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Jimmy Kimmel defends 'expectant widow' joke after Melania Trump backlash

Jimmy Kimmel has defended his comments as an 'obvious' joke

Jimmy Kimmel has defended his "very light roast" after joking Melania Trump had a "glow like an expectant widow".

The 58-year-old late night host made the quip on Jimmy Kimmel Live! days before an alleged assassination attempt on her husband Donald Trump, 79, at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday (25.04.26), and the US First Lady, 56, branded his comments "hateful and violent rhetoric”.

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