White House ramps up pressure on ABC to fire Jimmy Kimmel over first lady remark

The White House on Tuesday intensified pressure on ABC to fire late-night host Jimmy Kimmel over a comment he made about first lady Melania Trump last week.

The White House on Tuesday intensified pressure on ABC to fire late-night host Jimmy Kimmel over a comment he made about first lady Melania Trump last week, with a top aide saying the comedian "should be shunned for the rest of his life."

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In a post on X, White House communications director Steven Cheung used an expletive to describe Kimmel and blasted him for making a "disgusting joke" and "doubling down on that joke instead of doing the decent thing by apologizing."

"ABC needs to fire him immediately," Cheung said in part, echoing a demand made by President Donald Trump.