{"id":2439968,"date":"2026-06-01T10:39:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T10:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2439968"},"modified":"2026-06-01T10:39:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T10:39:43","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-hits-trump-right-in-the-ballroom-at-sunday-night-awards-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jimmy-kimmel-hits-trump-right-in-the-ballroom-at-sunday-night-awards-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel Hits Trump Right In The Ballroom At Sunday Night Awards Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entertainment\/topic\/jimmy-kimmel\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Jimmy Kimmel\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6a1d3d56e4b0ba317300b04a\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/entertainment\/topic\/jimmy-kimmel\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"0\">Jimmy Kimmel<\/a> mocked President <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/news\/topic\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Donald Trump\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6a1d3d56e4b0ba317300b04a\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/news\/topic\/donald-trump\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"1\">Donald Trump<\/a> on Sunday night by unleashing a list of some of his most memorable insults as he picked up a Peabody Award.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cI called our president \u2018Fattyshack.\u2019 And \u2018Blob the Builder.\u2019 And \u2018Lie-ger Woods.\u2019 And the \u2018Hungry Hungry Hypocrite.\u2019 \u2018Our Fondling Father.\u2019 \u2018Mar-a-Lardo.\u2019 \u2018Nelson Tandela.\u2019 And \u2018Nostra-Dumbass.\u2019 And somehow, we got a Peabody out of it,\u201d Kimmel said, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/tv\/news\/jimmy-kimmel-peabody-winner-speech-trump-andor-1236763724\/\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"according to Variety\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6a1d3d56e4b0ba317300b04a\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/tv\/news\/jimmy-kimmel-peabody-winner-speech-trump-andor-1236763724\/\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"2\">according to Variety<\/a>. \u201cThis country really has gone to shit.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Kimmel <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/jimmy-kimmel-abc-charlie-kirk_n_68cb3778e4b0a2e5bdc6f10b?7qe\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"was yanked off the air\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6a1d3d56e4b0ba317300b04a\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"68cb3778e4b0a2e5bdc6f10b\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"buzz\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"3\">was yanked off the air<\/a> by ABC last year over comments he made about the suspect in the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/topic\/charlie-kirk\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Charlie Kirk\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6a1d3d56e4b0ba317300b04a\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/topic\/charlie-kirk\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"4\">Charlie Kirk<\/a> assassination. However, he was back on the air in days after a public outcry \u2015 and after fans canceled their subscriptions to Disney+ and Hulu in protest. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Peabody Award announcement cited Kimmel\u2019s return as \u201ca master class in public apologia\u201d and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/peabodyawards.com\/award-profile\/jimmy-kimmel-live\/\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"said he was given the prize\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6a1d3d56e4b0ba317300b04a\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/peabodyawards.com\/award-profile\/jimmy-kimmel-live\/\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"5\">said he was given the prize<\/a> for \u201creminding us that comedy and satire are vital \u2015 yet also threatening \u2015 forms of democratic speech.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>But Kimmel on Sunday night said it shouldn\u2019t be that way. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cMaking jokes about the president in America shouldn\u2019t win you a prize,\u201d Kimmel said, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/jimmy-kimmel-peabody-awards-jokes-trump-1236610141\/\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"according to The Hollywood Reporter\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6a1d3d56e4b0ba317300b04a\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/jimmy-kimmel-peabody-awards-jokes-trump-1236610141\/\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"6\">according to The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>. \u201cWe have the right, guaranteed by the Constitution, to criticize and satirize our leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Kimmel praised those who came to his defense. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cI watched as millions of people, even some from across the aisle, objected. They spoke up, they marched, they cancelled their subscriptions to \u2018Star Wars,\u2019 because they refused to allow our freedoms to be bulldozed like the East Wing of the White House,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>That last comment was a reference to Trump\u2019s decision to knock down the East Wing to build the massive <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/trump-white-house-ballroom-image_n_68d5ff61e4b0d6db5599e126\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"ballroom\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6a1d3d56e4b0ba317300b04a\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"68d5ff61e4b0d6db5599e126\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"buzz\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"7\">ballroom<\/a> that he\u2019s been obsessing over. <\/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.celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jimmy Kimmel mocked President Donald Trump on Sunday night by unleashing a list of some of his most memorable insults as he picked up a Peabody Award. \u201cI called our president \u2018Fattyshack.\u2019 And \u2018Blob the Builder.\u2019 And \u2018Lie-ger Woods.\u2019 And the \u2018Hungry Hungry Hypocrite.\u2019 \u2018Our Fondling Father.\u2019 \u2018Mar-a-Lardo.\u2019 \u2018Nelson Tandela.\u2019 And \u2018Nostra-Dumbass.\u2019 And somehow, we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2439969,"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":[25173],"tags":[22389,23060,478862],"class_list":["post-2439968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-donald-trump","tag-jimmy-kimmel","tag-peabody-award"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jimmy-Kimmel-Hits-Trump-Right-In-The-Ballroom-At-Sunday.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2439968","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=2439968"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2439968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2439970,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2439968\/revisions\/2439970"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2439969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2439968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2439968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2439968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}