First Lady Melania Trump went to war with ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel on Monday after the late-night host mocked her as “an expectant widow,” just one day before Saturday night’s attempted assassination of her husband, President Donald Trump, at the White House Correspondents Dinner.
On Friday night, Kimmel broadcast a parody version in advance of the real dinner, and said: “Our first lady, Melania, is here. Look at Melania, so beautiful. Mrs. Trump you have a glow like an expectant widow.”
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Jimmy Kimmel mocking Melania Trump at his alternate universe parody WH correspondence dinner saying ..
“OUR FIRST LADY, MELANIA IS HERE. LOOK AT MELANIA, SO BEAUTIFUL MRS. TRUMP, YOU HAVE A GLOW LIKE AN EXPECTANT WIDOW.”
Your reminder to cancel @Disney @ABC if ypu haven’t… pic.twitter.com/scV2uk2IaQ
— Patriot Lady (@angelwoman501) April 26, 2026
Monday morning, Melania Trump posted a fierce response to Kimmel’s remarks, saying: “Kimmel’s hateful and violent rhetoric is intended to divide our country. His monologue about my family isn’t comedy – his words are corrosive and deepens the political sickness within America.”
She then suggested Kimmel be taken off the air, and blasted the ABC network.
“People like Kimmel shouldn’t have the opportunity to enter our homes each evening to spread hate,” Melania Trump explained.
“A coward, Kimmel hides behind ABC because he knows the network will keep running cover to protect him.
“Enough is enough. It is time for ABC to take a stand. How many times will ABC’s leadership enable Kimmel’s atrocious behavior at the expense of our community.”
Kimmel’s hateful and violent rhetoric is intended to divide our country. His monologue about my family isn’t comedy- his words are corrosive and deepens the political sickness within America.
People like Kimmel shouldn’t have the opportunity to enter our homes each evening to…
— First Lady Melania Trump (@FLOTUS) April 27, 2026
This is not the first time Kimmel has come under fire for controversial comments during his monologue.
As WorldNetDaily reported, ABC actually canceled his show temporarily last September in response to the TV host’s wildly inaccurate statement about Tyler Robinson, the man accused of assassinating civil-rights leader Charlie Kirk.
Kimmel had said in his monologue, “We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them – and doing everything they can to score political points from it.”
BREAKING NEWS: Disney’s ABC just officially canceled the Jimmy Kimmel show indefinitely after the late night host’s recent remarks about Charlie Kirk. This has been confirmed by ABC affiliate groups that verified they would be dropping the host. pic.twitter.com/blieAF8k2s
— Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives (@dom_lucre) September 17, 2025
Days later, as WorldNetDaily reported, journalist Benny Johnson asserted Kimmel “put a target on the back of every Trump supporter” with his remarks blaming Kirk’s assassination on those who wish to Make America Great Again, or MAGA.
“Charlie is the figurehead of the MAGA movement and so to blame MAGA for Charlie’s death, which by the way is a sick and evil lie, is to blame Charlie for his own death. But also it is to put a target on the back of every Trump supporter,” said Johnson, host of “The Benny Show,” during an appearance on “Sunday Morning Futures” with Maria Bartiromo on the Fox News Channel.
Charlie was the figurehead of MAGA.
To blame MAGA for his assassination is to blame Charlie for his own death, and to put a target on every Trump supporter.
That’s exactly what Jimmy Kimmel and ABC attempted to do, whitewash the crime of a radical leftist and redirect the… pic.twitter.com/LUHet32nje
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 21, 2025
“Because what Jimmy Kimmel is saying is that with the full power and weight of ABC News, which is a taxpayer-funded, corporate news entity which has a license to broadcast in the public interest, he is saying I’m gonna take the full weight of that comedy show, which is a sick joke, and I’m gonna put a target on the back of Trump supporters.”
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