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Trump calls on ABC to fire Kimmel after he joked Melania was an ‘expectant widow’
Melania Trump also called for consequences as ABC and Disney faced pressure over Kimmel’s joke, which came days before a security incident at the dinner.
- On Monday, President Donald Trump called for ABC to immediately fire late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, describing the comedian's remarks about First Lady Melania Trump as a 'despicable call to violence.'
- During a mock monologue aired Thursday on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Kimmel joked that the first lady had 'the glow of an expectant widow,' days before the security incident at the White House Correspondents Dinner.
- In a Monday statement on X, Melania Trump called Kimmel's words 'corrosive' and urged ABC to 'take a stand' against the host, calling him 'a coward' for hiding behind the network.
- White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called the comments 'completely deranged' during a Monday briefing, while the situation creates a major free speech test for Disney and its new CEO, Josh D'Amaro.
- This controversy marks another free speech stress test for Disney, following previous instances where FCC Chairman Brendan Carr and station groups pressured the network over Kimmel's comments regarding the assassination of activist Charlie Kirk.
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Both President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, are calling on ABC to fire Jimmy Kimmel after the late-night comic joked last week that the first lady had “the glow of an expectant widow.”
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President Trump Calls on Disney-ABC to Fire Jimmy Kimmel
President Donald Trump called on the ABC television network, or its owner Disney, to fire late night host Jimmy Kimmel over a Trump assassination insult aired last Thursday where Kimmel called First Lady Melania Trump an "expectant widow." In his fake White House correspondents speech @JimmyKimmelLive actually joked about Trump’s assassination — just before a real assassin showed up at the real dinner.
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