Jimmy Kimmel the soon-to-be host of this year’s Oscars is making headlines today – and it involves the former and perhaps future President of the United States, Donald Trump. Jimmy, the host of his own ABC show, is hitting Trump in relation to, what he says, the White House pressurizing Disney to censor his jokes.
As per Salon, Former U.S. and potential future U.S. President Donald Trump had his staff pressure Disney to crack down on late-night host Jimmy Kimmel’s show, according to an article published by Rolling Stone – who also own Variety and The Hollywood Reporter (among other publications)
Trump in early 2018 was “so upset by Kimmel’s comedic jabs that he directed his White House staff to call up one of Disney’s top executives in Washington, D.C., to complain and demand action,” according to the report.
Disney is the parent company of ABC, which airs “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
Trump aides placed at least two separate phone calls at the time to convey the “severity of his fury with Kimmel,” former administration officials told the outlet. Aides pushed Disney to “rein in” Kimmel and said that Trump felt Kimmel had been “very dishonest and doing things that [Trump] would have once sued over,” a former official told Rolling Stone.
Another perfect call… https://t.co/vQ9Admvgwp
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) February 26, 2023
