“Our first couple, Donald and Melania, who lately have seemed closer than ever ― and I like to think I played a part in that,” the late-night host joked, then showed a clip of the couple at a White House event briefly holding hands before it turned into something a little more awkward.
“The hands say so much,” Kimmel said of the footage:
“You know what? Considering the week I’ve had with the first couple, I’m just gonna say that is a completely normal way to interact for two people who are very much in love,” Kimmel deadpanned, then added: “Maybe that’s why his hands are all bruised ― from Melania swatting them away.”
Both Trumps called for Kimmel to be sacked for saying the first lady was glowing “like an expectant widow” in a monologue days before a gunman tried to get into a dinner they were attending. Kimmel defended the quip as “a very light roast joke” about their age difference: the president is 79, while his wife just turned 56.
See more in Kimmel’s Wednesday night monologue:
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