Melania Trump wants ABC to 'take a stand' against Jimmy Kimmel after 'hateful' joke

Television Melania Trump wants ABC to 'take a stand' against Jimmy Kimmel after 'hateful' joke April 27, 20262:26 PM ET Mandalit del Barco First Lady Melania Trump attends the White House Correspondents' dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., on April 25, 2026. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images First Lady Melania Trump is not happy about late night host Jimmy Kimmel's recent joke about her. "Look at Melania, so beautiful. Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow," Kimmel quipped during a sketch on his show "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" The segment was the comedian's mock alternative speech to the White House Correspondents' dinner, which aired two days before the real event the Trumps attended together ended in gunfire. Authorities subdued a heavily armed man who they say entered the Washington Hilton ballroom in an attempt to target administration officials. In a post on X, the first lady called Kimmel's joke about her "hateful and violent." Sponsor Message Politics A chaotic White House Correspondents' Dinner, as told by NPR reporters in the room "His monologue about my family isn't comedy- his words are corrosive and deepens the political sickness within America," she wrote. "People like Kimmel shouldn't have the opportunity to enter our homes each evening to spread hate." Mrs. Trump urged ABC, the network that airs Kimmel's weeknight show, to take action, asking "how many times will ABC's leadership enable Kimmel's atrocious behavior at the expense of our community?" Hours later, President Trump took to social media to lend support to his wife. Trump wrote that Kimmel's comments went "beyond the pale" and that Jimmy Kimmel should be "immediately fired by Disney and ABC." Television 'We have to speak out,' Jimmy Kimmel says in his late-night return In September, Kimmel was taken off the air after a conservative backlash over comments Kimmel made in the aftermath of Turning Point USA co-fo...