- Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel has spoken about his controversial comment that First Lady Melania Trump looks like an “expectant widow”.
- Kimmel made the joke on an episode days before the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday evening, and there have since been calls from President Trump and top Republicans for him to be fired.
- Addressing his joke during a monologue on Monday night, Kimmel said his joke had been misinterpreted as a call to violence.
- Kimmel insisted the joke was a reference to the president and first lady’s age difference - Donald Trump will be 80 in June, while Melania turned 56 on Sunday.
- Kimmel told his audience that his joke was “not, by any stretch...a call to assassination, and they know that I've been very vocal for many years speaking out against gun violence”.
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