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Amy & T.J.

Melania Trump Demands ABC Fire Jimmy Kimmel, They Might Have To This Time

Amy & T.J.

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4.43.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2026

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

The First Lady called Jimmy Kimmel a “coward” on X after what she calls his hateful and violent rhetoric. Kimmel made a joke before the White House Correspondents’ dinner where he said Melania was beautiful, like “an expectant widow.” The first lady called on ABC to take a stand and to stop protecting the late night comedian. As of this recording, there is no official response from the Disney owned network, as calls to boycott ABC grow louder on social media.

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.5

Guaranteed Human.

0:06.0

Hey there, folks.

0:07.3

It's Monday, April 27th, and the First Lady of the United States is now calling for ABC to fire Jimmy Kimmel.

0:18.7

And quite frankly, we understand.

0:22.2

And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J.

0:25.8

Rhodes, we're used to President Trump calling for all kinds of late night hosts getting fired.

0:32.2

It's her this time in Robs.

0:34.1

This is a tough joke.

0:36.2

Why would he tell it?

0:37.4

And the timing is just terrible.

0:39.2

Yes, timing is everything. But also, I can't think of a time where this joke would have been appropriate.

0:45.7

Look, I think I get it. Free speech. Everyone can laugh. Presidents and people who are in positions

0:51.3

of power or high profile positions are subject to being made fun of,

0:58.0

to having joked cracked about them, all of that. We get it. Jimmy Kimmel obviously understands what

1:04.9

it's like, perhaps, to take a joke too far, what bad timing could lead to in terms of suspensions, potential firing.

1:13.3

So it's shocking to me, given what happened to him this fall, after making a few jokes,

1:19.4

after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, why he would even make an assassination joke,

1:26.2

he happened to make this joke on Friday, and it just so happens that there was what you

1:32.8

could call it an assassination attempt, a third attempt on his life on Sunday.

1:38.9

Yeah, so it's just got out getting attention, and we're going to let you hear the clip of what

1:42.8

he said.

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