{"id":326520,"date":"2026-04-29T22:10:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T16:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=326520"},"modified":"2026-04-29T22:10:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T16:40:36","slug":"could-jimmy-kimmel-get-canceled-why-melania-trump-wants-him-fired-hollywood-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/could-jimmy-kimmel-get-canceled-why-melania-trump-wants-him-fired-hollywood-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Could Jimmy Kimmel Get Canceled? Why Melania Trump Wants Him Fired \u2013 Hollywood Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"entry-media edge-to-edge entry-media--lead-image\" aria-describedby=\"lead-image-credit\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper image-wrapper--widescreen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><figcaption id=\"lead-image-credit\">Image Credit: Disney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!-- .entry-media --><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\">Could <strong>Jimmy Kimmel<\/strong> face one other problem? Seven months after the comedian\u2019s late-night show, <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em>, was temporarily suspended over a comment about <strong>Charlie Kirk<\/strong>, First Lady <strong>Melania Trump<\/strong> is now calling for ABC, his parent network, to \u201ctake a stand\u201d against his jokes. Her most up-to-date remarks prompted viewers to wonder if Jimmy\u2019s show is at risk of being removed.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\">Here\u2019s what we all know to this point about Jimmy\u2019s future at ABC and why Melania is asking for the network to \u201ctake a stand.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>What Did Jimmy Kimmel Say About Melania Trump?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\">During a taping of his late-night show on April 23, 2026, Jimmy cracked a joke about Melania and her husband, <strong>Donald Trump, <\/strong>in a mock version of the annual White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner. He described her as having a \u201cglow like an expectant widow,\u201d then quipped about Donald\u2019s depiction of himself as Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\">\u201cOur first lady is here. Mrs. Trump \u2026 you will have a glow like an expectant widow,\u201d Jimmy said. \u201cBy the way in which, within the unlucky event that our president has a medical emergency tonight, do we&#8217;ve got a health care provider in the home \u2014 oh, I\u2019m sorry. I mean, do we&#8217;ve got a Jesus in the home? I all the time confuse them, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5535255\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5535255\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5535255\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-27-at-12.26.51%E2%80%AFPM.jpg?quality=100&#038;w=1024&#038;resize=1024%2C766\" alt=\"Could Jimmy Kimmel Get Canceled? Why Melania Trump Wants Him Fired\" width=\"1024\" height=\"766\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5535255\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy of X.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>What Did Melania Trump Say About Jimmy Kimmel?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\">4 days later, Melania took to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FLOTUS\/status\/2048769128513585618\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">X<\/a> to blast Jimmy as a \u201ccoward.\u201d Her response also got here two days after the April 25, 2026, White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner, where suspected gunman <strong>Cole Allen<\/strong> opened fire.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\">\u201cKimmel\u2019s hateful and violent rhetoric is meant to divide our country,\u201d Melania tweeted. \u201cHis monologue about my family isn\u2019t comedy \u2013 his words are corrosive and deepens the political sickness inside America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-8\">Happening to write down that others like Jimmy \u201cshouldn\u2019t have the chance to enter our homes each evening to spread hate,\u201d the primary lady accused the comedian of hiding \u201cbehind ABC because he knows the network will keep running cover to guard him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-9\">\u201cEnough is enough. It&#8217;s time for ABC to take a stand,\u201d Melania continued. \u201cHow repeatedly will ABC\u2019s leadership enable Kimmel\u2019s atrocious behavior on the expense of our community?\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Is Jimmy Kimmel Getting Canceled by ABC?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-10\">No, Jimmy has not been taken off the air again, nor has his show been canceled. ABC has not publicly commented on Melania\u2019s remarks about Jimmy. It\u2019s unclear if the network will hurl one other suspension at him.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-11\">Shortly after Melania spoke her piece about Jimmy, Donald took to Truth Social, calling for the comedian to be \u201cimmediately fired by Disney and ABC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-12\">\u201cWow, Jimmy Kimmel, who&#8217;s by no means funny as attested to by his terrible Television Rankings, made an announcement on his Show that is absolutely shocking,\u201d the Republican president began in his message. \u201cHe showed a fake video of the First Lady, Melania, and our son, Barron, like they were actually sitting in his studio, listening to him speak, which they weren\u2019t, and never can be. He then stated, \u2018Our First Lady, Melania, is here. Take a look at Melania, so beautiful. Mrs. Trump, you will have a glow like an expectant widow.\u2019 A day later a lunatic tried entering the ballroom of the White House Correspondents Dinner, loaded up with a shotgun, handgun, and lots of knives. He was there for a really obvious and sinister reason. I appreciate that so many individuals are incensed by Kimmel\u2019s despicable call to violence, and normally wouldn&#8217;t be conscious of anything that he said but, that is something far beyond the pale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-13\">That evening, on April 27, Kimmel responded to the Trumps\u2019 comments by defending his original joke. \u201cIt was a really light roast joke in regards to the incontrovertible fact that he\u2019s almost 80 and she or he\u2019s younger than I&#8217;m,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-14\">On April 28, the\u00a0FCC ordered Disney\u2019s ABC stations to use for early renewal of their broadcast licenses by May 28, while citing an investigation into its DEI practices.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Credit: Disney Could Jimmy Kimmel face one other problem? Seven months after the comedian\u2019s late-night show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, was temporarily suspended over a comment about Charlie Kirk, First Lady Melania Trump is now calling for ABC, his parent network, to \u201ctake a stand\u201d against his jokes. 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