Kimmel’s crass first lady joke: Letters – Latest News
The Issue: Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel referring to First Lady Melania Trump as “an expectant widow.”
Even for a unhealthy comic, timing is every thing; Jimmy Kimmel proved that age-old axiom along with his tasteless remark that First Lady Melania Trump has a “glow like an expectant widow” (“Trumps call to can this joker,” April 28).
I’m previous enough to recollect when late-night hosts have been humorous.
Kimmel, like the opposite also-ran Stephen Colbert, is a hack whose rankings bear out his marginal expertise.
Bill DePaolo
Elizabeth, NJ
What was Kimmel’s grave sin?
He made a tasteless joke that Melania has “the glow of an expectant widow.”
Has the first lady ever listened to her husband converse?
Does she assume he spreads love when he refers to his enemies as low-life scum, traitors, wackos, vermin, rubbish and more?
He has referred to as for many who oppose him to be charged with treason and executed.
Apparently, Melania’s credo is that free speech is to be prohibited when her husband is the goal.
Oren Spiegler
Peters Township, Pa.
If you let Kimmel get away along with his rhetoric, then you’re a coward.
When Kimmel jokes in regards to the first lady having “a glow like an expectant widow,” that’s disgusting.
All advertisers ought to take their merchandise off ABC.
Arlene Scollar
Deerfield Beach, Fla.
Kimmel is a basic consultant of the darkish left.
His feedback make it abundantly clear that he represents the bottom-feeding, anti-culture of death and destruction.
The leftist mindset is sick and deranged.
They are blinded to the truth that they’re on the darkish facet of life and at warfare with the natural order.
You solely need to take a look at the categories of behaviors they advocate.
It’s time to take a stand in opposition to this rubbish, or it can escalate.
You stepped over the road, Kimmel.
Kevin Moriarty
San Luis Obispo, Calif.
If you need to elucidate your “joke” to the nation, it wasn’t a joke.
It could be very disappointing to see the company rot within Disney permit this vile particular person to proceed to spew his hate thinly veiled as “humor.”
J. Mancuso
Naples, Fla.
Why is the FCC nonetheless permitting ABC to air Jimmy Kimmel’s insane ramblings?
His obscene reference to First Lady Melania Trump as a widow-in-waiting is sick and warrants his fast firing, in addition to the imposition of extreme sanctions in opposition to ABC.
Jack Weinberg
Manhattan
Jimmy Kimmel, it’s time so that you can go.
Your humor, should you want to call it that, is imply.
You owe a massive apology to the president and first lady on your silly rant.
Kimmel has had his day within the solar, however is now abusing the privilege of being on the air.
Marcia Mordkoff
Rockaway, NJ
I actually assume Jimmy Kimmel lastly jumped the shark along with his horrible remarks about Melania Trump.
Even should you dislike her husband, on the finish of the day, she’s nonetheless a stunning lady with a youthful son. Horrible job by Kimmel.
Rob Ryan
Long Beach
Kimmel is an conceited, vile human being.
Along with all the opposite disgusting late-night hosts who spew vile rhetoric in opposition to our president, he ought to stop and assume of all of the hatred and injury they’re doing to this nation.
The far-left members of Congress who do the exact same factor also needs to consider themselves and depart their posts if they’ll’t stand with their president. Shame on all of them.
Lorraine Fittipaldi
Apollo Beach, Fla.
Kimmel is the embodiment of somebody deeply troubled by TDS.
When Trump received the election, Kimmel overtly wept on his show.
This began a near-nightly monologue of Trump-bashing rhetoric.
His so-called late-night show is nothing more than a fixed barrage of inflammatory Trump satire.
His “expectant widow” remark directed on the first lady was morally offensive, and any respectable particular person ought to agree that an expectant firing ought to ensue.
Denis David
East Rockaway
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