Jimmy Kimmel says Melania Trump joke not 'call to assassination'
Key takeaways
- Donald and Melania Trump attacked the comedian for a joke he made several days before a man opened fire at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
- "It was a very light roast joke about the fact that he's almost 80 and she's younger than I am," Kimmel said in the opening monologue of his show on Monday.
- Days before the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, Kimmel quipped on his show about Melania having "a glow like an expectant widow."
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Donald and Melania Trump attacked the comedian for a joke he made several days before a man opened fire at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
https://p.dw.com/p/5Cup WKimmel joked that Melania Trump had the 'glow of an expectant widow,' three days before the shooting Image: Randy Holmes/Disney via AP/picture alliance Advertisement Late-night show host Jimmy Kimmel on Monday defended a joke he made about US First Lady Melania Trump, saying it had been "misconstrued" and was not a "call to assassinate" the US President.
"It was a very light roast joke about the fact that he's almost 80 and she's younger than I am," Kimmel said in the opening monologue of his show on Monday. "It was not by any stretch of the definition a call to assassination," he said.