{"id":420700,"date":"2026-04-27T22:53:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T22:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/420700\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T22:53:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T22:53:13","slug":"melania-trump-urges-abc-to-take-a-stand-against-jimmy-kimmel-over-sketch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/420700\/","title":{"rendered":"Melania Trump urges ABC to \u2018take a stand\u2019 against Jimmy Kimmel over sketch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First Lady Melania Trump has called for US network ABC to \u201ctake a stand\u201d against US talk show host Jimmy Kimmel for his comments made during a White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner sketch.<\/p>\n<p>A gunman attempted to storm the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner on Saturday night. Days before the incident, Kimmel did a sketch about the dinner on ABC\u2019s Jimmy Kimmel Live! where he joked that Melania had a \u201cglow like an expectant widow\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>During the sketch, which aired in the US on Thursday, Kimmel said: \u201cIn the unfortunate event that our president has a medical emergency tonight, do we have a doctor in the house? I mean, do we have a Jesus in the house? I always confuse them, too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI get why you think you\u2019re Jesus. This guy, every time he walks into a room, people say, \u2018Christ, he\u2019s back\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He later joked: \u201cOur first lady, Melania, is here. So beautiful. Mrs Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Melania responded to the sketch in a post shared on X on Monday and described the talk show host as a \u201ccoward\u201d.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kimmel\u2019s hateful and violent rhetoric is intended to divide our country.  His monologue about my family isn\u2019t comedy- his words are corrosive and deepens the political sickness within America.  <\/p>\n<p>People like Kimmel shouldn\u2019t have the opportunity to enter our homes each evening to\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 First Lady Melania Trump (@FLOTUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FLOTUS\/status\/2048769128513585618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cKimmel\u2019s hateful and violent rhetoric is intended to divide our country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis monologue about my family isn\u2019t comedy- his words are corrosive and deepens the political sickness within America.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople like Kimmel shouldn\u2019t have the opportunity to enter our homes each evening to spread hate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA coward, Kimmel hides behind ABC because he knows the network will keep running cover to protect him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnough is enough.\u00a0It is time for ABC to take a stand.\u00a0How many times will ABC\u2019s leadership enable Kimmel\u2019s atrocious behaviour at the expense of our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"not-prose no-underline\" data-action=\"click\" data-category=\"Read more article clicked\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.breakingnews.ie\/world\/trump-not-worried-during-attack-by-gunman-at-washington-black-tie-dinner-1892171.html\" data-value=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breakingnews.ie\/world\/trump-not-worried-during-attack-by-gunman-at-washington-black-tie-dinner-1892171.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dd7af5e41b744011bcc07d8059404a11.jpg\" class=\"rounded-sm object-contain bg-transparent z-10 w-full h-full not-prose\" alt=\"Trump \u2018Not Worried\u2019 During Attack By Gunman At Washington Black-Tie Dinner\" width=\"278\" height=\"156\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        World<\/p>\n<p>Trump \u2018not worried\u2019 during attack by gunman at Washington black-tie dinner<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In September, the late-night presenter was taken off the air and suspended indefinitely following comments he made on the show following the murder of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, an ally of US President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The suspension was met with criticism from the public, some of Hollywood\u2019s biggest stars and political figures, towards the US administration for infringing on their freedom of speech and free press, leading to\u00a0Kimmel\u2019s\u00a0return five days later.<\/p>\n<p>ABC and Kimmel have been contacted for comment.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"First Lady Melania Trump has called for US network ABC to \u201ctake a stand\u201d against US talk show&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420701,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,61,60,282],"class_list":["post-420700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420700","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=420700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}