Can We Learn from Jimmy Kimmel’s Hatred?

By | April 28, 2026

[April 28, 2026]  One of my hard lessons learned from so many years in the Army was that upholding basic decency was crucial to success.  Now we are witnessing what happens when good judgment fails and decency is thrown out the window.  ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel’s failure to learn this lesson about hatred has led to his own destruction.

The so-called comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s hatred of conservatives, generally, and of President Trump, specifically, has trashed any decency he might once have possessed. Anyone who has watched his filth over the past few years understands.

On Kimmel’s program the day before the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, he did a routine about the dinner that included this unfunny monologue mocking Melania Trump:


Rightly, the First Lady was not amused.  Remember, this was her husband’s third assassination attempt he survived:

Jimmy Kimmel has provided a semi-apology.  The “man” is a dumbass:

@watchentertainment101

Jimmy Kimmel apologized for his inappropriate remarks.#foryoupage #fyp #tiktok #usa #jimmykimmel

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Of course, Kimmel called it “that widow joke” and later called it “comedy.”  What I don’t see is where the joke is.  Where is it?  Is describing Melania Trump as an “expectant widow” a joke?  What does that even mean?  Actually, Jimmy Kimmel is mocking the Trumps to his ever-shrinking audience, and he’s doing a bad job of it.  His actions were no joke.

As John Hinderaker of PowerLineBlog says, “Kimmel, like others in show business, hides behind the premise that he is a comedian.”  But there is nothing funny about what he says, except that a few poor souls in his audience might laugh at the assassination of an American president.  Hinderaker believes Kimmel’s “only purpose was to normalize the idea of chuckling at Trump’s death.”

Melania Trump called on ABC to fire Jimmy Kimmel. President Trump followed up, saying the same. Yes, ABC should fire Kimmel immediately. He has soiled the reputations of ABC and comedians and, sadly, has also added to the image of the Ugly American.

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13 thoughts on “Can We Learn from Jimmy Kimmel’s Hatred?

  1. Mikka Solarno

    To answer your question, yes we can learn from it, but whacko Jimmy Kimmel will never “lear” because he is captured by his oversized ego.

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  2. Paulette Johnson

    Hey Jimmy Kimmel, darling: next time you want to “joke” about an expectant widow, try roasting your own ratings instead, they’ve been dying slower than your relevance. Oh, what a masterclass in self-sabotage this article serves up: a so-called comedian trading punchlines for pitchforks and wondering why his audience is shrinking faster than his apology. As a feminist who loves sharp wit, I adore watching anyone … left, right, or late-night; get called out for mistaking cruelty for comedy; it’s like mistaking a sledgehammer for a scalpel. The author nails it with Army-honed wisdom: basic human decency isn’t optional decorum, it’s the secret sauce to real leadership and, shockingly, actual laughs that don’t curdle. Kimmel’s “expectant widow” bit wasn’t edgy; it was the comedic equivalent of showing up to a funeral in clown shoes and expecting applause. Yet here’s the subversive beauty: this mess reminds us all., feminists included, that hatred dressed as humor just exposes the jokester’s own emptiness, turning late-night TV into a cautionary tale. Bravo to the piece for flipping outrage into a leadership lesson: stay decent, stay clever, or watch your empire implode in real time. Now excuse me while I root for comedy that punches up without needing body bags as props, it’s much much funnier that way.

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  3. Good Dog

    Good article pointing out the lowlife Jimmy Kimmel. He is wholly consumed by hatred, envy, and from the Liberal/Progressive inspired tragedy that consumes even some of the smartest of our society. The problem so many of us have with Kimmel is that he spreads that evil, and in doing so, he poisons so many of the weak minds in America. Too bad that ABC still allows him to continue. It shows where the lack of moral values are in the ABC “leadership.” Good leadership matters, and ABC doesn’t have any good leadership.

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  4. Northeast

    Jimmy Kimmel is no comedian. He is a leftist dressed up so that he appears to have moral authority, which he does not have. I’m not fooled. But his liberal friends and audience is unable to see real evil that Kimmel is.

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  5. Dale Paul Fox

    There are a small group of disgusting people who live here in America and I do appreicate you calling them out on your website. Jimmy Kimmel is one of them. My wife once liked to watch him talk about- smooth, convincing, show his intelligence- but I couldn’t stand him. Well, my wife Jasmine no longer watches the show and thinks that anyone who could like him is a douchbag. Her words, not mine. Just remember this next time when a liberal friend says that Jimmy “little Eichmann” Kimmel is funny. Yeah, he’s a douchbag. I’d say more but Gen. Satterfield might think I’ve gone too far.

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  6. Vinny from Staten Island

    Liberals won’t learn from it because they believe exactly as he does. They see violence as perfectly acceptable and actually preferable because it leds to their ends more quickly. Maybe they should think before they open their mouth without engaging their brains. But, hey, that might just be asking too much of them to think.

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    1. Valkerie

      Hi Vinny:
      Crazy is crazy and putting more lipstick on crazy doesn’t make it not crazy.
      Respectfully,
      Valkerie

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      1. Jason Bourne

        Good one, Valkerie. Loving it. ❤️ Yeah, like Dale Paul Fox says, Kimmel is a “douchbag” and I agree, but he is also a pussy big talker without balls.

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        1. Bill Sanders, Jr.

          Jimmy Kimmel like Jimmy Carter are two liberals in a pod. Both worthless POS.

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