After doing a parody that provoked negative reactions from both Donald Trump and the first ladyMelania Trump, host and comedian Jimmy Kimmel He recently apologized, saying his parody “was a joke.” and not “a call to murder.”
It was last week when Kimmel performed a parody of an annual dinner for journalists who cover the White House. In the parody, the presenter put himself in the character of the comedian who He had to entertain those present, and that’s where he started talking about the first lady.
“Our first lady, Melania, is here. Look at Melaniaso beautiful. Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like that of an expectant widow,” was one of the comments that provoked a negative reaction from the president and his wife.
Now, on April 27, on his program “Jimmy Kimmel Show”, the presenter apologized by saying that the entire parody and his comments were a joke.
“It was a joke very soft about the fact that He is almost 80 years old and she is younger than me. It was not, by any means, a call to murder. And they know it,” Kimmel said.
Kimmel’s parody was rejected by Melania at the time, who said on social media that it was a “rhetoric of hate and violence” and that “intends to divide the United States.” Donald Trump, for his part, requested the comedian’s dismissal.
“I have been speaking openly against gun violence for many years, but I understand that the first lady has gone through an experience stressful this weekend. Every weekend is probably stressful in that house.“Kimmel said last Monday.
The comedian stated that He is also against rhetoric of hate and violence.
“I think a good starting point It would be talking about it with your husband.“said the presenter, which caused applause from the audience.
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