{"id":2595927,"date":"2026-04-27T23:06:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T03:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mentalist-oz-pearlman-to-skip-kimmel-after-trump-dinner-shooting\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T23:06:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T03:06:50","slug":"mentalist-oz-pearlman-to-skip-kimmel-after-trump-dinner-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mentalist-oz-pearlman-to-skip-kimmel-after-trump-dinner-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Mentalist Oz Pearlman to skip Kimmel after Trump dinner shooting"},"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%2Fmentalist-oz-pearlman-to-skip-kimmel-after-trump-dinner-shooting%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=2595927&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>Mentalist oz Pearlman was removed from an appearance on *Jimmy Kimmel Live!* after a widening feud involving President Donald Trump and Kimmel. Pearlman had been scheduled to appear Monday, but the show quietly replaced him with Jon Lovett, a Democratic media figure from Pod Save America.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy traces back to the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association dinner, where Pearlman hosted and where a shooting occurred after a man entered the event\u2019s security area and fired at a Secret Service agent. pearlman described seeing Trump taken down hard by agents and said the moment was unforgettable. the suspect was later charged with attempting to assassinate the president.<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel had drawn Trump and Melania Trump\u2019s ire earlier for comments during a skit about Melania having \u201cthe glow\u201d of \u201can expectant widow,\u201d a remark that resurfaced after the attempted assassination. Trump and Melania blamed Kimmel for worsening \u201cpolitical\u201d tensions and urged ABC to fire him, while White House communication staff rejected the idea that the comment was acceptable.  <\/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>Mentalist Oz Pearlman is no longer appearing on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-jimmy-kimmel-says-wallstreetbets-might-be-russian-disruptors\/\" title=\"WATCH: Jimmy ... Says WallStreetBets Might Be \u2018Russian Disruptors\u2019\">late-night host<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jimmy-kimmel\" type=\"link\" id=\"washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jimmy-kimmel\">Jimmy Kimmel<\/a>\u2019s show amid a controversy between President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/entertainment\/\">comedian<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Pearlman was scheduled to appear on <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em> on Monday evening, but the lineup was quietly updated to swap the magician for <em>Pod Save America <\/em>co-host Jon Lovett, who is known as one of the Democrats\u2019 top media personalities. <\/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\/4545178\/security-concerns-dc-america-250-events\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Security concerns loom large in DC ahead of high-profile America 250 events<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\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<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>The latest feud between Kimmel and the president erupted after the shooting at Saturday\u2019s White House Correspondents\u2019 Association dinner, which Pearlman hosted, calling it a \u201ccareer-defining moment.\u201d Comedians traditionally host the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >high-profile dinner<\/a> in Washington, D.C. On Saturday evening, that changed, with Pearlman filling the slot Kimmel and others have filled in the past after the president <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3893279\/trump-revives-demands-abc-take-jimmy-kimmel-show-off-air\/\">did battle<\/a> with the late-night host last year and called for him to be taken off the air. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>On Saturday, Pearlman was <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CNNSOTU\/status\/2048457306040406290\">performing a magic trick<\/a> for the president and first lady Melania Trump when a man ran through the event\u2019s security checkpoint, shot a Secret Service agent, and began running toward the room where all the attendees were gathered. Pearlman said the president \u201cwent down really hard\u201d when Secret Service agents tackled the president right next to him. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll never forget the image for my whole life,\u201d Pearlman told CNN\u2019s <em>State of the Union<\/em>. \u201cWe just look at each other for about two seconds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo we were looking at each other. He was just looking, but the expression in his face didn\u2019t show whether there was pain or what was going on,\u201d Pearlman said, noting he thought, \u201cOh no, are we about to die?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Secret Service agents surround President Donald Trump before he was taken from the stage after a shooting incident outside the ballroom during the White House Correspondents Dinner, Saturday, April 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The suspect was charged Monday with attempting to assassinate the president. <\/p>\n<p>Kimmel drew the president\u2019s and first lady\u2019s ire over comments he made about Melania Trump having the \u201cglow\u201d of \u201c<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\/\">an expectant widow<\/a>\u201d during <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/04\/jimmy-kimmel-white-house-correspondents-monologue\/\">a skit <\/a>criticizing her husband. Kimmel aired the skit during his show last week, prior to the shooting. But clips of the comment resurfaced after the first lady and her husband survived what they described as an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-of-denver-professor-blames-israel-for-rushdie-attack\/\" title=\"University of Denver Professor Blames Israel for Rushdie Attack\">attempted assassination attempt<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4543921\/susie-wiles-hold-meeting-secret-service-protocols-trump-events\/\"><strong>SUSIE WILES TO HOLD MEETING ABOUT SECRET SERVICE PROTOCOLS AT TRUMP EVENTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Trumps did not find the skit humorous in the wake of the shooting, instead blaming the comedian for deepening \u201cthe political sickness within America.\u201d Melania Trump made a <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\/\">rare statement <\/a>directly singling out the late-night host and calling on ABC News to fire him. The president joined her <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4544645\/trump-seeks-jimmy-kimmel-firing-expectant-widow-comment-whcd\/\">in condemning<\/a> Kimmel, claiming he made a \u201cdespicable call to violence.\u201d The president had previously railed against Kimmel for a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3893279\/trump-revives-demands-abc-take-jimmy-kimmel-show-off-air\/\">controversial monologue<\/a> he did on conservative activist Charlie Kirk\u2019s assassination. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho in their right mind says a wife would be glowing over the potential murder of her beloved husband?\u201d White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt <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\/\">said<\/a> Monday. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oz Pearlman won\u2019t appear on Jimmy Kimmel amid Trump feud; replaced by Jon Lovett<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2595928,"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\/AP26116189720055.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[78708,4793,78706,78707,48734],"class_list":["post-2595927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-2016-news","tag-kimmel","tag-mentalist","tag-oz-pearlman","tag-trump-dinner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP26116189720055.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595927","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\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2595927"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2595931,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595927\/revisions\/2595931"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2595928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2595927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2595927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2595927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}