{"id":902,"date":"2026-03-25T02:36:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T02:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redditlovers.live\/?p=902"},"modified":"2026-03-25T02:41:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T02:41:49","slug":"jimmy-kimmels-brutal-oscars-jab-at-melania-trump-hasnt-gone-down-well-with-trumps-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redditlovers.live\/?p=902","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s brutal Oscars jab at Melania Trump hasn\u2019t gone down well with Trump\u2019s administration."},"content":{"rendered":"

White House officials pushed back after TV host Jimmy Kimmel made a controversial joke about First Lady Melania Trump during the Oscars.<\/p>\n

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While presenting the Best Documentary award at the Dolby Theatre, Kimmel took a swipe at Melania, joking that someone would be upset his wife hadn\u2019t been nominated\u2014an apparent reference to her recently released documentary.<\/p>\n

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The film, which followed Melania in the weeks leading up to Trump\u2019s second inauguration, received poor reviews and underperformed at the box office despite a large budget. Kimmel also mocked the documentary as dull, suggesting it mainly showed her attending fittings and trying on clothes.<\/p>\n

Although the audience laughed, the reaction from the White House was swift.<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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Communications director Steven Cheung sharply criticized Kimmel, calling him \u201cclassless\u201d and accusing him of projecting negativity. He also dismissed the comedian as irrelevant outside of elite Hollywood circles.<\/p>\n

Conservative figures echoed the criticism, labeling the joke as weak and inappropriate.<\/p>\n

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This wasn\u2019t the first time Kimmel had targeted Melania\u2019s documentary. In earlier remarks, he ridiculed both the film and its timing, suggesting it reflected poorly given ongoing political tensions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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