American Television Host And Comedian Jimmy Kimmel Defends Controversial Jokes After President Trump And First Lady Melania Calls ABC To Sack Him

Jimmy Kimmel: “I said, ‘our first lady Melania’s here, look at her, so beautiful. Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow. Which, obviously, was a joke about their age difference- and the look of joy we see on her face every time they’re together.

“It was a very light roast joke about the fact that he’s almost 80 and she’s younger than I am. It was not by any stretch of the definition a call to assassination.”