Jimmy Kimmel Addresses Calls for His Firing Over First Lady Joke

This is not the first time Kimmel has come under fire for remarks he made on his show.

Jimmy Kimmel hosts his late night show "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" in Los Angeles on Sept. 23, 2025. Randy Holmes/Disney via AP

Late-night television host Jimmy Kimmel on April 27 responded to President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump’s calls for his firing over a joke he made about the first lady last week.

Kimmel staged a speech at a mock White House Correspondents’ Dinner during a segment of his show that aired on April 23—ahead of the April 25 event—in which he joked that the first lady “had a glow like an expectant widow.”