A spokesman for first lady Melania Trump has doubled down on her calls for ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel to be fired after he defended calling Melania an “expectant widow” on his show last week.
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“Kimmel should be terminated. ABC should fire him now,” Marc Beckman said in a statement.
A spokesman for first lady Melania Trump has doubled down on her calls for ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel to be fired after he defended calling Melania an “expectant widow” on his show last week. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for OP “Kimmel should be terminated. ABC should fire him now,” Marc Beckman said in a statement. “Our community should not tolerate violent political rhetoric at the expense of the First Family or any of our nation’s political leaders, regardless of party affiliation. And Kimmel continues to play these disrespectful and dangerous games knowing very well that he is protected by the ABC network.
“It’s enough – ABC should draw the line.”