{"id":237031,"date":"2026-04-27T16:36:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T16:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/27\/melania-trump-demands-abc-fire-jimmy-kimmel-following-expectant-widow-joke\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T16:36:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T16:36:46","slug":"melania-trump-demands-abc-fire-jimmy-kimmel-following-expectant-widow-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/27\/melania-trump-demands-abc-fire-jimmy-kimmel-following-expectant-widow-joke\/","title":{"rendered":"Melania Trump Demands ABC Fire Jimmy Kimmel Following &#8216;Expectant Widow&#8217; Joke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Back in September of 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/09\/jimmy-kimmel-pulled-from-air-celebrities-react-to-abcs-shocking-decision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jimmy Kimmel was pulled from the air<\/a> in response to public pressure from FCC Chairman Brendan Carr.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/09\/jimmy-kimmel-returns-tears-up-in-most-anticipated-monologue-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kimmel was later reinstated <\/a>following a brief suspension, and the incident became a cautionary tale about the fragility of free speech rights and the dangers of government overreach.<\/p>\n<p>Now, it looks as though the Trump White House is spoiling for a rematch with Kimmel.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2213138256-2-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Jimmy Kimmel attends the 28th Annual UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation's &quot;Taste For A Cure&quot; event at Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel on May 02, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California.\" class=\"wp-image-553739 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2213138256-2-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2213138256-2-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2213138256-2-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2213138256-2-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2213138256-2-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2213138256-2-1-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2213138256-2-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2213138256-2-1-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jimmy Kimmel attends the 28th Annual UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation\u2019s \u201cTaste For A Cure\u201d event at Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel on May 02, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Tommaso Boddi\/Getty Images for UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On his show last week, Kimmel parodied the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner, and at one point, he joked that Melania was \u201cglowing like an expectant widow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday night, the actual dinner ended abruptly, when a gunman charged a security checkpoint and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/04\/cole-tomas-allen-everything-we-know-about-the-suspected-white-house-correspondents-dinner-gunman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">exchanged fire with Secret Service agents<\/a> before being apprehended.<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel\u2019s segment aired days before that violent incident, but First Lady Melania Trump is demanding that ABC fire the late night host over his \u201ccorrosive\u201d humor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKimmel\u2019s hateful and violent rhetoric is intended to divide our country. His monologue about my family isn\u2019t comedy- his words are corrosive and deepens the political sickness within America,\u201d she wrote on X (formerly Twitter) Monday morning, adding:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kimmel\u2019s hateful and violent rhetoric is intended to divide our country.  His monologue about my family isn\u2019t comedy- his words are corrosive and deepens the political sickness within America.  <\/p>\n<p>People like Kimmel shouldn\u2019t have the opportunity to enter our homes each evening to\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 First Lady Melania Trump (@FLOTUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FLOTUS\/status\/2048769128513585618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 27, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cPeople like Kimmel shouldn\u2019t have the opportunity to enter our homes each evening to spread hate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA coward, Kimmel hides behind ABC because he knows the network will keep running cover to protect him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnough is enough. It is time for ABC to take a stand. How many times will ABC\u2019s leadership enable Kimmel\u2019s atrocious behavior at the expense of our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, those are some pretty strong words from the First Lady.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>But given the backlash over ABC\u2019s decision to pull Kimmel from the air last year, she\u2019s unlikely to get the outcome she\u2019s seeking.<\/p>\n<p>Politicians from both sides of the aisle condemned the Disney-owned network for caving to pressure from the Trump administration, and they\u2019ll likely do so again if ABC complies with Melania\u2019s demands.<\/p>\n<p>After all, Kimmel\u2019s jokes came several days <em>before<\/em> the incident at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner, so it\u2019s not as if the comic was making fun of a recent traumatic incident.<\/p>\n<p>Melania might feel that the shooter was encouraged by Kimmel, but that would be difficult to prove.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, Kimmel joked about Trump passing away, but that remark seemed to have more to do with the President\u2019s advanced age than with the possibility of him being assassinated.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, as a woman whose husband frequently makes biting remarks and \u201cedgy\u201d jokes about his political rivals, Melania might do well to develop a thicker skin.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/04\/melania-trump-demands-abc-fire-jimmy-kimmel-following-expectant-widow-joke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 minutes Back in September of 2025, Jimmy Kimmel was pulled from the air in response to public pressure from FCC Chairman Brendan Carr. Kimmel was later reinstated following a brief suspension, and the incident became a cautionary tale about the fragility of free speech rights and the dangers of government overreach. 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