“Jimmy's a comedian,” said Clooney on Monday night at the 51st Chaplin Awards Gala in New York.
“I would argue that Karoline Leavitt didn't mean shots should be fired, right? She was making a joke. Fair enough,” said Clooney. “I look at that side and go, ‘Well, jokes are jokes.’ But the rhetoric, I think, is a little dangerous. And we’ve seen it a lot lately.”
During the Jimmy Kimmel Live! bit, the late-night host pretended to be the event's MC and said: “Our First Lady Melania is here. So beautiful, Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow.”
“Enough is enough. It is time for ABC to take a stand,” she argued. “How many times will ABC’s leadership enable Kimmel’s atrocious behavior at the expense of our community.”
Kimmel addressed the backlash during the Monday taping of his late-night show.
Defending himself, he said the sketch had been "a very light roast joke about the fact that he's [President Trump] almost 80 and she's [Melania] younger than I am."
George Clooney appears on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' on Nov. 11, 2025. —Randy Holmes—Getty Images
This incident is the latest in a long line of clashes between Kimmel and the President, with their feud dating back years.
Kimmel had mocked Trump for his response to a reporter’s question about how he was holding up.
After Kimmel's show was suspended, Trump said: "Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done."
Upon hearing the news, Trump hit out at the network.
“I can’t believe ABC Fake News gave Jimmy Kimmel his job back. The White House was told by ABC that his Show was canceled,” he said. “Why would they want someone back who does so poorly, who’s not funny, and who puts the network in jeopardy by playing 99% positive Democrat garbage?”
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