{"id":960809,"date":"2026-11-11T17:16:16","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T17:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/960809\/"},"modified":"2026-11-11T17:16:16","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T17:16:16","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-roasts-pete-hegseths-press-conference-the-most-romantic-speech-ive-ever-heard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/960809\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel roasts Pete Hegseth\u2019s press conference: \u2018The most romantic speech I\u2019ve ever heard\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jimmy Kimmel is taking aim at Pete Hegseth <\/a>by mocking the defense secretary\u2019s \u201cromantic\u201d declaration about Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

During his monologue on Tuesday\u2019s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the late night host reacted <\/a>to the \u201cdoozy of a performance\u201d that Hegseth gave earlier that day in response to the push for his impeachment<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe did exactly what members of the Trumper-verse do when they find themselves in a situation like this,\u201d Kimmel explained. \u201cHe smeared on the chapstick. He got down on his knees and kissed the royal ass.\u201d<\/p>\n

The show then played footage of Hegseth\u2019s speech<\/a>, in which he said about the president: \u201cWe\u2019ve never had a better commander-in-chief. Full stop. I get to watch him every single day. He lives and breathes America first. And it\u2019s the honor of a lifetime to be his secretary of war. Any day he\u2019ll have me, I\u2019ll be right here at this podium.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kimmel joked: \u201cWell, in that case, I now pronounce you husband and wife.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"JimmyJimmy Kimmel took aim at Pete Hegseth in his monologue Tuesday night (Jimmy Kimmel Live\/Getty)<\/p>\n

He continued, \u201cI mean, that may have been the most romantic speech I\u2019ve ever heard given by a secretary of war. Look out, Melania. Pretty Pete\u2019s gunning for your spot!\u201d<\/p>\n

Hegseth\u2019s speech impressed Trump, who later wrote on Truth Social: \u201cPete Hegseth gets an \u2018A\u2019 PLUS, PLUS, PLUS for his defense against a disgruntled, angry, defeated, former Congressman, Thomas Massie, a TOTAL LOSER!\u201d<\/p>\n

The secretary of war was then spared after House Republicans blocked the procedural vote 211-204<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then later in the day, Republicans in the House voted to postpone that impeachment vote,\u201d Kimmel spelled out. \u201cThey referred it to committee, which means somebody\u2019s having a shot of impeach-flavored schnapps at the Pentagon tonight, if you know what I mean.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"PetePete Hegseth praised Donald Trump amid the push to impeach him as the defense secretary (Getty)<\/p>\n

The White House did not immediately return The Independent\u2019s request for comment on the most recent remarks, but the Trump administration already took aim at Kimmel earlier this week.<\/p>\n

After the late-night host made fun of Trump\u2019s 60 Minutes interview during his show Monday<\/a>, White House spokesman Davis Ingle shared the same statement with The Independent that had been sent to Kimmel, which he read out on the show.<\/p>\n

\u201cJimmy Kimmel\u2019s case of Trump Derangement Syndrome is so advanced that it has completely rotted his peanut-sized brain,\u201d Ingle said. \u201cHe\u2019s far more entertaining when you\u2019re laughing at him than with him, but unfortunately his real talent is his failing ratings. This statement took more braincells to write than the average Jimmy Kimmel joke.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":960810,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[528633,342012,64,63,36143,26787,134,11013,528634,10850,14034,8212,84,43018,668,261826,427,2957,528632,6900],"class_list":["post-960809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-arlington-virginia","tag-asking","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-color-image","tag-diplomacy","tag-entertainment","tag-horizontal","tag-international-landmark","tag-journalist","tag-pete-hegseth","tag-photography","tag-politics","tag-politics-and-government","tag-press-conference","tag-the-pentagon","tag-tv","tag-usa","tag-virginia-us-state","tag-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/960809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=960809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/960809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/960810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=960809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=960809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=960809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}