Donald Trump called Jimmy Kimmel “horrible” while presenting this year\u2019s Kennedy Center honorees with medals during a Dec. 6 event<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
“If I can\u2019t beat out Jimmy Kimmel in terms of talent, then I don\u2019t think I should be president,” Trump said<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
An ongoing feud between the pair escalated when Jimmy Kimmel Live! was suspended for multiple episodes in September<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Donald Trump<\/a> took another shot at Jimmy Kimmel<\/a>, this time while presenting the 2025 Kennedy Center honorees<\/a> with their medals.<\/p>\n The president, 79, called the talk show host, 58, “horrible” during a ceremony at the Oval Office in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Dec. 6, ahead of the Kennedy Center Honors, which he is hosting on Sunday, Dec. 7.<\/p>\n “We have never had a president hosting the awards before. This is the first,” Trump said while addressing reporters, per Deadline<\/a>.<\/p>\n “I\u2019m sure they\u2019ll give me great reviews, right? You know, they\u2019ll say he was horrible. He was terrible. It was a horrible situation. No, we\u2019ll do fine,” he continued.<\/p>\n Paul Morigi\/Getty<\/p>\n Donald Trump speaks at the 48th Kennedy Center Honors Medallion Reception on Dec. 6, 2025 in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n Trump then compared himself to previous hosts of the annual event, saying he “watched some of the people that host. Jimmy Kimmel was horrible, and some of these people.”<\/p>\n “If I can\u2019t beat out Jimmy Kimmel in terms of talent, then I don\u2019t think I should be president,” the politician added.<\/p>\n The 2025 Kennedy Center Honors will celebrate Sylvester Stallone<\/a>, George Strait<\/a>, KISS<\/a>, Gloria Gaynor<\/a> and Michael Crawford.<\/p>\n The group was picked by Trump, who said in August that he was “about 98 percent involved” in selecting the honorees after appointing himself chairman<\/a> of the Kennedy Center in February.<\/p>\n Held at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., the gala honors artists for their significant impact on American culture.<\/p>\n Kimmel appeared at the Kennedy Center Honors in 2012, during Barack Obama<\/a>‘s presidency, to praise fellow late-night star David Letterman<\/a>.<\/p>\n Randy Holmes\/Disney via Getty<\/p>\n Jimmy Kimmel during an episode of ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’<\/p>\n Trump’s latest dig at Kimmel comes amid an ongoing feud between the pair, which escalated when Jimmy Kimmel Live! was suspended for six days<\/a> in September over comments the late-night host made following Charlie Kirk<\/a>‘s death<\/a>.<\/p>\n The politician previously weighed in on Kimmel’s hiatus during a visit to the United Kingdom, saying that the host was “fired for lack of talent.”<\/p>\n Last month, Trump then called the talk show host a “man with NO TALENT<\/a> and VERY POOR TELEVISION RATINGS” in a post shared on Truth Social<\/a>.<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for\u00a0PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n He also claimed that Kimmel’s show is “totally biased coverage,” as he wrote, “Get the bum off the air!!!”<\/p>\n![\"Paul](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2de86f845cb2f07ab4b120701995a85c.jpeg\"\/)
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