Kimmel opened his late-night talk show on Thursday by responding to Trump’s remarks.

Trump made a further call for the presenter to be sacked in a post on Truth Social on Thursday.

Trump criticised the presenter in a post on Monday and echoed comments his wife made earlier calling for ABC to ‘take a stand’ on Kimmel.

Kimmel opened his programme Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Monday by describing the joke as a light roast about the couple’s age difference.

The US First Lady called the talk show host a ‘coward’ following his White House Correspondents’ Dinner sketch which aired in the US on Thursday.

The documentary of the president’s wife, titled Melania, focuses on the 20 days leading up to her husband’s return to the White House in January 2025.