Jimmy Kimmel defends joke as White House demands action

Jimmy Kimmel defends joke as White House demands action

Jimmy Kimmel defended his “very light roast” of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Monday evening’s monologue.

The comedian told “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” viewers about waking up to Melania Trump “putting out a statement that [he] be fired from his job” over a joke about the First Lady having the “glow of an expectant widow.”

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