{"id":237608,"date":"2026-04-30T17:09:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T17:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/30\/donald-trump-repeats-demand-that-abc-fire-jimmy-kimmel-better-be-soon\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T17:09:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T17:09:02","slug":"donald-trump-repeats-demand-that-abc-fire-jimmy-kimmel-better-be-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/30\/donald-trump-repeats-demand-that-abc-fire-jimmy-kimmel-better-be-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Repeats Demand That ABC Fire Jimmy Kimmel: &#8216;Better Be Soon!&#8217;"},"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>Donald Trump\u2019s war against Jimmy Kimmel shows no signs of abating, as the president has launched multiple attacks against the late night comic.<\/p>\n<p>The drama began last week when Kimmel joked that Melania Trump had the \u201cglow of an expectant widow\u201d during a segment on his ABC talk show.<\/p>\n<p>Two days later, there was an <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\">assassination attempt at the White Correspondents\u2019 Dinner<\/a>.<\/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-2273157306-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House on April 25, 2026 in Washington, DC. \" class=\"wp-image-554025 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2273157306-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2273157306-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2273157306-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2273157306-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2273157306-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2273157306-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2273157306-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2273157306-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House on April 25, 2026 in Washington, DC. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Nathan Howard\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And while the two incidents had nothing to do with one another, and Kimmel certainly couldn\u2019t have predicted the Correspondents\u2019 Dinner attack, both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/04\/melania-trump-demands-abc-fire-jimmy-kimmel-following-expectant-widow-joke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Melania and Donald have called for him to be fired<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier today, Trump repeated his demand, in what some have interpreted as threatening language.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen is ABC Fake News Network firing seriously unfunny Jimmy Kimmel, who incompetently presides over one of the Lowest Rated shows on Television?\u201d he wrote on his Truth Social platform. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are angry. It better be soon!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear what Kimmel may have said to prompt Trump\u2019s latest tirade, but he did make brief reference to Donald and Melania on his show on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DXf71O5DoHj\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>After showing a clip of Melania seemingly refusing to hold the president\u2019s hand at an event honoring King Charles and Queen Camilla, Kimmel cracked some jokes about the Trumps\u2019 relationship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur first couple, Donald and Melania, lately have seemed closer than ever, and I like to think I played a part in that,\u201d he joked, adding:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsidering the week I\u2019ve had with the first couple, I\u2019m just going to say that is a completely normal way to interact for two people who are very much in love.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe that\u2019s why his hands are all bruised, from Melania swatting them away.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\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<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>Melania\u2019s tweet came just months after Kimmel was suspended by ABC in response to pressure from Trump\u2019s FCC chairman, Brendan Carr.<\/p>\n<p>On that occasion, too, the president expressed his desire for ABC to fire Kimmel.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/04\/donald-trump-repeats-demand-that-abc-fire-jimmy-kimmel-better-be-soon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 minutes Donald Trump\u2019s war against Jimmy Kimmel shows no signs of abating, as the president has launched multiple attacks against the late night comic. The drama began last week when Kimmel joked that Melania Trump had the \u201cglow of an expectant widow\u201d during a segment on his ABC talk show. 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