Bill O\u2019Reilly: Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s job is to hate Trump<\/p>\n
(NewsNation<\/a>) \u2014 Author Bill O\u2019Reilly feels Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s<\/a> sole purpose on television is to try to damage President Trump and the office of the presidency.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s not a satirist. He\u2019s there to hate President Trump. Disney knows that,\u201d O\u2019Reilly said while appearing on \u201cKatie Pavlich Tonight.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n O\u2019Reilly\u2019s remarks follow First lady Melania Trump calling on ABC to fire Kimmel over a joke the late-night host made days before a gunman entered the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner<\/a>. Cole Tomas Allen, 31, exchanged gunfire with law enforcement while rushing a Secret Service checkpoint outside the dinner.<\/p>\n Timeline: How Cole Allen allegedly got steps away from Trump <\/a><\/p>\n Last week, Kimmel parodied the event, a traditional gathering that includes the White House press corps, celebrities and administration officials, typically featuring a comedic roast of the president and his appointees.<\/p>\n On his show, Kimmel joked that Melania Trump had the glow of an \u201cexpectant widow.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s no reason for Jimmy Kimmel to be on there. What\u2019s the reason? I don\u2019t understand. It\u2019s not entertainment,\u201d O\u2019Reilly added.<\/p>\n \u201cSo my question is to Disney: Why are you doing this?\u00a0For what?\u00a0You\u2019re not making money off Kimmel.\u00a0Very few people watch him.\u00a0You polarize a whole country. People take it out on you when your revenue goes down.\u201d<\/p>\n Stephen A. Smith: WHCD shooting shows current political climate at its worst <\/a><\/p>\n This is not the first time Kimmel has faced ire from conservatives and attempts to remove his show from the air.<\/p>\n Following the shooting of conservative political activist\u00a0Charlie Kirk<\/a>, Kimmel\u2019s\u00a0show was suspended<\/a>\u00a0after comments in his monologue that\u00a0angered conservatives<\/a>.<\/p>\n The incident was the latest assassination attempt on President Trump, the third in the last two years.<\/p>\n Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/i><\/p>\n