A timeline of Jimmy Kimmel’s lengthy historical past upsetting Trump along with his jokes | EUROtoday

As Jimmy Kimmel’s current remark about Melania Trump has come underneath fireplace from the primary girl and the president himself, it’s not the primary time the late-night host has ruffled Donald Trump’s feathers.

Trump has known as for Kimmel to be fired following a joke he made in regards to the first girl final week, the place he mentioned she had a “glow like an expectant widow” simply days earlier than a gunman tried to storm the White House correspondents’ dinner.

November 2024

Jimmy Kimmel turned visibly emotional in the course of the opening monologue of his late-night present, characterizing the end result of the US presidential election as a “terrible night.”

The host made a sarcastic jab on the outcomes, stating, “More than half of this country voted for the criminal who is planning to pardon himself for his crimes. I guess this election wasn’t rigged.”

Struggling to carry again tears, Kimmel then listed his considerations, asserting, “It was a terrible night for women, for children, for the hundreds of thousands of hard-working immigrants who make this country go, for healthcare, for our climate, for science, for journalism, for justice, for free speech…”

September 2025

After the deadly capturing of Charlie Kirk, Kimmel informed his viewers that “many in MAGA land are working very hard to capitalize on the murder of Charlie Kirk” and that “the MAGA gang” was “desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them.

Kirk was shot during an event on a Utah University campus on Sept. 10.

ABC promptly made the decision to take him off air, leading to Trump congratulating the network on Truth Social, saying that it had “the courage to do what had to be done.”

The suspension was shortly met with widespread criticism from the general public, a few of Hollywood’s greatest stars and political figures towards the US administration for infringing on their freedom of speech and free press, resulting in Kimmel’s return 5 days later.

Kimmel mentioned upon his return that he by no means meant to make mild of Kirk’s homicide.

October 2025

Just over every week after the chat present host returned, he and fellow TV host Stephen Colbert appeared on each other’s reveals, with Kimmel saying that they thought it could be a “fun way to drive the president nuts.”

In his opening monologue, he mentioned: “My fellow late-night host, Stephen Colbert, is here with us. It’s the show the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) doesn’t want you to see. We’re doing something fun tonight. We’re doing something unprecedented tonight. I think it’s unprecedented. I did not bother to check. Tonight, Stephen is a guest on our show. I will simultaneously be a guest on his show. We thought it might be a fun way to drive the president nuts.”

Trump made clear his displeasure earlier than Kimmel’s look, complaining on Truth Social: “I can’t believe ABC Fake News gave Jimmy Kimmel his job back. ABC told the White House that his Show was cancelled! Something happened between then and now because his audience is GONE, and his ‘talent’ was never there.

“Why would they want someone back who does so poorly, who’s not funny, and who puts the Network in jeopardy by playing 99% positive Democrat GARBAGE. He is yet another arm of the DNC and, to the best of my knowledge, that would be a major Illegal Campaign Contribution.

“I think we’re going to test ABC out on this. Let’s see how we do. Last time I went after them, they gave me $16 Million Dollars. This one sounds even more lucrative. A true bunch of losers! Let Jimmy Kimmel rot in his bad Ratings.”

March 2026

Kimmel appeared to make a dig on the president and his spouse whereas presenting the Oscars.

At the time, Melania had not too long ago launched her personal documentary, and Kimmel mentioned, “Oh man, is he gonna be mad his wife wasn’t nominated for this.”