Jimmy Kimmel Responds After Trumps Call for ABC to Fire Him
Jimmy Kimmel has addressed calls from President Trump and Melania Trump for his dismissal from ABC. This follows a controversial joke he made during a parody of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. The joke aired shortly before an assassination attempt on the president at the same event.
- ▪Jimmy Kimmel made a morbid joke during a parody of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
- ▪President Trump and Melania Trump called for Kimmel to be fired by ABC.
- ▪The joke aired just two days before a gunman attempted to assassinate the president.
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CopiedJimmy Kimmel is responding to calls from President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump for him to be fired by ABC after a morbid joke he made during a parody of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. The joke aired two days before prosecutors say a gunman tried to assassinate the president at the event. NBC’s Gabe Gutierrez reports for TODAY.April 28, 2026
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