Kimmel, Trumps Feud Over Melania Joke

0:00It's April 28th. Entertainment and celebrity news today starts now, AI-powered and spotlight-ready. I'm Cory with the story. Jimmy Kimmel's back in the crosshairs with the trumps after dropping a joke about Melania looking like an expectant widow during her birthday bit. It happened right after the White House correspondence dinner on April 25th. Donald Trump hit true social on April 27th, calling it a despicable call to violence and demanding Kimmel get fired. Melania labelled it hateful and violent rhetoric too. The punchline tied into Melania turning 56 on April 26th, with Kimmel riffing on her celebrating quietly at home. Trump, who's 79 and turning 80 next June 14, fired off his post the next day. Kimmel's 58, by the way, right in the middle of this age-gab drama. Kimmel tackled it head on in his April 27 monologue, saying the joke wasn't anywhere near a call for assassination. Things and critics split as usual, with some cheering the late-night jab and others seeing

1:01it as crossing lines in today's heated political air. This isn't the first rodeo. Trump's call for firing Kimmel and other hosts before, like after a September flap over Republican reactions to a murder. Case that yanked Kimmel's show, temporarily. Dejavu all over again for the comedian. Fudes like this keep late-night TV buzzing, but Kimmel's holding steady, brushing off the noise while the Trump stay vocal. Stay tuned for whatever punchline drops next.