"Kimmel stated, 'It was a very light roast joke about the fact that he's almost 80 and she's younger than I am.' He emphasized that it was not a call to assassination."
"Melania Trump responded on social media, saying, 'People like Kimmel shouldn't have the opportunity to enter our homes each evening to spread hate.'"
"'I agree that hateful and violent rhetoric is something we should reject,' Kimmel said, suggesting that a conversation with her husband could help address such issues."
"'I expressed sympathy for Melania Trump and other attendees of the White House Correspondents' Association dinner for enduring the traumatic incident,' Kimmel noted."
Jimmy Kimmel defended a joke he made about Melania Trump, stating it was misconstrued and not a call to assassinate the President. Kimmel described the joke as a light roast regarding the age difference between Trump and Melania. Following the joke, President Trump called for Kimmel's firing, labeling the comment as inciting violence. Kimmel expressed sympathy for Melania and others affected by a recent traumatic incident but rejected the notion that his joke had any impact on it.
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