Jimmy Kimmel, 58, is refusing to again down from his longtime feud with Donald Trump and first woman Melania Trump.
The late-night comic set off chaos when he joked that Melania, 56, had the “glow of an expectant widow” throughout an April 23 episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Dwell!”
The Trumps weren’t amused and shortly known as for his firing. Simply when folks thought Kimmel had realized his lesson, he discovered a brand-new cause to make Melania a punchline.
The White Home hosted a Mom’s Day occasion for grieving moms whose kids died in fight or have been killed by undocumented immigrants. First woman delivered remarks however stumbled over ready notes and mispronounced a number of phrases.
“Melania confirmed as much as learn a ready assertion, which A). she clearly hadn’t reviewed prematurely, and B). showered reward not on the moms for Mom’s Day, however on her husband, the largest mom of all,” Kimmel joked on his Might 6 present.
“I’ve by no means seen this occur earlier than,” he continued, “Even Donald and Melania couldn’t preserve a straight face.”
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One line specifically particularly caught Kimmel’s consideration.
“Most know my husband because the robust commander in chief, however his empathy transcends the function and shapes a caring chief,” Melania stated through the occasion.
Kimmel rapidly seized on the comment, noting, “We lastly obtained to see what makes them snort. I actually really feel like I introduced these two again collectively.”
He continued, “I actually do. I’m getting no credit score for it.”
Kimmel’s jab at Trump’s well being and Melania’s seen annoyance together with her husband drew backlash. The primary woman later known as out Kimmel over his controversial “widow” joke.
Jimmy Kimmel: “I stated, ‘our first woman Melania’s right here, have a look at her, so stunning. Mrs. Trump, you have got a glow like an expectant widow. Which, clearly, was a joke about their age distinction… It was a really mild roast joke”pic.twitter.com/TcxtSHkdwG
— Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) April 28, 2026
His wisecrack got here days earlier than Trump’s alleged assassination try on the White Home Correspondents’ Affiliation Dinner on April 25.
“Folks like Kimmel shouldn’t have the chance to enter our properties every night to unfold hate. A coward, Kimmel hides behind ABC as a result of he is aware of the community will preserve operating cowl to guard him,” Melania tweeted on April 27.
The Slovenian-American immigrant added, “Sufficient is sufficient. It’s time for ABC to take a stand. What number of instances will ABC’s management allow Kimmel’s atrocious habits on the expense of our [community?]”
Hours later, Trump doubled down on his spouse’s name to take away Kimmel from airwaves. Taking to his Fact Social app, he wrote, “Jimmy Kimmel needs to be instantly fired by Disney and ABC.”
The dangerous blood between Trump and Kimmel goes again years. Their feud reached a breaking level in September 2025. “Dwell!” was briefly pulled after Kimmel commented on Trump’s response to a query in regards to the killing of conservative Turning Level USA co-founder Charlie Kirk.
Kimmel returned later with a promise to maintain mocking Trump, Melania, and the present administration regardless of backlash from the White Home.
His commentary has continued, together with his Might 4 stay present, which focused Trump’s weird late-night social media posts.
“Let’s have a look at one hour. These are all actual posts from our president within the 11:00 hour on Friday evening at 11:03,” stated Kimmel. “He put up this picture of him and members of his cupboard taking a dip within the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool.”
Trump turned the reflecting pool into his private lounging pool..it’s why he’s portray the floor across the pool blue at the price of 1.5 million and it’s taking up three months pic.twitter.com/3CrAFJESy3
— Ulrich Ulfhednar (@UlrichUlfhednar) Might 3, 2026
He then confirmed the picture to the group, “I don’t know who the lady within the bikini is or how the AI was capable of shave 80 kilos off [Trump’s] intestine, however everybody appears nice.
“A minute later, at 11:04, he posted this much more unbelievable image of Melania smiling. I don’t know the final time we noticed that,” he continued.
Kimmel carried on together with his takedown of Trump’s reiteration that Melania “hates” when he dances at public occasions.
His newest snarky dressing down of Trump and Melania acquired kudos from Kimmel’s followers. Two YouTubers stated, “Get em Jimmy! We love you!!” and “Stick with it JIMMY!!!!”
Followers from all around the world chimed in, as one individual wrote, “OMG, such a wonderful present from Geneva Switzerland, bravo!”
One other stated, “Thanks Jimmy!!! It’s appreciated to be acknowledged by you. Preserve talking the reality. Hilarious, I’d add.”
Kimmel’s newest jab makes one factor clear: neither aspect appears able to let this feud die down. Each new joke solely provides extra gas to the already messy back-and-forth between the comic and the Trumps.
