guests ducked for cover under their tables.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Allen was charged Monday with the attempted assassination of President Trump, among other charges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">He was ordered to remain in jail pending additional court hearings and faces up to life in prison if convicted of the assassination count alone.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Gray Local Media, Inc. 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