{"id":2595741,"date":"2026-04-27T15:15:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T19:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-calls-for-jimmy-kimmels-firing-after-expectant-widow-comment\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T15:17:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T19:17:35","slug":"trump-calls-for-jimmy-kimmels-firing-after-expectant-widow-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-calls-for-jimmy-kimmels-firing-after-expectant-widow-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump calls for Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s firing after \u2018expectant widow\u2019 comment"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-calls-for-jimmy-kimmels-firing-after-expectant-widow-comment%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2595741&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Donald Trump and Melania Trump condemned Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s remarks ahead of the White house Correspondents\u2019 Association dinner, after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jimmy-kimmel-responds-to-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-after-she-says-she-reported-him-to-police-over-a-slap-joke\/\" title=\"Jimmy Kimmel Responds To Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene After She Says She Reported Him To Police Over A Slap Joke\">kimmel joked<\/a> in a parody segment that Melania Trump looked like an \u201cexpectant widow.\u201d Hours earlier, Melania had called on ABC too remove Kimmel from the airwaves. Trump then echoed her complaint on Truth Social,saying Kimmel should be \u201cinstantly fired\u201d by Disney and ABC,also criticizing the skit as involving a \u201cfake video\u201d of Melania and Barron Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The backlash came as Saturday\u2019s dinner descended into chaos when a man ran through a security checkpoint and opened fire, targeting Secret Service and moving toward the area where trump and other officials were gathered. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/syrian-born-boulder-shooting-suspect-known-to-the-fbi-suffered-from-paranoia-mental-illness\/\" title=\"Syrian-Born Boulder Shooting Suspect \u2018Known To The FBI,... Suffered From Paranoia, Mental Illness\">alleged shooter<\/a>, Cole Allen, was arrested and later charged with attempting to assassinate the president. An alleged manifesto reportedly indicated Allen planned to harm Trump and other officials attending the event.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> joined first lady <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/melania-trump\/\">Melania Trump<\/a> in condemning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-jimmy-kimmel-says-wallstreetbets-might-be-russian-disruptors\/\" title=\"WATCH: Jimmy Kimmel Says WallStreetBets Might Be \u2018Russian Disruptors...\">late-night host<\/a> Jimmy Kimmel for his remarks calling her an \u201cexpectant widow,\u201d ahead of Saturday\u2019s shooting at the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/White-House-Correspondents-Association\/\">White House Correspondents\u2019 Association<\/a> dinner.<\/p>\n<p>Hours after the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4544303\/melania-slams-coward-jimmy-kimmel-whcd-parody-skit-first-family\/\">first lady called for ABC<\/a> to pull Kimmel from the airwaves, the president echoed the sentiment on Truth Social, saying the late-night host should be \u201cimmediately fired.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4544645\/trump-seeks-jimmy-kimmel-firing-expectant-widow-comment-whcd\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump calls for Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s firing after \u2018expectant widow\u2019 comment about WHCD<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4544303\/melania-slams-coward-jimmy-kimmel-whcd-parody-skit-first-family\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Melania Trump slams \u2018coward\u2019 Jimmy Kimmel for WHCD parody skit about first family<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4543110\/kimmel-comedy-groundhog-day-every-day-is-the-same\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Kimmel\u2019s comedy is \u2018Groundhog Day where every day is the same\u2019: Joe Concha<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cI appreciate that so many people are incensed by Kimmel\u2019s despicable call to violence, and normally would not be responsive to anything that he said but, this is something far beyond the pale,\u201d Trump wrote. \u201cJimmy Kimmel should be immediately fired by Disney and ABC.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>\u201cI appreciate that so many people are incensed by Kimmel\u2019s despicable call to violence, and normally would not be responsive to anything that he said but, this is something far beyond the pale,\u201d Trump said. <\/p>\n<p>Trump said Kimmel\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-media-moments-that-set-back-the-liberal-agenda-this-week\/\" title=\"4 Media Moments That Set Back the Liberal Agenda This Week\">segment showed<\/a> a \u201cfake video\u201d of the first lady and the first couple\u2019s son, Barron Trump. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe showed a fake video of the First Lady, Melania, and our son, Barron, like they were actually sitting in his studio, listening to him speak, which they weren\u2019t, and never would be,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>In Kimmel\u2019s \u201calternative\u201d White House Correspondents\u2019 Association dinner skit that aired on Thursday night, the late-night host said the first lady looked like an \u201cexpectant widow.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel calls first lady <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MELANIATRUMP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MELANIATRUMP<\/a> an &#8220;expectant widow&#8221; ahead of the shooting at the White House Correspondents&#8217; Association Dinner. <\/p>\n<p>MORE: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/voURXlDZlK\">https:\/\/t.co\/voURXlDZlK<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FaEeNMycIr\">pic.twitter.com\/FaEeNMycIr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dcexaminer\/status\/2048816855242904039?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOur first lady, Melania, is here,\u201d Kimmel said. \u201cLook at Melania, so beautiful. Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The remark received a wave of backlash as Saturday\u2019s dinner erupted into chaos after a man ran through a security checkpoint at the prestigious dinner, shooting at Secret Service, heading into the room where Trump and other officials gathered. <\/p>\n<p>The alleged shooter, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4543606\/what-to-know-cole-thomas-allen-trump-shooting\/\">Cole Allen<\/a>, was arrested on Saturday and charged on Monday with attempting to assassinate the president.<\/p>\n<p>An <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4543635\/correspondents-dinner-shooter-manifesto-trump\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">alleged manifesto<\/a> showed Allen was aiming to harm Trump and other administration officials who were in attendance at the dinner as guests of various media outlets. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cA day later a lunatic tried entering the ballroom of the White House Correspondents Dinner, loaded up with a shotgun, handgun, and many knives,\u201d Trump said. \u201cHe was there for a very obvious and sinister reason.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4544508\/white-house-blames-left-wing-culture-of-hatred-for-correspondents-dinner-assassination-attempt\/\"><strong>WHITE HOUSE BLAMES \u2018LEFT-WING CULTURE OF HATRED\u2019 FOR CORRESPONDENTS\u2019 DINNER ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s remarks came hours after the first lady released a statement slamming Kimmel for the comment. <\/p>\n<p>In a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FLOTUS\/status\/2048769128513585618\">statement posted to X<\/a> on Monday, the first lady accused ABC of \u201cprotecting\u201d the \u201ccoward\u201d late-night host.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKimmel\u2019s hateful and violent rhetoric is intended to divide our country,\u201d the first lady said. \u201cHis monologue about my family isn\u2019t comedy \u2013 his words are corrosive and deepens the political sickness within America.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump and Melania condemn Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s \u201cexpectant widow\u201d remark<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3984,"featured_media":2595744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-collage-bhyqbtdlw-1777312869870-e1777314259573.jpg?1777299884&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[4274,43710,3634],"class_list":["post-2595741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-firing","tag-jimmy-kimmel","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-collage-bhyqbtdlw-1777312869870-e1777314259573.jpg?1777299884&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3984"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2595741"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2595746,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595741\/revisions\/2595746"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2595744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2595741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2595741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2595741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}