Mike Rowe Defends Plumber Mullin, Slams Kimmel

0:00It's April 4th. Welcome to Entertainment and Celebrity News today, powered by AI and Pack With Headlines. Mike Rowe, the guy from Dirty Jobs, is firing back at Jimmy Kimmel for mocking the new Homeland Security Secretary Mark Wayne Mullin over his past as a plumber. Rowe calls Kimmel's jokes tone deaf, saying they fuel old stereotypes that paint skilled trade workers as uneducated nobody's who never went to. College. Kimmel hit Mullin during his March 24th monologue, joking that the former Oklahoma Senator and plumbing business owner was a low-level MMA. Fighter II, equipping heat rather Mullin still be unclogging pipes than fighting terrorism. It's part of Kimmel's regular Trump admin jabs, but this one drew heat for seeming elitist. Rowe, who pushes blue collar careers through his Micary O Works foundation, sees Mullin's rise from plumber to senator to cabinet boss as pure American, dream stuff. He argues these digs ignore real competency and keep skilled labor shortages going strong

1:02in America. Rowe doubled down on X, clarifying he never said plumbing qualifies anyone for DHS, just that it shouldn't disqualify them. He points out the Senate confirmed Mullin, per the Constitution, and slams the audience last as proof stigmas are alive. Looks like this, miss the bigger picture on who builds and fixes our world, so Rowe's urging folks to dive into trades could be your ticket to the top.