{"id":239757,"date":"2026-05-12T12:46:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T12:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/late-night-hosts-roast-jimmy-kimmel-over-recent-drama-with-donald-and-melania-trump\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T12:46:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T12:46:06","slug":"late-night-hosts-roast-jimmy-kimmel-over-recent-drama-with-donald-and-melania-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/late-night-hosts-roast-jimmy-kimmel-over-recent-drama-with-donald-and-melania-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Late Night Hosts Roast Jimmy Kimmel Over Recent Drama With Donald and Melania Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Jimmy Kimmel<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s fellow late night hosts playfully poked fun at his recent drama with President Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a> and first lady Melania Trump<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ahead of Stephen Colbert<\/strong>\u2019s final episode of The Late Show<\/em>, five late night hosts gathered during the Monday, May 11, broadcast<\/a>. Colbert, 61, asked the group whether they ever thought about the president having \u201cstrong feelings\u201d about their programming.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know what\u2019s even weirder? Doing a job that his wife has strong feelings about,\u201d Kimmel, 58, said, as Seth Meyers<\/strong> joked, \u201cMost of us have avoided that part.\u201d<\/p>\n

John Oliver<\/strong>, meanwhile, recalled the way<\/a> Kimmel initially responded to the drama.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an amazing thing to get a text from Jimmy saying, \u2018Oh, boy,\u2019 and then a picture of Melania mad at him. What a way to start the day!\u201d Oliver, 49, quipped.<\/p>\n

Jimmy Fallon<\/strong> said he had an unexpected reaction, adding, \u201cAnd then I sent a text to you guys, and I said, \u2018Hey, don\u2019t be mad at me, but I liked it.\u2019 I think she\u2019s got a point.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kimmel recently made headlines for a monologue on his late night show which featured a 10-minute roast about the president ahead of the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner. Kimmel joked that Melania, 56, has a \u201cglow like an expectant widow.\u201d<\/p>\n

The comedian was subsequently slammed by<\/a> Melania and Donald, 79, after a shooting took place at the Washington, D.C. event in April. Melania described the joke as \u201chateful and violent rhetoric\u201d that \u201cis intended to divide our country,\u201d while her husband called to have Kimmel fired.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re all kind of happy when you get in trouble over there, and how do you feel when you wake up, and you see the attention?\u201d Colbert asked Kimmel, who replied, \u201cThe saddest part of it is that I realize in those moments that the only four people who care are sitting right here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kimmel added: \u201cIt takes 12 hours for the rest of the people in my life to even figure out that anything\u2019s going on.\u201d<\/p>\n

The five late night hosts came together in honor of Colbert\u2019s final episode of The Late Show, which will air on Thursday, May 21.<\/p>\n

When CBS announced in July 2025 that The Late Show was ending, the news was met with immediate backlash. Network executives then released a statement addressing their decision, claiming it was not \u201crelated in any way to the show\u2019s performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount\u201d but was instead due to finances.<\/p>\n

Some were still skeptical<\/a> about the move, since it came after an episode where Colbert spoke out about Paramount, CBS\u2019 parent company, settling what he called \u201ca nuisance lawsuit\u201d brought by Donald. In his lawsuit, the president alleged that 60 Minutes had unfairly edited an interview of Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n

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