US EditionJimmy Kimmel Defends Himself After Donald and Melania Trump Call for Him to Be Fired
Kimmel says the joke was a light roast about the Trumps’ age gap and not a call to violence, after both called for ABC to fire him.
- On Monday, April 27, 2026, President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump demanded ABC fire comedian Jimmy Kimmel for his April 23 mock White House Correspondents' Dinner roast, characterizing it as a 'despicable call to violence' following the shooting.
- During the April 25 White House Correspondents' Dinner at the Washington Hilton, 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen disrupted the event, forcing an evacuation of the President and First Lady with armed gunfire.
- Kimmel defended the joke as 'a very light roast' about the couple's age difference, asserting his First Amendment right to free speech and rejecting allegations that his parody constituted a call to assassination.
- On X, First Lady Melania Trump accused Kimmel of spreading 'hateful and violent rhetoric' that 'deepens the political sickness within America,' intensifying pressure on ABC and Disney to terminate the host.
- With authorities preparing for Allen's April 30 detention hearing on attempted assassination charges, the controversy highlights ongoing tensions over media accountability and political rhetoric during a period of heightened national volatility.
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Jimmy Kimmel responds to calls for his firing
Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel responded to White House calls for Disney and ABC to fire him, telling first lady Melania Trump to speak to President Donald Trump about what he called the president's "violent rhetoric."
U.S. federal regulators have launched a full-scale investigation into all broadcasting stations under Walt Disney. The incident was triggered by a scathing joke made by famous comedian Jimmy Kimmel that caricatured President Trump and his wife. While there is criticism that the remark crossed the line, even if intended as satire, there is also an assessment that political pressure surrounding the media has become increasingly blatant.
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