Donald and Melania Trump have called for ABC to fire late-night host Jimmy Kimmel following a joke he made days before the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. The calls for his ouster come after the president and first lady took exception to comments made during a broadcast last week.
The controversy stems from a joke in which Kimmel described Melania Trump as glowing like an expectant widow. The remark, made in the wake of an assassination attempt, prompted the president and first lady to demand the ABC mainstay be removed from his position.
Kimmel has defended the line, stating that the comment was intended as an age-gap joke. He further clarified that the joke was not an attempt to incite violence.