Trumps Demand Kimmel's Firing Over Melania Joke

0:00It's April 27. You're listening to Entertainment and celebrity news today. AI-powered pop culture updates. I'm Cory with the story. Donald Trump and Melania are both calling for ABC to fire Jimmy Kimmel over a joke he made on his show. Trump blasted Kimmel for showing a fake video of Melania and their son, Barron, supposedly in the studio, then saying she had a glow like an expectant. Widow, he called it shocking and way out of line. Trump tied the joke to real danger, pointing out that just a day later, a guy named Cole Allen rushed a security checkpoint at the White House. Correspondents, dinner with a shotgun, handgun, and knives. Shots rang out at the Washington Hilton, and Allen now faces charges for trying to assassinate the president plus federal gun violations. Plenty of folks are fired up about Kimmel's words, with Trump saying people who usually ignore him are speaking out this time. He insists Disney and ABC need to act fast and boot Kimmel immediately for what he sees as a call to violence. Melania pout on slamming Kimmel as a coward hiding

1:05behind the network and urging ABC leaders to stop enabling his behavior. This all stems from Kimmel's Thursday night monologue, where he mocked the correspondence dinner, calling Trump a delicate snowflake who scared off. Any comedian, representatives for Kimmel and ABC haven't responded yet, but the push to hold late-night TV accountable keeps gaining steam as the Trumps make their case loud and clear.