{"id":2391502,"date":"2026-04-27T15:21:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T15:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2391502"},"modified":"2026-04-27T15:21:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T15:21:30","slug":"melania-slams-coward-kimmel-over-hateful-speech-before-shooting-celebrity-news-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/melania-slams-coward-kimmel-over-hateful-speech-before-shooting-celebrity-news-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"Melania slams &#8216;coward&#8217; Kimmel over &#8216;hateful&#8217; speech before shooting &#8211; Celebrity News &#8211; Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Melania Trump blasted Jimmy Kimmel on social media after his joke involving the White House Correspondents&#8217; Dinner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The first lady took to X (formerly Twitter) on Monday, April 27, to break her silence about the late-night host doing a bit on the show, acting like the host of the annual event. Jimmy did a parody monologue of what he would have said at the event if President <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/latest\/donald-trump\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\">Donald Trump<\/a> didn&#8217;t have &#8220;the thinnest fat skin of any human being ever&#8221; on his late-night show on Thursday, April 23, just days before the shooting that happened at the White House Correspondents&#8217; Dinner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>During his bit, he blasted Donald and Melania, saying the latter has &#8220;you have a glow like an expectant widow.&#8221; Melania did not find the monologue funny and wrote, &#8220;Kimmel\u2019s hateful and violent rhetoric is intended to divide our country. His monologue about my family isn\u2019t comedy- his words are corrosive and deepens the political sickness within America. People like Kimmel shouldn\u2019t have the opportunity to enter our homes each evening to spread hate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;A coward, Kimmel hides behind ABC because he knows the network will keep running cover to protect him. Enough is enough. It is time for ABC to take a stand. How many times will ABC\u2019s leadership enable Kimmel\u2019s atrocious behavior at the expense of our community,&#8221; she continued.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>We&#8217;ll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Stay up to date with all the big headlines, pictures, analysis, opinion and video on the stories that matter to you.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>For all the latest on news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/\"><strong>Daily Express US<\/strong><\/a><\/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.the-express.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melania Trump blasted Jimmy Kimmel on social media after his joke involving the White House Correspondents&#8217; Dinner. The first lady took to X (formerly Twitter) on Monday, April 27, to break her silence about the late-night host doing a bit on the show, acting like the host of the annual event. 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