Jimmy Kimmel fires back at Trump as fate of ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ revealed
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'If I can't beat out Jimmy Kimmel in terms of talent, then I don't think I should be president,' Trump told reporters ahead of hosting the Kennedy Center Honors.
Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel responded to U.S. President Donald Trump, calling him a “horrible” host after he promised to do a better job while hosting the Kennedy Center Honors over the weekend.
“If I can’t beat out Jimmy Kimmel in terms of talent, then I don’t think I should be president,” Trump, 79, told reporters in the Oval Office ahead of the event on Sunday night.
During his opening monologue on Monday, Kimmel, 58, said, “I don’t think I’ve ever agreed with anything more than that. Do you think he even knows I’ve never hosted the Kennedy Center Honors? Maybe he’s confusing me with Queen Latifah?”
“As far as this whole ‘who has more talent’ thing goes, it seems like he’s challenging me to a contest? If so, I’m open to it. Let’s do it. Let’s have a talent competition,” Kimmel said in response to Trump’s criticism.
“I’ll come on, I’ll tell a few jokes. I’ll draw something, I’ll play my clarinet. He can play golf, spank a porn star and ruin a country.”
Kimmel went on to joke that Trump’s comments were “very hurtful.”
“I thought we were friends. I don’t know what’s going on. He is really fixated. I’m starting to think he might have a crush on me.”
