Jimmy Kimmel rejects White House criticism over Melania widow joke
Madeline HalpertandHarry Sekulich
Randy Holmes/Disney via Getty Images Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel sits at a wooden desk on a black leather chair with a backdrop of a black and blue skyline. He wears a black suit and navy blue and red striped tie with a white shirt. Randy Holmes/Disney via Getty Images
Jimmy Kimmel has received a torrent of backlash from the White House over the joke
Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel has defended a joke in which he called Melania Trump an “expectant widow” just days before a shooting incident at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
The first lady described a Kimmel sketch which aired last Thursday as “hateful and violent”, and the White House urged his network, ABC, to fire the comedian.
Three days later, a gunman opened fire at the White House Correspondents’ dinner in Washington DC, which Donald Trump attended with Melania. Authorities have said the gunman’s attack may have targeted members of the Trump administration.
Kimmel said the original joke was a “light roast” about the 23-year age difference between the president and his wife.
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