Jimmy Kimmel Mocks Trump for Age Jokes After Demanding His Firing Over Similar Remark

Jimmy Kimmel sharply criticized Donald Trump after the president appeared to make a joke about his age—just one day after calling for the late-night host to be fired for a similar remark.

During Tuesday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! monologue, the comedian addressed King Charles III and Queen Camilla’s visit to the United States, where they met with Trump and First Lady Melania Trump in Washington, D.C.

Kimmel noted Trump’s enthusiasm for hosting the British royals, remarking that “Trump’s mom was a great fan of the royal family.”

The show then played a clip from Trump’s speech welcoming Charles and Camilla, in which he referenced his parents’ 63-year marriage. Trump turned to Melania and said:

“They were married for 63 years. And, excuse me, if you don’t mind. That’s a record we won’t be able to match, darling. I’m sorry. Just not going to work out that way.”

Kimmel immediately reacted:

“Wait a minute. Did he just make a joke about his death? My god. You should be fired for that.”

The comedian, visibly frustrated, added:

“Only Donald Trump would demand I be fired for making a joke about his old age and then, a day later, go out and make a joke about his own old age.”

Kimmel also mocked the Trump administration’s latest legal move against former FBI Director James Comey, who Trump has repeatedly targeted. He said:

“Just when you think they’ve hit peak ridiculous making a big thing out of this joke, they then top themselves and … charge former FBI director Jim Comey, who Trump doesn’t like because he did his job and investigated him. And they charged Comey once with obstruction and with making a false statement which went nowhere. It got thrown out of court. So now they’re charging him again. This time with threatening the president’s life for — this is not a joke — this photo of seashells that spell out ’86-47.’”

Kimmel dismissed the claim as absurd:

“86 is an old restaurant term. It means get rid of. And Trump is the 47th president. Trump’s pets in the DOJ are claiming this is some kind of threat or call to violence, which even he should be embarrassed by this. Put that back up. That is not a threat. That is a piece of art your aunt with a beach house would buy on Etsy.”

He concluded by joking that the Trump administration “just [doesn’t] like people named Jim.”

Kimmel’s remarks followed his defense of a joke he made last week at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, where he referred to Melania Trump as an “expectant widow” due to the age gap between her and Donald Trump. He called the remark a “light roast” and said:

“It was a very light roast joke about the fact that he’s almost 80 and she’s younger than I am. It was not, by any