Late-night “comedian” Jimmy Kimmel is being put on blast by Melania Trump for a decidedly un-funny bit he did on Thursday about the White House Correspondents’ Dinner that’s even less humorous following the Saturday evening assassination attempt.
In his little parody, the Trump-hating talk show host said, &#8220;Our First Lady, Melania, is here. Look at Melania, so beautiful. Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow.”
The clip aired Thursday night, two days before a crazed gunman gained access to the event with the intention of not only killing the president, but taking out <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/manifesto-shows-shooter-was-willing-to-kill-everyone-at-correspondents-dinner?author=Brecca+Stoll&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=5&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Manifesto+Shows+Shooter+Was+Willing+To+Kill+Everyone+At+Correspondents%E2%80%99+Dinner">everyone in the room</a> if necessary.
Melania did not take the &#8220;joke&#8221; lightly. Instead, she put Kimmel on blast, writing a scathing X post she shared Monday morning.
&#8220;Kimmel’s hateful and violent rhetoric is intended to divide our country,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;His monologue about my family isn’t comedy- his words are corrosive and deepens the political sickness within America. People like Kimmel shouldn’t have the opportunity to enter our homes each evening to spread hate.&#8221;
&#8220;A coward, Kimmel hides behind ABC because he knows the network will keep running cover to protect him. Enough is enough.  It is time for ABC to take a stand,&#8221; the first lady added. &#8220;How many times will ABC’s leadership enable Kimmel’s atrocious behavior at the expense of our community.&#8221;
Kimmel’s parody also mocked the Trumps’ marriage by pretending to introduce them to each other. &#8220;Oh, by the way, Melania, this is Donald. Donald, this is Melania,&#8221; he went on.
He also pretended to speculate on how Melania would spend her birthday, April 26, &#8220;She’s planning to celebrate at home the same way she always does, looking out a window and whispering, ‘What have I done?'&#8221;
As of Monday, the clip was still available on the official “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” YouTube page.
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The bit aired two days before California educator Cole Allen, 31, rushed a Secret Service checkpoint at the Washington Hilton armed with multiple weapons. He managed to strike an officer in his bulletproof vest before being detained and transported to a medical facility.
President Trump and other high-ranking officials were evacuated safely from the event, and there were no fatalities.
Kimmel’s hatred of the president has been on display for years, in his monologues and beyond. Following an ICE-related altercation in January, Kimmel <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jimmy-kimmel-politicizes-ice-shooting-debuts-trump-is-gonna-kill-you-t-shirt">had a shirt made</a> that said, “Donald J. Trump Is Gonna Kill You,” and suggested that this was the “new slogan” for MAGA supporters. Kimmel went on to disparage Trump’s response to the shooting, saying, “This maniac, he’s not just killing people overseas.”
His rhetoric, and that of other late-night hosts, has become increasingly controversial as leftist vigilantes ramp up their assaults on conservatives.
And it’s not just Trump – Kimmel’s show has been hostile territory for Republicans while propping up Democrats since forever. Disgraced former Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) launched his gubernatorial campaign on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” before suspending the effort amid sexual assault allegations.
A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/late-night-hosts-targeted-conservatives-92-of-the-time-made-more-than-7000-trump-jokes-in-2025">report</a> published by the New York Post in December found that 92% of late-night jokes last year were targeted at conservatives. The full lineup of late-night shows included 197 liberal guests and only two who were conservative: Fox News’ Greg Gutfeld and economist Oren Cass.
NewsBusters found that Kimmel was the worst offender, making jokes targeting conservatives more than 3,000 times and focusing most of his ire on President Donald Trump. Of those jokes, 1,668 were about the sitting president.

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