{"id":352430,"date":"2026-04-28T02:00:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T07:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/jimmy-kimmel-addresses-donald-and-melania-trump-calling-for-abc-to-fire-him"},"modified":"2026-04-28T02:00:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T07:00:52","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-addresses-donald-and-melania-trump-calling-for-abc-to-fire-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/jimmy-kimmel-addresses-donald-and-melania-trump-calling-for-abc-to-fire-him","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel Addresses Donald and Melania Trump Calling for ABC to Hearth Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Jimmy Kimmel to Melania Trump<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Talk to Your Hubby About Hateful Rhetoric<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-none h2\">&#8230; Before Coming for Me!!!<\/span><br \/>\n           <\/h2>\n<p>    <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-04-27T21:25:54-07:00\"><br \/>\n               April 27, 2026<br \/>\n              9:25 PM PDT<\/time>\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-0d59e411608d91e2f142cb842c121aba\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-50b8a0b9-424d-4753-acef-d863abc8443c-541142438-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-50b8a0b9-424d-4753-acef-d863abc8443c-541142438-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"American people of German descent\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/d6\/16by9\/2026\/04\/28\/d60227d1bb13473bb4834736478340fe_md.jpg\" alt=\"jimmy-kimmel-kal-04-27-2026\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0d59e411608d91e2f142cb842c121aba--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9a26a7802e5ab63bc079272c00467e7c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/jimmy-kimmel\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Jimmy Kimmel<\/strong><\/a> is firing back at President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/donald-trump\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a> and First Lady <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/melania-trump\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Melania Trump<\/strong><\/a> after they called on him to be fired over a controversial joke.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9a26a7802e5ab63bc079272c00467e7c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c352072771501b4be8d0e09c78db1b6b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The late night host clapped back Monday night, opening his monologue with a jab &#8230; joking sometimes you wake up and &#8220;the First Lady puts out a statement demanding you be fired&#8221; &#8230; adding, yeah, we&#8217;ve all been there.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c352072771501b4be8d0e09c78db1b6b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f0a8416f77c8c1eecff9e8c5f88f3265\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>He made it crystal clear he wasn&#8217;t calling for violence, insisting the bit was just a &#8220;pretend roast&#8221; &#8230; clearly a dig at the couple&#8217;s age gap, not anything darker. Kimmel doubled down that it was a &#8220;very light roast joke&#8221; about Trump nearing 80 and Melania being significantly younger.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f0a8416f77c8c1eecff9e8c5f88f3265--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a93db65b86f791ef1c4f6615d710a31a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>While acknowledging Melania had a &#8220;stressful experience over the weekend&#8221; following the shooting, Kimmel still turned the tables saying he agrees violent rhetoric should be toned down but suggested she might want to &#8220;have a conversation&#8221; with her husband about it first.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a93db65b86f791ef1c4f6615d710a31a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f8c999e6e35a2568c3b638d9109ccb3c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260427_a068f536e2ae4cd985e05464b89b879c\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:f3d4d555-863d-46f1-a595-a858101e9998\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/a0\/4by3\/2026\/04\/27\/a068f536e2ae4cd985e05464b89b879c_md.jpg\" alt=\"donald trump on jimmy kimmel x 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>                 <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f8c999e6e35a2568c3b638d9109ccb3c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-83caf679664c42749f94537ea0c2e657\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>As you know &#8230; on Monday Donald and Melania joined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/karoline-leavitt\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Karoline Leavitt<\/strong><\/a> in piling on the late night host &#8230; demanding Kimmel be fired after his controversial &#8220;expectant widow&#8221; joke about FLOTUS.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-83caf679664c42749f94537ea0c2e657--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-df3f60b379338467b47b6b74f3a7d661\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>POTUS slammed Kimmel for being &#8220;in no way funny&#8221; and took a jab at his &#8220;terrible Television Ratings&#8221; before blasting the comic for airing what he described as a &#8220;fake video&#8221; of Melania and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/barron-trump\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Barron<\/strong><\/a> during his monologue.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-df3f60b379338467b47b6b74f3a7d661--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-1e66bce2bd1320b35fb7e1575e7d6362\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260227_bef6a209e76f4c5883779526367accf2\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:f3d4d555-863d-46f1-a595-a858101e9998\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/be\/4by3\/2026\/02\/27\/bef6a209e76f4c5883779526367accf2_md.jpg\" alt=\"jimmy kimmel live disney randy holmes\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-1e66bce2bd1320b35fb7e1575e7d6362--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4784cb865304a0b75c0be41c9091710f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>It&#8217;s far from the first time Trump has called for Kimmel to lose his job &#8230; 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