Kimmel's Joke, Gunman's Act: A Political Storm

0:00It's April 27. I'm Cory with the story, and this is Entertainment and Celebrity News today, your AI-powered Entertainment Report. Jimmy Kimmel dropped the edgy joke at the White House correspondence dinner about first-lady Melania Trump having a glow like an expectant widow. If flew under the radar at first, but days later, a gunman named Cole to Moss Allen breach security there, firing shots that sent Trump, Melania, and... Top official scrambling for safety out of the Washington Hilton ballroom. Footage of the panic has blown up online, and now folks are circling back to Kimmel's line, calling it tone deaf or even prophetic in the worst way. Allen got napped quick and faces federal courts soon. Megan McCain jumped on X, blasting Kimmel for spreading hate, but that fired up her own critics while others rallied behind her. Social media lit up with calls to boot Kimmel from ABC, Boycott Disney Parks and Shows, and ditch advertisers, folks saying he's too bitter-and, small time for the mic.

1:01This ain't Kimmel's first clash with Trump. He's roasted him nonstop since the 2015 campaign, from monologues to the Oscars even reading. Trump's truth social posts for last. Trump reportedly pushed Disney to censor him back in the day. Debates raging on comedy's limits in politics, with free speech fans pushing back against any net word punishment, turning this into another culture. Poor skirmish that won't fade easy.