{"id":14309,"date":"2026-04-27T17:45:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T17:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=14309"},"modified":"2026-04-27T17:45:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T17:45:41","slug":"130560348-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=14309","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Glow like an expectant widow&#8217;: Jimmy Kimmel&#8217;s nasty roast draws Melania Trump&#8217;s retort &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130561171,imgsize-945652,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/-.jpg\" alt=\"'Glow like an expectant widow': Jimmy Kimmel's nasty roast draws Melania Trump's retort\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">TOI correspondent from Washington: <\/span>First Lady Melania Trump joined President Trump in a separate rebuke of the media, censuring late-night host <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/jimmy-kimmel\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Jimmy Kimmel<\/a> on Monday after he had joked that she looked like an \u201cexpectant widow\u201d in a parody of the aborted White House Correspondents\u2019 Association (WHCA) that he made before the security scare.<!-- --> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Kimmel delivered a satirical monologue before the event imagining how the annual dinner might have unfolded, with several jokes about Trump, calling him a &#8220;drama queen&#8221; before turning to the First Lady, quipping,&#8221;Our First Lady, Melania, is here. Look at Melania, so beautiful. Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow.&#8221; He also congratulated her on what he called \u201cthe world\u2019s first motionless picture,\u201d a jab at her film project and took other potshots at her.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>On Monday, the First Lady issued an unusually direct statement calling the jokes \u201ccruel and irresponsible,\u201d accusing Kimmel of trivializing a moment when lives were at risk and warning that such humor \u201cnormalizes mockery of violence against public officials and their families.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>The controversy follows an armed attempt to breach security at the WHCA venue, prompting the evacuation of President Trump and other officials. While no fatalities were reported, the incident has intensified scrutiny of both security and political rhetoric.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>Critics of the president, however, argue the outrage is selective, pointing to numerous instances in which Trump has used combative language at rallies and in speeches that they say has encouraged or condoned violence, while mocking the death of his critics. \u201cGood, I\u2019m glad he\u2019s dead\u2026 he can no longer hurt innocent people,&#8221; Trump said recently about the death of former FBI Director Robert Mueller. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>Kimmel has not apologized so far. 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