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Trump threatens legal action against Grammy host over Epstein comment

Donald Trump called Trevor Noah's joke about Epstein Island 'false and defamatory' and threatened legal action after the 68th Grammy Awards telecast, criticizing the ceremony as unwatchable.

  • On Feb. 1, Trevor Noah, comedian and Grammys host, returned to host the 68th Annual Grammy Awards at Crypto.com Arena, delivering his final opening monologue in his sixth consecutive year.
  • After initially planning to step away, Trevor Noah, comedian and Grammys host, agreed to reprise the role this year after Ben Winston, Grammys executive producer, pleaded with him in a video.
  • In a crowd-roving bit, Noah slipped into a Trump impression and said `Actually Nicki, I have the biggest ass` aimed at Nicki Minaj, teasing several stars including Jelly Roll and Pharrell.
  • Noah’s closing monologue mixed political jokes and a critique of ticket-resale unaffordability, while Recording Academy President Harvey Mason Jr. and peers praised his instrumental tenure.
  • This year is the Grammys' final broadcast on CBS before a Disney-led move in 2027, as the Recording Academy signed a $500 million, 10-year deal with ABC, Hulu and Disney+ through 2036.
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The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has harshly attacked Trevor Noah, host of the Grammy Awards gala held last Sunday in Los Angeles, threatening him with legal action for publicly linking him to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In a message posted on his social networks, Trump has said that the Grammy Awards “are the worst, practically impossible to see” and that CBS “is lucky that this crap no longer messes up its chain.” Trump has …

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Trevor Noah assured the music awards that President and Bill Clinton had been on pederast island, and the tycoon calls him “complete loser”

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TMZ broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Sunday, February 1, 2026.
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