Kimmel joked that Melania had the glow of an “expectant widow” during a mock White House Correspondents\u2019 Association Dinner skit delivered days before the Saturday shooting, a joke Rogan said “nobody gave a s–t” about until the incident happened.<\/p>\n
“It came out on Thursday. No one cared Friday. No one cared on Saturday until Saturday night when the assassination attempt, and then all the sudden, everyone\u2019s blaming Kimmel,” Rogan said Friday on “The Joe Rogan Experience.”<\/p>\n
When dissecting the meaning behind Kimmel\u2019s joke, Rogan suggested it could be interpreted in multiple ways, such as President Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s old age or dark political humor.<\/p>\n KIMMEL CALLS MELANIA TRUMP AN \u2018EXPECTANT WIDOW\u2019 BEFORE WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS\u2019 DINNER SHOOTING<\/a><\/p>\n Rogan suggested Kimmel’s joke could be interpreted in multiple ways, such as President Donald Trump\u2019s old age or dark political humor. (Left (Jim WATSON \/ AFP via Getty Images), Right (Randy Holmes\/Disney via Getty Images))<\/p>\n “Could be [an old guy joke] or an assassination joke if you want to take it that way. But he is old,” Rogan said.<\/p>\n The suspected shooter at the WHCA Dinner, Cole Allen, a computer scientist from Torrance, California, allegedly wrote in a manifesto note that his targets were Trump administration officials except for FBI Director\u00a0Kash Patel<\/a>.<\/p>\n Rogan\u2019s remarks come after Kimmel faced a wave of backlash<\/a>, including from those directly targeted by the joke.<\/p>\n TRUMP WHITE HOUSE UNLOADS ON KIMMEL, CALLING HIM ‘DERANGED’ AND FOR HIM TO BE FIRED<\/a><\/p>\n Melania Trump condemned the remark as inappropriate and harmful in a statement on X Monday morning.<\/p>\n “His monologue about my family isn\u2019t\u00a0comedy<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 his words are corrosive and deepens the political sickness within America,” she said.<\/p>\n President\u00a0Trump<\/a>\u00a0also fired back, calling for Kimmel\u2019s firing on Truth Social<\/a> \u00a0and defending his wife against the “despicable” act.<\/p>\n Melania Trump and Jimmy Kimmel stand together in a photo. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n “I appreciate that so many people are incensed by Kimmel\u2019s despicable call to violence, and normally would not be responsive to anything that he said but, this is something far beyond the pale,” Trump wrote. “Jimmy Kimmel should be immediately fired by Disney and ABC.”<\/p>\n![\"donald](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7f0f499c-kimmel-rogan.png\")
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