Melania Trump Takes Aim at ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel After ‘Widow’ Joke

Jimmy Kimmel is again within the middle of a political firestorm.

The ABC host drew the ire of Melania Trump after joking Thursday on his late-night present that the primary woman “had a glow like an expectant widow.” Kimmel advised the joke days earlier than a gunman entered the building internet hosting the White Home Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday evening.

“Kimmel’s hateful and violent rhetoric is meant to divide our nation,” Melania Trump wrote on X on Monday morning. “His monologue about my household is not comedy- his phrases are corrosive and deepens the political illness inside America.”

The primary woman added that “individuals like Kimmel should not have the chance to enter our properties every night to unfold hate.”

“Sufficient is sufficient. It’s time for ABC to take a stand. What number of occasions will ABC’s management allow Kimmel’s atrocious habits on the expense of our neighborhood,” Melania Trump’s submit continued.

ABC suspended Kimmel’s show final fall for feedback he made about Charlie Kirk’s killer, which drew the condemnation of FCC Chairman Brendan Carr. Kimmel was reinstated by ABC days later following an outcry from free-speech advocates.

Nexstar and Sinclair, which every personal a whole lot of native TV stations, initially refused to air “Jimmy Kimmel Dwell,” although they ultimately agreed to let their ABC affiliates show it.

Leaders at ABC and Disney, its mum or dad firm, now should resolve whether or not to take any motion towards Kimmel and risk another boycott, or stand behind the comedian.

It is the most recent problem for new Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro, who’s already dealt together with his firm’s OpenAI deal falling apart and the shelving of a controversy-plagued season of “The Bachelorette.”