Movim • Jimmy Kimmel’s quip about Melania Trump is protected speech, and Disney must stand tall

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Jimmy Kimmel’s quip about Melania Trump is protected speech, and Disney must stand tall | Margaret Sullivan

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 30 April 2026

Americans don’t want the government to decide what TV comics can and can’t say

A few days before the alleged assassination attempt on Donald Trump last weekend , one comic’s joke on his late-night show sounded routine enough, if a little edgy.

Taking a jab at the hefty age gap between Donald and Melania Trump , ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel – playing the role of guest comic at a mock White House correspondents’ dinner – described the first lady as having “a glow like an expectant widow”.