Legendary horror novelist Stephen King has chimed in on the recent tussle between Jimmy Kimmel and Melania Trump, shutting down the First Lady for her seemingly hypocritical rant against the late-night talk show host. The Shining author took to social media to slam Melania for countering Kimmel’s “widow” remark, stating that “people who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw s***.”
Stephen King posts about Melania Trump’s comment
On April 27, King posted a retaliatory tweet on his X (formerly Twitter) profile against Melania Trump for opposing Jimmy Kimmel’s recent sketch.
“Melania Trump says Jimmy Kimmel should be canceled,” the acclaimed writer noted. “Last week, her husband commented on Robert Mueller’s death: “Good. I’m glad he’s dead.” Said Pretty much the same about my old friend Rob Reiner. People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw s***.”
King’s reply in the wake of Jimmy Kimmel‘s roast of Melania Trump during his recent White House Correspondents’ Dinner sketch. At one point in the skit, the comedian quipped, “Look at Melania, so beautiful. Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow.”
Taking offense to the joke, the First Lady penned a strong-worded reply on her X profile. “Kimmel’s hateful and violent rhetoric is intended to divide our country,” she wrote. “His monologue about my family isn’t comedy- his words are corrosive and deepens the political sickness within America. People like Kimmel shouldn’t have the opportunity to enter our homes each evening to spread hate.”
Melania Trump continued, “A coward, Kimmel hides behind ABC because he knows the network will keep running cover to protect him. Enough is enough. It is time for ABC to take a stand. How many times will ABC’s leadership enable Kimmel’s atrocious behavior at the expense of our community.”
President Donald Trump also backed his wife’s stance by calling on ABC to “immediately” fire Kimmel in a Truth Social post (via Al Jazeera).
In his latest episode, the late-night talk show host explained that his joke was not a “call to assassination” but rather “a very light roast joke about the fact that he’s [President Trump] almost 80 and she’s younger than I am.”
Originally reported by Apoorv Rastogi on Mandatory.
