One day after Donald Trump said Jimmy Kimmel should be fired for making a joke about the president’s marriage, Kimmel called out similar remarks from Trump.
For those unaware of the backstory, Kimmel’s skit last Thursday had him giving his own “alternative” monologue to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, with archival clips of reaction shots from the first lady, Trump and others.
Kimmel said, “Our First Lady, Melania, is here. Look at Melania, so beautiful. Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow.”
After the apparent assassination attempt aimed at Trump on Saturday night, however, the president, the first lady and the White House Press secretary all took retroactive umbrage. Trump termed the joke a “call to violence,” and said it was “far beyond the pale.”
During his monologue tonight, Kimmel played a bit of Trump’s speech welcoming King Charles to the U.S. In it, the president waxed nostalgic about his own mother, who was a fan of the king, and her 63-year marriage to his father.
Trump, 79, then turned to wife Melania, 56, on the podium and quipped, “And uh excuse me if you don’t mind. That’s a record we won’t be able to match, darling. I’m sorry. Just not going to work out that way.”
Back in the studio, Kimmel looked dumbfounded.
“Wait a minute. Did he just make a joke about his death? My god. You should be fired for that,” he joked.
“Only Donald Trump would demand I be fired for making a joke about his old age and then a day later go out and make a joke about his own old age.”
