{"id":2257029,"date":"2026-01-29T22:14:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T22:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2257029"},"modified":"2026-01-29T22:14:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T22:14:36","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-gives-verdict-on-melania-trump-documentary-in-epic-takedown-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jimmy-kimmel-gives-verdict-on-melania-trump-documentary-in-epic-takedown-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel Gives Verdict on Melania Trump Documentary in Epic Takedown | Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>During the opening monologue on Wednesday\u2019s (January 28) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/jimmy-kimmel-live\/\"><em>Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em><\/a>, the late-night host told viewers that Melania\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/1220426\/melania-trump-amazon-documentary-release-date-details\/\">Amazon-produced documentary<\/a> will hit theaters this weekend. He then quoted the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>, which reported that the First Lady pocketed $28 million for the movie.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cYou know, between this and her marriage, she\u2019s probably the highest paid actress in the world,\u201d Kimmel quipped.<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cThe movie is expected to bring in between $1 and $5 million at the box office, well behind the horror movie <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/send-help-2026\/\"><em>Send Help<\/em><\/a>. Which incidentally would have been a much better title for the documentary.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trump Meets #1 Fan Nicki Minaj, Has Repulsive Reaction to Ilhan Omar Attack &amp; Still No Epstein Files\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IhAXXY4SqW0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Kimmel then threw to a clip of Melania promoting the movie at the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, where she said, \u201cVisual storytelling and beautiful music create memories for a lifetime. What do you remember when you hear Rolling Stones? Michael Jackson?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know, Bubbles the chimp? What is the point?\u201d the comedian retorted. \u201cAre you really trying to tell us that this dumb vanity project\/corporate bribe is a work of art we\u2019re going to remember like the music of Rolling Stones and Michael Jackson?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cI mean, the only thing that reminds me of Michael Jackson is, <em>when it\u2019s bad, it\u2019s bad, you know it, and it\u2019s bad<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel had some proof for why he believes the movie is <em>bad<\/em>. According to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-features\/melania-trump-documentary-amazon-behind-the-scenes-1235505208\/\"><em>Rolling Stone<\/em><\/a>, two-thirds of Melania\u2019s New York crew asked to have their names removed from the film\u2019s credits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you have any idea how bad a movie has to be for a crew member to not want a credit?\u201d Kimmel asked. \u201cLike, remember that weird Cats movie from like five or six years ago? Everyone got their credits on that one. Everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople keep their credits on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/matt-damon\/\">Matt Damon<\/a> movies, and they don\u2019t want it on this,\u201d he added, returning to a long-running gag of making fun of his movie star rival.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the monologue, Kimmel touched on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/donald-trump\/\">President Trump<\/a>\u2018s comments on Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), who was attacked at a town hall event in Minneapolis when a man sprayed her with apple cider vinegar.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the incident, Trump said, \u201cI don\u2019t think about her. I think she\u2019s a fraud. I really don\u2019t think about that. She probably had herself sprayed, knowing her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel threw Trump\u2019s words back at him, commenting, \u201cNot only is that just a ridiculous thing to say, it also sets him up for maybe the easiest joke of all time. She had herself sprayed \u2015 who\u2019s doing this to you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With that, he showed a picture on screen of the President\u2019s very orange-looking face.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the full opening monologue in the video above and let us know your thoughts below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-block\">\n<p><strong><em>Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em>, Weeknights, 11:35\/10:35c, ABC<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>More Headlines:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.gjsentinel.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the opening monologue on Wednesday\u2019s (January 28) Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the late-night host told viewers that Melania\u2019s Amazon-produced documentary will hit theaters this weekend. He then quoted the Wall Street Journal, which reported that the First Lady pocketed $28 million for the movie. \u201cYou know, between this and her marriage, she\u2019s probably the highest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2086256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[23060,345661,31122,21738,21902,137882,137883],"class_list":["post-2257029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-jimmy-kimmel","tag-jimmy-kimmel-live","tag-melania-trump","tag-news","tag-ntvb_media","tag-syndicate","tag-syndicate-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Big-Ticket-gjsentinelcom.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2257029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2257029"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2257029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2257030,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2257029\/revisions\/2257030"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2086256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2257029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2257029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2257029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}