{"id":1912373,"date":"2026-05-01T08:49:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T05:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1912373"},"modified":"2026-05-01T08:49:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T05:49:30","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-responds-to-trumps-call-for-him-to-be-fired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1912373","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel responds to Trump&#8217;s call for him to be fired"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/helios-i.mashable.com\/imagery\/videos\/06sV08tlSEImzylONqnWt9W\/hero-image.fill.size_1200x675.v1777621561.png&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article data-autopogo class=\"mt-8 font-serif editor-content\">\n<p>Following <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/video\/jimmy-kimmel-reacts-melania-trump\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">First Lady Melania Trump&#8217;s tweets<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">President Donald Trump<\/a> has (<a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/video\/jimmy-kimmel-responds-trump-fired\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">once again<\/a>) called for <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/jimmy-kimmel-live\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">Jimmy Kimmel<\/a> to be sacked, <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116477838570626860\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">taking to Truth Social<\/a> to declare the late night host &#8220;should be immediately fired by Disney and ABC&#8221; and claiming that his show has &#8220;terrible Television Ratings.&#8221; In response, Kimmel drew attention to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/5853262-trump-approval-rating-reuters-ipsos-economy-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">Trump&#8217;s own dismal ratings<\/a>, with a recent poll showing that his approval has dropped to a record low of 34 percent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If incompetently presiding over not just one of, but <em>the<\/em> lowest rating in history is the reason I should be fired, we should both be out of a job because you&#8217;re not doing too good either,&#8221; quipped Kimmel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/maryroeloffs\/2026\/04\/22\/how-the-morning-news-late-night-shows-lost-half-their-viewers\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">Talk show audiences have significantly declined<\/a> over the past 10 years, though <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live <\/em>is currently <a href=\"https:\/\/latenighter.com\/features\/kimmel-poised-no-1-colbert-exit\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">poised to top the late night ratings<\/a> after <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/stephen-colbert\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\"><em>The Late Show with Stephen Colbert<\/em><\/a>&#8216;s final episode airs on May 21.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Isn&#8217;t there a war dragging on? Imagine if FDR had taken to the airwaves during the Battle of the Bulge to complain about a Little Orphan Annie comic strip he didn&#8217;t like,&#8221; Kimmel joked. &#8220;Trump has three wars going on right now: Iranians, Ukrainians, and comedians.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel then played a supercut of Trump during his campaign for president, in which the billionaire repeatedly declared support for free speech while decrying censorship and &#8220;cancel culture.&#8221; Kimmel&#8217;s show has been <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/jimmy-kimmel-pulled-off-air-trump\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">repeatedly targeted by Trump&#8217;s<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/video\/jimmy-kimmel-fcc-threats-brendan-carr-equal-time\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">FCC chair Brendan Carr.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-stories\" data-ga-impression data-ga-module=\"related_stories\" data-ga-element=\"related_stories_link\" data-ga-item=\"title\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-row items-center\">\n<hr>\n<div class=\"px-4 mx-auto mt-0 w-full max-w-3xl font-sans text-2xl font-bold tracking-normal leading-normal text-center whitespace-nowrap shrink\">Related Stories<\/div>\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/video\/jimmy-kimmel-king-charles-trump-gift\" data-ga-click data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-action=\"related_stories\" data-ga-position=\"1\">Jimmy Kimmel reacts to King Charles giving Trump a golden bell<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/video\/jimmy-kimmel-rudy-giuliani-response\" data-ga-click data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-action=\"related_stories\" data-ga-position=\"2\">Jimmy Kimmel has a brutal response to Rudy Giuliani calling him &#8216;distasteful&#8217; and &#8216;incompetent&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/stephen-king-jimmy-kimmel-melania-trump\" data-ga-click data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-action=\"related_stories\" data-ga-position=\"3\">Stephen King jumps to Jimmy Kimmel&#8217;s defence after Melania Trump calls for him to be fired<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/video\/jimmy-kimmel-reacts-melania-trump\" data-ga-click data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-action=\"related_stories\" data-ga-position=\"4\">Jimmy Kimmel reacts to Melania Trump calling for him to be fired<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/video\/jimmy-kimmel-white-house-correspondents-dinner-alternative\" data-ga-click data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-action=\"related_stories\" data-ga-position=\"5\">Jimmy Kimmel brutally roasts Trump during &#8216;alternative&#8217; White House Correspondents&#8217; Dinner<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I hate to say this and I hope it doesn&#8217;t get me in trouble: I&#8217;m starting to think Donald Trump might be a hypocrite,&#8221; said Kimmel.<\/p>\n<section class=\"mx-auto max-w-7xl\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-wrap mt-8 w-full font-sans subtitle-2 editor-content\">\n<p><span class=\"mr-1.5 font-sans font-bold\">Topics<\/span><a class=\"underline-link hover:no-underline text-secondary-300 mr-1.5\" href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/jimmy-kimmel-live\" aria-label=\"Navigate to the Jimmy Kimmel Live tag\" data-ga-click data-ga-label=\"$text\">Jimmy Kimmel Live<\/a><a class=\"underline-link hover:no-underline text-secondary-300 \" href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/donald-trump\" aria-label=\"Navigate to the Donald Trump tag\" data-ga-click data-ga-label=\"$text\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/mashable.com\/video\/jimmy-kimmel-trump-ratings-response-fired&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/helios-i.mashable.com\/imagery\/videos\/06sV08tlSEImzylONqnWt9W\/hero-image.fill.size_1200x675.v1777621561.png&#8221;] Following First Lady Melania Trump&#8217;s tweets, President Donald Trump has (once again) called for Jimmy Kimmel to be sacked, taking to Truth Social to declare the late night host &#8220;should be immediately fired by Disney and ABC&#8221; and claiming that his show has &#8220;terrible Television Ratings.&#8221; In response, Kimmel drew attention to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,75],"class_list":["post-1912373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-mashable-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1912373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1912373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1912373\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1912373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1912373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1912373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}