{"id":180940,"date":"2025-12-08T11:26:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T11:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/180940\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T11:26:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T11:26:07","slug":"donald-trump-claims-hes-a-better-host-than-horrible-jimmy-kimmel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/180940\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Claims He’s a Better Host Than ‘Horrible’ Jimmy Kimmel"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tDonald Trump<\/a> reignited his ongoing feud with Jimmy Kimmel<\/a> on Saturday night, proclaiming ahead of the Kennedy Center<\/a> Honors that he is a better host than the late-night comedian. <\/p>\n

\n\tSpeaking from the Oval Office, where the president presented this year\u2019s Kennedy Center honorees<\/a> with their medals ahead of Sunday\u2019s ceremony, Trump said he would do better than Kimmel, who has hosted the Oscars multiple times. Trump notably decided to host the annual awards, which will air on Dec. 23 on CBS and Paramount+, himself. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI believe \u2014 and I\u2019m gonna make a prediction \u2014 this will be the highest-rated show that they\u2019ve ever done, and they\u2019ve gotten some pretty good ratings, but there\u2019s nothing like what\u2019s gonna happen tomorrow night,\u201d Trump said. <\/p>\n

\n\tHe continued, \u201cWe have never had a president hosting the awards before. This is the first. I\u2019m sure they\u2019ll give me great reviews, right? You know, they\u2019ll say, \u2018He was horrible. He was terrible. It was a horrible situation.\u2019 No, we\u2019ll do fine. I\u2019ve watched some of the people that host. Jimmy Kimmel was horrible, and some of these people, if I can\u2019t beat out Jimmy Kimmel in terms of talent, then I don\u2019t think I should be president.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Kennedy Center Honors<\/a> celebrated<\/a> Sylvester Stallone<\/a>, George Strait<\/a>, Gloria Gaynor<\/a>, KISS<\/a>, and Michael Crawford, who appear to be some of the only performers who agreed to accept the awards from Trump. However, in August, Trump said that he \u201cturned down plenty\u201d of possible honorees. \u201cThey were too woke,\u201d he said. \u201cI had a couple of wokesters.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAlthough Kimmel has never hosted the Kennedy Center Honors, the event has historically been helmed by a comedian, an actor or a journalist. Stephen Colbert has hosted several times, as have Queen Latifah and David Letterman. When Trump announced that he had decided to play host himself he claimed it was because he would improve the show\u2019s ratings. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI\u2019ve been asked to host,\u201d he said. \u201cI said, \u2018I\u2019m the president of the United States. Are you folks asking me to do that?\u2019 \u2018Sir, you\u2019ll get much higher ratings.\u2019 I said, \u2018I don\u2019t care. I\u2019m the president of the United States. I won\u2019t do it.\u2019 They said, \u2018Please.\u2019 And then [chief of staff] Susie Wiles said, \u2018Sir. I would like you to host.\u2019 I said, \u2018OK, I\u2019ll do it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tDuring his first administration, Trump broke longtime tradition and didn\u2019t attend the yearly Kennedy Center Honors. The move came after Norman Lear and other honorees said they wouldn\u2019t attend if he was in the house. \u201cAs an artist and a human being, I cannot celebrate this incredible honor at a White House that has no interest in supporting the arts and humanities,\u201d\u00a0Lear told NPR.<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tIn February, Trump announced his plans<\/a> to gut the\u00a0board of trustees\u00a0of the Kennedy Center, along with his intention to boot its chairman, billionaire philanthropist David Rubenstein. The president declared he would reinstate himself as head of the revered cultural center.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI have decided to immediately terminate multiple individuals from the Board of Trustees, including the Chairman, who do not share our Vision for a Golden Age in Arts and Culture,\u201d the president wrote on Truth Social. \u201cWe will soon announce a new Board, with an amazing Chairman, DONALD J. TRUMP!\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tTrump also took aim at the center\u2019s past events. \u201cJust last year, the Kennedy Center featured Drag Shows specifically targeting our youth \u2014 THIS WILL STOP,\u201d said Trump. \u201cThe Kennedy Center is an American Jewel, and must reflect the brightest STARS on its stage from all across our Nation. For the Kennedy Center, THE BEST IS YET TO COME!\u201d Following the announcement, Ben Folds resigned as artistic adviser<\/a> to the National Symphony Orchestra, a position he had held since 2017. <\/p>\n

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\n\tAlthough Trump\u2019s stint as host has yet to air, reports from the evening suggest that Trump had trouble restraining himself from criticizing some of the attendees. Speaking about the honorees, Trump noted, \u201cSome of them have had legendary setbacks, setbacks that you have to read in the papers because of their level of fame. But in the words of Rocky Balboa, they showed us that you keep moving forward, just keep moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tHe added (via The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>), \u201cI know so many of you are persistent. Many of you are miserable, horrible people. You are persistent. You never give up. Sometimes I wish you\u2019d give up, but you don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tKimmel has yet to respond to Trump\u2019s claim, but a new episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live<\/a> airs Monday night on ABC. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Donald Trump reignited his ongoing feud with Jimmy Kimmel on Saturday night, proclaiming ahead of the Kennedy Center…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180941,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[969,93,85099,97898,61,60,3484,3488,16720,97899,15173,13478,6883,282],"class_list":{"0":"post-180940","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-donald-trump","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-george-strait","11":"tag-gloria-gaynor","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-jimmy-kimmel","15":"tag-jimmy-kimmel-live","16":"tag-kennedy-center","17":"tag-kennedy-center-honors","18":"tag-kiss","19":"tag-late-night-tv","20":"tag-sylvester-stallone","21":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}