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Kimmel vs. Trump & The Serengeti of the Bronx

Opie Radio

Gregg "Opie" Hughes

Comedy, News, Society & Culture

4.04.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

​Is comedy officially under investigation? Today, Opie dives deep into the high-stakes feud between Jimmy Kimmel and Donald Trump. Following a literal security breach at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, the Trumps are demanding Kimmel be fired over his "Expectant Widow" joke. Opie breaks down why you have to protect the First Amendment—even for people you don’t like—and calls out the "spineless" corporations that refuse to back their talent.

​Plus: * Wedding Season Fatigue: Why getting married in the middle of the Bills' playoffs should be a crime.
​Tony P. joins the show to reveal the absolute worst wedding songs that will ruin your reception.
​The Cross Bronx Serengeti: A wild look back at the 1980s Bronx, where breaking down on the highway meant your car was getting picked apart like a carcass in the wild.
​Opie's Dad’s "Creative" Car Disposal: The legendary family story of how the senior Hughes would "retire" old family vehicles by ditching them in the middle of the Bronx.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Do do, do, do. Are you looking at yourself in the camera, Tony P? I think I'm getting younger. You're looking good, Tony P. You're looking good. I think you're ready to take on the old German TV reporter. Inga. Her name was Ingha. What's her name, Inga? I have no idea. I don't know what I idea. It should have been Inga if it wasn't.

0:23.6

She looked like an inga, yes. But anyways, good morning, everybody. Welcome to the Opie Radio

0:30.3

podcast. I find myself way out east on Long Island. And yes, that's the ocean behind me. You know,

0:35.7

every once in a while, I have to get out here to check on things. Oh, my God, there was a, there was an issue. And I said to my wife, you know what, I'm going to sacrifice. I'm going to sacrifice for our family. And I'm going to run out to the beach to make sure everything is fine, fine, fine. You're such a good man. You're such a good man. I appreciate you, Tony, because, you know, she's back home with the two kids, and I'm like, you know what? I will sacrifice and drive to the ocean to make sure everything is dandy out here. You took the dog, right? Oh, I always take the dog.

1:11.5

That's it.

1:12.1

A man in this dog, that's all you need.

1:13.7

Yeah.

1:14.4

And I was, I decided I was, I was so tired.

1:16.7

I just slept on the couch last night.

1:18.5

Got a nice comfy couch out here.

1:20.2

And the fucking dog, middle of the night just perks up.

1:23.9

He's looking out that window.

1:25.4

I'm like, oh, what's out there?

1:32.2

What is out there was nothing i uh i kind of didn't want to look i didn't want to look because you know there's rumors of aliens living in

1:37.0

our oceans i'm like is one of these aliens soaking wet just kind of looking peeking in my windows

1:43.1

wondering what's going on in there listen man maybe uh the

1:46.7

aliens are attracted to you of course there's aliens in the oceans bro stop well i'm starting to believe

1:52.2

it you know i but i'm like a guy you said it the other day i need i need cold hard facts

1:57.9

but i have an open mind where i'm willing to change my my thoughts on things like

2:03.6

when I was growing up I I believed in the Lactus monster at Bigfoot no problem my generation we all

2:09.7

believed in that but as the years went by I'm like come I mean come we we need more footage

2:15.8

of the Lactus Monster we had that one little video that could have been a fucking stick or a log and nothing after that.

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