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Host at MAGA-Coded CBS Defends Kimmel After Melania Joke
April 28, 2026
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ReutersGayle King has come to Jimmy Kimmel’s defense as he faces fire from the White House—again.The CBS star, 71, stood up for the ABC late-night host after he drew the ire of first lady Melania Trump and the rest of MAGA-world over a days-old joke describing her as having “the glow” of an “expectant widow,” which stirred renewed interest after the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.During a parody of the glitzy gala on his Thursday night show, Kimmel jokingly told Melania, “Look at her, so beautiful.
Mrs. Trump, you have the glow like an expectant widow.” Two days later, a gunman stormed the D.C. event attended by President Donald Trump, the first lady, and several other high-ranking officials.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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