Melania Trump rips Jimmy Kimmel and urges ABC to 'take a stand' - BERITAJA

First woman Melania Trump sharply criticized ABC late-night big Jimmy Kimmel connected Monday for on-air comments he made about her and urged the Disney-owned broadcast web to "take a stand."

In a station connected X, Trump said Kimmel’s "hateful and convulsive rhetoric is intended to disagreement our country." She appeared to beryllium referring to a parody of the White House Correspondents’ Association meal that aired connected Kimmel’s show connected Thursday.

"You person a glow for illustration an expectant widow," Kimmel said of the first woman successful the segment.

The conception aired 2 days earlier a gunman opened fire extracurricular the Correspondents' Association meal successful Washington. President Donald Trump, the first woman and different apical officials were rushed retired of the ballroom.

The fishy wrote successful a statement to his family that he believed it was his work to target Trump management officials.

Kimmel’s "monologue about my family isn't drama — his words are corrosive and deepens the governmental sickness wrong America," the first woman wrote. "People for illustration Kimmel shouldn't person the opportunity to participate our homes each evening to dispersed hate."

"A coward, Kimmel hides down ABC because he knows the web will support moving screen to protect him," she added. "Enough is enough. It is clip for ABC to return a stand. How galore times will ABC's activity alteration Kimmel’s atrocious behaviour astatine the disbursal of our community."

ABC and the Walt Disney Company did not instantly respond to requests for remark connected the first lady's societal media post.

The first lady’s disapproval of Kimmel comes 7 months aft ABC concisely suspended "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" amid a firestorm complete his comments about the governmental motivations of the man accused of assassinating blimpish activistic Charlie Kirk successful Utah.

"The MAGA pack [is] desperately trying to qualify this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk arsenic thing different than 1 of them and doing everything they could to people governmental points from it," Kimmel said connected his Sept. 15 show.

Investigators had not yet released specifications about the suspect’s imaginable motive astatine the time. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican, said the fishy grew up successful a blimpish family successful Utah but later became influenced by what he characterized arsenic "leftist ideology."

The week aft Kimmel's suspension, the comedian returned to the airwaves and delivered an affectional opening monologue. "You understand it was ne'er my volition to make ray of the execution of a young man," he said successful part, referring to Kirk. "I don’t deliberation there’s thing funny about it."

In early December, Kimmel signed a one-year hold astatine ABC to proceed hosting the network's flagship late-night talk show, according to a root acquainted pinch the matter.

The first woman has grown progressively concerned about information measures successful caller years, according to a root adjacent to her. She could beryllium seen asking circumstantial questions about the inaugural parade way successful the documentary "Melania."

"Is it safe? Because if we spell out, I deliberation group will already cognize wherever we would spell out," the first woman says successful the film. “So it's benignant of like, really could that beryllium safe, particularly pinch the past year, what’s going connected and stuff?"

In remarks that aired connected CBS’ "60 Minutes" Sunday, the president praised his wife’s composure during the play shooting.

"Well, my thought was, you know, I’ve been done this earlier a mates of times, and she has not, to this extent," he said. "She handled it great. I mean, she was, she is very strong, smart. She sewage it. She knew what was happening."

The first woman was not coming erstwhile a gunman attempted to assassinate her hubby astatine a 2024 run rally successful Butler, Pennsylvania. The aforesaid was existent erstwhile different gunman attempted to assassinate him later that twelvemonth outside his play people successful West Palm Beach, Florida.