{"id":2392530,"date":"2026-04-28T07:23:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T07:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2392530"},"modified":"2026-04-28T07:23:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T07:23:51","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-reacts-to-melania-trumps-statement-defends-his-widow-joke-donald-trump-jimmy-kimmel-melania-trump-politics-celebrity-news-and-gossip-entertainment-ph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jimmy-kimmel-reacts-to-melania-trumps-statement-defends-his-widow-joke-donald-trump-jimmy-kimmel-melania-trump-politics-celebrity-news-and-gossip-entertainment-ph\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel Reacts to Melania Trump\u2019s Statement, Defends His \u2018Widow\u2019 Joke | Donald Trump, Jimmy Kimmel, Melania Trump, Politics | Celebrity News and Gossip | Entertainment, Photos and Videos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\t\t<span><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/jimmy-kimmel\/\" title=\"Jimmy Kimmel\"><strong>Jimmy Kimmel<\/strong><\/a> is speaking out to defend his \u201cexpectant widow\u201d joke about <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/melania-trump\/\" title=\"Melania Trump\"><strong>Melania Trump<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The late night talk show host opened the Monday (April 27) episode of <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live<\/em> by addressing <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/04\/27\/melania-trump-calls-for-jimmy-kimmel-to-be-fired-after-calling-her-an-expectant-widow\/\">the statement made by <strong>Melania<\/strong> earlier in the day<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner over the weekend, <strong>Jimmy <\/strong>did a pretend-monologue on his talk show to imagine what he might have said on stage if he was asked to be the MC. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook at Melania, so beautiful. Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow,\u201d <strong>Kimmel <\/strong>joked, obviously referring to the age gap between the president and the first lady. <\/p>\n<p>Two days after the shooting at the dinner, <strong>Melania<\/strong> and <strong>Donald<\/strong> both released statements condemning <strong>Kimmel<\/strong>\u2018s joke and called for ABC to fire him\u2026 yet again. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Kimmel<\/strong> responded on his talk show later that night.<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"hidearticle\"><em>Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><span id=\"more-2199594\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jimmy Kimmel on Melania &amp; Donald Trump Demanding His Firing &amp; The White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zust6eID9mk?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>He began, \u201cSometimes, you wake up in the morning and the first lady puts out a statement demanding you be fired from your job. We\u2019ve all been there, right?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a pretend roast,\u201d <strong>Jimmy <\/strong>said. \u201cI said, \u2018Our First Lady Melania is here. Look at her, so beautiful. Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow,\u2019 which obviously was a joke about their age difference, and the look of joy we see on her face every time they\u2019re together. It was a very light roast joke about the fact that he\u2019s almost 80 and she\u2019s younger than I am. It was not, by any stretch of the definition, a call to assassination. And they know that I\u2019ve been very vocal for many years, speaking out against gun violence in particular.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI agree that hateful and violent rhetoric is something we should reject,\u201d he added. \u201cI do, and I think a great place to start to dial that back would be to have a conversation with your husband about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch the full video above!<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2&appId=145071315902360\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\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.justjared.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jimmy Kimmel is speaking out to defend his \u201cexpectant widow\u201d joke about Melania Trump. 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